Recent Updates
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Hong Kong court reinstates mask ban ahead of elections
Focused Practice 11/22/2019A Hong Kong court that had struck down a ban on face masks at protests said Friday that the government could enforce it for one week, as police readied for any unrest during keenly contested elections this weekend.The High Court granted the temporary...
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Italian court rules wrong Eritrean accused of trafficking
Focused Practice 07/13/2019A court in Palermo, Sicily, ruled on Friday that the wrong Eritrean man was arrested and tried as a migrant smuggling kingpin and ordered him released from jail, to the jubilation of international supporters who had championed for years the defendant...
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Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Vegas moved from Nevada to US court
Focused Practice 06/04/2019A lawsuit by a Nevada woman accusing soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her in 2009 at a Las Vegas Strip resort has been moved from state to federal court in Las Vegas, her lawyer said Wednesday.“We basically just switched venues, but the ...
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Wisconsin court says gun site not liable in spa shooting
Focused Practice 04/27/2019The state Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging a firearms website that enabled a man to illegally purchase the pistol he used in a mass shooting at a suburban Milwaukee spa six years ago is liable in the killings, ruling that federal la...
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Supreme Court won't stop bump stock ban
Focused Practice 03/27/2019The Supreme Court won't stop the Trump administration from enforcing its ban on bump stock devices, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns.The ban took effect Tuesday. Gun rights groups asked the court on Monday to stop the gove...
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High court lets military implement transgender restrictions
Focused Practice 01/19/2019The Trump administration can go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the...
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Kansas abortion foes brace for state Supreme Court decision
Focused Practice 01/09/2019Abortion opponents in Kansas have been bracing themselves for nearly two years for a ruling from the state's highest court that protects the right to have an abortion and potentially upends politics in a state long at the center of the national debat...
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Maryland cross memorial case
Focused Practice 11/03/2018The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case about whether a nearly 100-year-old, cross-shaped war memorial located on a Maryland highway median violates the Constitution's required separation of church and state, a case that could impact hundreds ...
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Synagogue suspect at courthouse; survivors recall ordeal
Focused Practice 10/26/2018The man accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was released from a hospital and turned over to federal authorities for a court appearance Monday on charges he killed 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. histo...
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Supreme Court wrestles with case on detention of immigrants
Focused Practice 10/08/2018The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a case about the government’s ability to detain certain immigrants after they’ve served sentences for committing crimes in the United States. Several justices expressed concerns with the governmen...
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French court upholds Kate Middleton topless photos fine
Focused Practice 09/18/2018A French court of appeals has upheld a ruling Wednesday that two directors of French celebrity magazine Closer should be fined a maximum 45,000 euros ($52,500) for breaching the privacy of Kate Middleton, when publishing topless photos of the Duchess...
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Court may reconsider ruling on police deadly force measure
Focused Practice 08/26/2018The question of whether Washington voters will have their say on a measure designed to make it easier to prosecute police for negligent shootings might not be over after all.One day after ruling that Initiative 940 should appear on the November ballo...