Recent Updates
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The Supreme Court's future hinges on the 2020 election
Daily Legal News 07/18/2020The blockbuster Supreme Court term that just ended was a (nearly) unmitigated disaster for movement conservatives. Chief Justice John Roberts declined to overturn precedent on abortion rights. Conservative activist Justice Neil Gorsuch showed he woul...
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Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
Daily Legal News 07/12/2020President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison Thursday, after balking at certain conditions of the home confinement he was granted because of the coronavirus pandemic. Records obtained ...
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UK judge says Amber Heard can be in court for Depp testimony
Daily Legal News 07/05/2020Johnny Depp’s lawyers have failed to stop the American actor’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, from attending his libel trial against the British tabloid newspaper The Sun until she is called to give evidence.In a court order published on Saturday,...
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Ohio to U.S. Supreme Court: Keep signature rules in place
Lawyer News 07/02/2020The state of Ohio continued Monday to defend its right to impose normal signature requirements on ballot issue campaigns amid the global pandemic.Uncertainty over the question prompted a voting-rights campaign to suspend its ballot effort last week, ...
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Court to weigh state’s request to close Carlisle auto show
Legal News 06/21/2020The state Health Department’s effort to shut down a large auto show in central Pennsylvania over claims it represents a risk to the public will be the subject of an emergency hearing, a state court said late Wednesday.The order from Commonwealt...
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Trump administration takes Keystone dispute to Supreme Court
Daily Legal News 06/18/2020The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a permit program that would allow the disputed Keystone XL pipeline and other new oil and gas pipelines to cross waterways with little review.Earlier this year, a Montana judge suspe...
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Black Lives Matter rallies start in Australia amid court ban
Daily Legal News 06/07/2020The first of several Black Lives Matter protests across Australia on Saturday got underway against a backdrop of possible clashes between demonstrators and police in Sydney, after a court sided with police that the gathering posed too much risk for s...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear voter purge case
Daily Legal News 06/02/2020The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case seeking to purge about 129,000 voter registrations from the rolls ahead of the November presidential election after previously deadlocking on whether to get involved.Democrats oppose the vot...
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Italy court rules Uber food delivery riders were exploited
Lawyer News 05/28/2020A court in Milan has ordered the appointment of a judicial administrator to oversee Uber Italy for one year after determining the company’s food delivery service exploited workers, according to Italian news reports.The decision on Friday came a...
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Netanyahu heads to court as 1st sitting Israeli PM on trial
Practice Legal News 05/24/2020Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lashing out at Israel’s justice system, saying his trial on corruption charges is an attempt to “depose” him. Prime Minister Benjamin spoke Sunday as he arrived at a Jerusalem courthouse ...
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Court upholds ban on in-person church services in California
Daily Legal News 05/24/2020An appeals court has upheld California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on in-person church services amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a split ruling that found that government’s emergency powers override what in normal times would be fundamental ...
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Supreme Court blocks House from Mueller grand jury material
Law Firm News 05/20/2020The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily prevented the House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The court’s unsigned order granted the Trump administ...