Recent Updates
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Justices step back from Pa. court funding dispute
Daily Legal News 09/27/2012The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is declining a request by county governments that the justices force the General Assembly to provide more money for state courts and bring more uniformity to the court system.The court ruled unanimously on Wednesday aga...
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High court won't stop Texas voting map
Daily Legal News 09/21/2012The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to use congressional districts that were drawn by a lower federal court for the November election. The court declined without comment Wednesday a request from a Latino rights group to block use of those districts. ...
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MacDonald goes to court in 'Fatal Vision' case
Daily Legal News 09/21/2012Jeffrey MacDonald, a clean-cut Green Beret and doctor convicted of killing of his pregnant wife and their two daughters, is getting another chance to try proving his innocence — more than four decades after the nation was gripped by his tales of Char...
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Appeals court reverses ruling on campaign donors
Politics 09/21/2012An appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that likely would have led to greater disclosure of who is paying for certain election ads. In March, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the Federal Election Commission overstep...
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Mo. high court hears arguments on incentive fund
Politics 09/21/2012Missouri Supreme Court judges are weighing two potentially contradictory sections of legislation while deciding whether a new law creating an incentive fund for high-tech businesses can take effect. Arguments Wednesday before the high court focused o...
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Case dropped against NY lawyer in alleged attack
Daily Legal News 09/13/2012Charges have been dropped against a prominent New York lawyer who was accused of attacking a woman in a Connecticut restaurant. The Advocate of Stamford reports that Albert J. Pirro's lawyer said the state indicated it would not prosecute. Charges we...
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Federal agency charged with enforcing consumer finance laws
Politics 09/13/2012The new federal agency charged with enforcing consumer finance laws is emerging as an ambitious sheriff, taking on companies for deceptive fees and marketing and unmoved by protests that its tactics go too far. In the 14 months it has existed, the Co...
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Outgoing NC Sen. Stevens resigns, joins law firm
Daily Legal News 09/13/2012A state senator has resigned from the North Carolina General Assembly and is joining a Raleigh law firm to help clients on economic development, regulatory and other government policy issues. Five-term Republican Sen. Richard Stevens of Cary resigned...
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KC law firm owner faces murder, forgery charges
Lawyer News 09/13/2012The owner of a Kansas City law firm was indicted Friday on first-degree murder and forgery charges, but authorities would not confirm whether it's related to the 2010 shooting death of the attorney's father. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said i...
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Pa. high court revisits juvenile life sentences
Daily Legal News 09/13/2012Pennsylvania's highest court is weighing how to resentence prisoners who were given automatic life sentences as juveniles. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlaws mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles. There are nearly 500 juvenile...
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W.Va. court hears 'rescue' funding arguments
Legal Review 09/05/2012Whether West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry receives additional public funds for his campaign hinges on whether the U.S. Supreme Court sees a difference between elections for the judiciary and races for other political posts, the stat...
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Lawyer: NM gov aide recorded on state email use
Lawyer News 09/05/2012An Albuquerque attorney said Tuesday he has a recording of the governor's top aide telling one of his clients that he never uses state email to conduct business because "I don't want to go to court (or) jail." But the aide said the small recorded cli...