Recent Updates
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Wisconsin Supreme Court primary will leave just two
Daily Legal News 02/12/2018U.S. officials don't have to provide details about proposed shipments of extremely radioactive spent commercial nuclear fuel to the country's top government nuclear research laboratory in Idaho, a federal court has ruled.The ruling was a major setbac...
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Samsung worker killed by brain tumor wins compensation case
Daily Legal News 11/20/2017Overturning an appeal court's decision, South Korea's Supreme Court said Tuesday the family of a Samsung worker who died of a brain tumor should be eligible for state compensation for an occupational disease.The ruling on Lee Yoon-jung, who was diagn...
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NJ Supreme Court Reverses Decades-Old Divorce Law
Daily Legal News 08/17/2017The New Jersey Supreme Court has reversed a decades-old law in a landmark decision that makes the child the focus of divorce relocation proceedings.The law centers on divorced parents who want to leave New Jersey with the child against the other pare...
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Indiana high court: Immigration status inadmissible at trial
Daily Legal News 05/07/2017The immigration status of a Mexican native who is suing over lost wages in a workplace injury case should not be considered at trial because it can cause unfair prejudice, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.The state's high court reversed a lower co...
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Court officer investigated for photographing lawyer's notes
Daily Legal News 03/08/2017A court security officer in Maine has been placed on leave while under investigation for sending a cellphone photo of a defense attorney's notes to a prosecutor. The Kennebec Journal reports that court officials are calling the incident a seriou...
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Greek court rejects extradition for Turkish servicemen
Daily Legal News 01/30/2017Greece's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an extradition request for eight Turkish servicemen who fled their country by helicopter after a coup attempt. Presiding judge Giorgos Sakkas, reading out the decision, said the servicemen were unlikel...
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Philippine court urged to order Marcos' remains exhumed
Daily Legal News 12/08/2016Human rights victims who suffered during the rule of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos filed petitions Monday asking the Supreme Court to order the exhumation of his remains that were buried last week at the country's Heroes' Cemetery.They also wa...
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Ohio sheriff accused of drug theft changing not guilty plea
Daily Legal News 12/08/2016A suspended sheriff in Ohio who has denied stealing prescription drugs and misusing office funds is due in court to change his not guilty plea.Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer is scheduled to attend a change of plea hearing Monday in Fremont.Ove...
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Man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend, burning body
Daily Legal News 09/02/2016A South Carolina man has admitted to beating his girlfriend, stuffing her body into a suitcase and then burning it in a barrel last year. News outlets report 23-year-old John Coddington of Fort Mill pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder in th...
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Top French Court Suspends Riviera Town's Burkini Ban
Daily Legal News 08/31/2016France's highest administrative court struck a blow against controversial 'burkini bans' Friday, upending one town's decision to prohibit the full-body swimsuit on its beaches.The Council of State suspended the ban in Villeneuve-Loubet, just west of ...
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Appeals court hands loss to New Jersey sports betting effort
Daily Legal News 08/09/2016A federal appeals court has rejected New Jersey's attempt to legalize sports betting, setting aside the state's legal challenge to a federal ban.The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling published Tuesday invalidates a law passed by New Jersey in...
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Court agrees with tossing strict North Dakota abortion law
Daily Legal News 07/23/2015A federal appeals court agreed Wednesday that one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws is unconstitutional — a North Dakota statute banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. The 8th U...