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Trump enjoys 'suspense' ahead of Supreme Court announcement
Daily Legal News 07/09/2018President Donald Trump is going down to the wire as he makes his choice on a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, but he says with his final four options "you can't go wrong."Trump spoke to reporters Sunday afternoon before...
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Weinstein pleads not guilty, released on bail
Political and Legal News 07/07/2018Harvey Weinstein, who was previously indicted on charges involving two women, was released on bail on Monday while fighting sex crime accusations that now include a third woman."We fight these battles one day at a time, and today we won this round," ...
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Russian court rules in favor of oligarch in disclosure case
Politics 07/07/2018A Russian court has ruled in favor of a billionaire linked to President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort in an unauthorized disclosure of information case.Oleg Deripaska had filed a suit against Anastasia Vashukevich, a woman who ...
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Pennsylvania court to hear objections to church abuse report
Litigation Reports 07/06/2018Pennsylvania's highest court on Friday decided against immediately releasing an investigative grand jury's report into allegations of decades of child sexual abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses, instead saying it would hear arguments from priests an...
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Lawyers: 2014 arrest at Vegas hotel precursor to killings
Daily Legal News 07/03/2018Attorneys in a negligence lawsuit stemming from the Las Vegas Strip shooting say the massacre could have been avoided if hotel management tightened security after a man was found with multiple weapons at the Mandalay Bay resort in 2014.Lawyer Robert ...
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1-year-old goes to court to get reunited with family
Legal News Headlines 07/03/2018The 1-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and occasionally asked for "agua."Then it was the child's turn for his court appearance before a Phoenix immigr...
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Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list
Daily Legal News 07/02/2018President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.Trump's top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy C...
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The Latest: Trump promises 'great' pick for Supreme Court
Legal News 07/02/2018President Donald Trump is promising to select a "great" Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.The president said Tuesday at a "Salute to Service" dinner in West Virginia that he "hit a home run" with Justice Ne...
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Wisconsin court to rule on conservative professor's firing
Focused Practice 07/02/2018The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to rule on whether Marquette University was correct to fire a conservative professor who wrote a blog post criticizing a student instructor he believed shut down discussion against gay marriage.John McAdams sued the...
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Feds say ex-firm of Stormy Daniels' lawyer owes unpaid taxes
Opinion 07/01/2018The Justice Department says Stormy Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, made "misrepresentations" in a bankruptcy case involving his former law firm that owes more than $440,000 in unpaid federal taxes.Avenatti's former firm, Eagan Avenatti LLP, had ag...
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Drivers challenge license suspensions for unpaid court debt
Practice Legal News 06/29/2018It can start with a couple of traffic tickets. Unable to pay the tickets right away, a driver becomes saddled with late fees, fines and court costs. Soon, the driver may be taken off the road indefinitely.More than 40 states allow the suspension of d...
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Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg wins GOP attorney general nod
Litigation Reports 06/24/2018South Dakota Republicans on Saturday chose Yankton lawyer Jason Ravnsborg to run against Democratic former U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler in the race for state attorney general.GOP delegates voted to nominate Ravnsborg at their state party convention, wh...