Recent Updates
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Man who killed wife, baby loses appeal in Mass.
08/15/2012The highest court in Massachusetts rejected the appeal of a British man convicted of killing his wife and baby daughter in their rented home, saying in its decision released Tuesday that warrantless searches of the home were justified because those i...
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3M Co. sues former law firm for switching sides
Lawyer News 08/15/2012The 3M Co. has filed a lawsuit against one of its former law firms, claiming its attorneys were motivated by "greed" when they switched sides in an environmental case against the conglomerate.3M is suing Covington & Burling which is helping the s...
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Judge won't halt Pa. voter identification law
Politics 08/15/2012A Pennsylvania judge isn't stopping a tough new voter identification law from going into effect.Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson on Wednesday refused to grant an injunction that would have halted the law requiring each voter to show a valid ph...
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NC regulators hire law firm to probe Duke Energy
Daily Legal News 08/15/2012North Carolina utilities regulators said Wednesday they have hired a former federal prosecutor with experience digging into corporate affairs to reveal whether regulators were misled ahead of a takeover that created America's largest electric company...
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Pa. city's immigration rules back in US court
08/15/2012The dispute over a northeast Pennsylvania city's attempt to crack down on illegal immigrants is back before a federal appeals court Wednesday.The six-year case involving Hazleton returns to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because of a recent Su...
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Fed. appeals court denies ex-Ill. governor appeal
Politics 08/08/2012A federal appellate court in Chicago has denied an appeal filed by imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals released a 16-page ruling on Monday denying the 78-year-old Republican's appeal.A ruling in his favor...
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Pa. high court fast tracks juvenile lifer appeals
Legal Review 08/08/2012Pennsylvania's highest court is moving quickly to determine how to respond to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles aren't constitutional.The Sentencing Project, an advocacy group based in Washi...
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Appeals court affirms that cheering is not a sport
08/08/2012A federal appeals court has ruled that colleges cannot count competitive cheerleading as a sport when trying to comply with gender-equity requirements, upholding a U.S. District Court decision against Quinnipiac University.In a decision released Tues...
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Court overturns $1M award against U of M, Smith
Daily Legal News 08/08/2012The Minnesota Supreme Court has overturned a $1 million award against the University of Minnesota and men's basketball coach Tubby Smith over the hiring of an assistant coach.Jimmy Williams quit his job as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State in 2007...
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Gay marriage ban backers seek Supreme Court review
Legal Review 08/03/2012Backers of California's ban on same-sex marriages asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to overrule a federal appeals court that struck down the measure as unconstitutional, a move that means the bitter, four-year court fight over Proposition 8 cou...
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Court orders Chevron to stop drilling for oil
Lawyer News 08/03/2012A federal court has given Chevron Corp. and driller Transocean Ltd. 30 days to suspend all petroleum drilling and transportation operations in Brazil until the conclusion of investigations into two oil spills off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The cour...
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Court spurns religious claim to name change
08/03/2012An appeals court has rejected a Kansas man's claim that the federal justice system's refusal to recognize his new Muslim name violates his constitutional religious rights. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Michael White failed...