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  • Supreme Court bans Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

    Supreme Court bans Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

    Legal Review 04/23/2017

    Russia's Supreme Court has banned the Jehovah's Witnesses from operating in the country, accepting a request from the justice ministry that the religious organization be considered an extremist group.The court ordered the closure of the group's Russi...

  • Conservatives fault Arkansas court for halting executions

    Conservatives fault Arkansas court for halting executions

    Politics 04/23/2017

    Arkansas' attempt to carry out its first execution in nearly 12 years wasn't thwarted by the type of liberal activist judge Republicans regularly bemoan here, but instead by a state Supreme Court that's been the focus of expensive campaigns by conser...

  •  Political fights over Supreme Court seats nothing new

    Political fights over Supreme Court seats nothing new

    Politics 04/03/2017

    Wondering when Supreme Court nominations became so politically contentious? Only about 222 years ago — when the Senate voted down George Washington's choice for chief justice. "We are in an era of extreme partisan energy right now. In such a moment, ...

  • S Korea's Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request

    S Korea's Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request

    Legal Review 04/03/2017

    South Korea's disgraced ex-President Park Geun-hye was being questioned Thursday by a court that will decide if she should be arrested over corruption allegations that have already toppled her from power. Live TV footage earlier showed a stern-lookin...

  • High Court Struggles Over Hospital Pension Dispute

    High Court Struggles Over Hospital Pension Dispute

    Legal Interview 04/03/2017

    The Supreme Court seemed to struggle on Monday over whether some of the nation's largest hospitals should be allowed to sidestep federal laws protecting pension benefits for workers. Justices considered the cases of three church-affiliated nonprofit ...

  • Michigan Supreme Court Justice Young announces retirement

    Michigan Supreme Court Justice Young announces retirement

    Practice Legal News 04/03/2017

    Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young plans to retire and return to his former law firm.A statement from the court says Young announced his plans Wednesday during a meeting with fellow Michigan Supreme Court justices. The 65-year-old says his r...

  • Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick

    Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick

    Practice Legal News 04/03/2017

    Senate Democrats on Monday forced a one-week delay in a committee vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, who remains on track for confirmation with solid Republican backing.Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Commi...

  • International court orders reparations for Congo attack

    International court orders reparations for Congo attack

    Political and Legal News 04/03/2017

    The International Criminal Court on Friday awarded symbolic reparations of $250 each to nearly 300 people who lost relatives, property or livestock or suffered psychological harm in a deadly attack on a Congolese village in 2003.Judges also awarded c...

  • National Verdicts

    National Verdicts

    Verdicts & Settlements 03/30/2017

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  • State Bar & Other Associations O-W

    State Bar & Other Associations O-W

    State Bar & Other Associations 03/30/2017

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    State Bar & Other Associations H-N

    State Bar & Other Associations 03/30/2017

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  • State Bar & Other Associations A-F

    State Bar & Other Associations A-F

    State Bar & Other Associations 03/30/2017

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