Recent Updates
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France: Court finds topless photos violated royal’s privacy
Political and Legal 09/07/2017A French court ruled Tuesday that photographers and gossip magazine executives violated the privacy of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge by taking and publishing photographs of the former Kate Middleton sunbathing topless.The court in a Paris subu...
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Military parts dealer guilty in plot to steal Army equipment
Legal Business 09/05/2017A military equipment dealer was convicted Thursday of scheming with soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to steal sensitive material for sale to buyers in Russia, China and Mexico.John Roberts, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was found guilty of conspirac...
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Court: Cherokee Freedmen have right to tribal citizenship
Breaking Legal News 09/04/2017Descendants of black slaves, known as freedmen, who were once owned by members of the Cherokee Nation have a right to tribal citizenship under a ruling handed down by a federal court in Washington, D.C.U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan ruled Wednesday...
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Court to decide on option to clean mercury from Maine site
Legal Careers News 09/04/2017A court will decide the best option to clean up a former manufacturing plant where tons of mercury had been dumped into Maine's Penobscot River decades ago.Maine's highest court ruled in 2014 that the cleanup of the former HoltraChem Manufacturing Co...
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Not guilty pleas entered in Lake Coeur d'Alene boat crash
Legal Business 09/04/2017A former Spokane advertising executive has pleaded not guilty to charges related to a boat crash on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, that killed three people last year.The Spokesman-Review reports that Dennis Magner entered his pleas Friday to charges of i...
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Court: DirecTV owes $15M to South Carolina in tax dispute
Business Law 09/04/2017A court has ruled that pay-television giant DirecTV owes South Carolina nearly $15 million because of the way the company calculates its tax bill in the state.The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the South Carolina Court of Appeals found that D...
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S. Indiana city's mayor defends rental ordinance in court
Court Watch 09/04/2017The mayor of a southern Indiana city is defending a rental inspection ordinance that’s resulted in thousands of dollars in fines against property owners and is the subject of a lawsuit.Charlestown Mayor Bob Hall testified during Friday’s ...
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S. Indiana city's mayor defends rental ordinance in court
Consumer Rights 09/04/2017The mayor of a southern Indiana city is defending a rental inspection ordinance that’s resulted in thousands of dollars in fines against property owners and is the subject of a lawsuit.Charlestown Mayor Bob Hall testified during Friday’s ...
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Military parts dealer guilty in plot to steal Army equipment
Practice Focuses 09/03/2017A military equipment dealer was convicted Thursday of scheming with soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to steal sensitive material for sale to buyers in Russia, China and Mexico.John Roberts, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was found guilty of conspirac...
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Law Promo Launches the Special Education Law Attorney Website
Legal Marketing 09/01/2017We are delighted to announce the launch of Forte Law Group LLC website, designed with a fresh new look and user-friendly navigation.Forte Law Group focuses on special education law and empowering parents to advocate for their child’s rights. Yo...
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Law Promo Launches the San Diego Business Law Attorney Website
Legal Marketing 09/01/2017We are delighted to announce the release of Dart law website, designed with a fresh new look and user-friendly navigation.Dart Law is a full-service civil litigation firm representing clients in business, commercial and real estate disputes. Drawing ...
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Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court 09/01/2017Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has appointed Twin Falls judge Richard Bevan to the state's highest court.Otter announced Tuesday that Bevan — currently the 5th Judicial District's administrative judge — will replace retiring Idaho Supreme ...