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Brother of San Bernardino shooter guilty in immigration case
Immigration Law 02/09/2017The brother of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terror attack pleaded guilty Tuesday in an immigration fraud case stemming from the probe into the killings. Syed Raheel Farook entered the plea in federal court in Riverside to one count of co...
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State, federal lawyers in court to argue Trump travel ban
Immigration Law 02/09/2017State and federal lawyers will argue before a panel of federal appellate court judges Tuesday in the pitched fight over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban that could reach the Supreme Court. The legal dispute involves two divergent views...
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Driver due in court in Cleveland officer's hit-and-run death
Personal Injury 02/09/2017The driver accused in the fatal hit-and-run of a Cleveland patrolman on an interstate is set to appear in court. Forty-four-year-old Israel Alvarez, of Lorain, was scheduled for arraignment Thursday morning on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide...
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William N. Riley - Riley Williams & Piatt, LLC
Elite Lawyers IndianaWilliam N. Riley Will is the principal managing member at the Indianapolis based plaintiffs’ firm, Riley Williams & Piatt, LLC. His practice focuses on plaintiffs’ complex litigation including class actions, pharmaceutical and medical...
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Trump taps conservative Judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
Attorneys in the News 02/03/2017President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge with a writer's flair, to the Supreme Court, setting up a fierce fight with Democrats over a jurist who could shape America's legal landscape for decades to come. At ...
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Supreme Court to hear case about party in vacant DC house
Practice Focuses 01/23/2017The Supreme Court will hear a case in which people arrested for having a party in a vacant house sued police for violating their constitutional rights and won. The justices said Thursday they will review lower court rulings in favor of 16 people who ...
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Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for journalist
International 01/23/2017A court in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for an ethnic Uzbek journalist in a case that has drawn international criticism. Azimzhan Askarov was convicted in 2010 for stirring up ethnic hatred, a charge related to ethnic unrest in the so...
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Appeals court rules against Kansas in voting rights case
Political and Legal 01/23/2017Thousands of prospective voters in Kansas who did not provide citizenship documents will be able to vote in the November election under a federal appeals court ruling late Friday that upheld a judge's order. The decision from the U.S. 10th Cir...
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Court: Asylum not automatic for former gang members
Immigration Law 01/23/2017Immigrants in the United States illegally are not automatically eligible for asylum on the basis that they are former gang members who risk persecution if they return home, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday. Three judges from the 9th U.S....
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Brother of San Bernardino shooter guilty in immigration case
Immigration Law 01/23/2017The brother of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terror attack pleaded guilty Tuesday in an immigration fraud case stemming from the probe into the killings. Syed Raheel Farook entered the plea in federal court in Riverside to one count of co...
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Columbia Law Review
Law Reviews 01/23/2017The Columbia Law Review is one of the world’s leading publications of legal scholarship. Founded in 1901, the Review is an independent nonprofit corporation that produces a law journal edited and published entirely by students at Columbia Law S...
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Trinity Law Review
Law Reviews 01/23/2017Trinity Law Review is a student-run journal that has published legal scholarship since our founding in 1980. Short of actually printing the journal onto paper, students run the entire process—including selecting articles for publication, editin...