Recent Updates
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Court Rules 2 Texas Congressional Districts Unconstitutional
Legal Business 08/23/2017A federal court nullified two of Texas’ 36 congressional districts Tuesday, unanimously ruling that they were drawn with the intent to weaken minority voting power in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. Hispani...
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Young leaders of massive 2014 Hong Kong protests get prison
Political and Legal 08/23/2017A Hong Kong court sent young activist Joshua Wong and two other student leaders to prison Thursday for their roles in huge pro-democracy protests nearly three years earlier, in the latest sign that tolerance for dissent is waning in the Chinese-ruled...
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Nevada pot regulators back in court as supplies dwindle
Business Law 08/23/2017Nevada's marijuana regulators are headed back to court in a turf battle with liquor wholesalers over exclusive rights to distribute pot products to the state's new recreational retailers.Nevada's Taxation Department says the protracted legal fight ha...
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Maryland removes Dred Scott ruling author's statue
Breaking Legal News 08/23/2017A statue of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to African Americans was removed from the grounds of the Maryland State House early Friday.The statue of Roger B. Taney was l...
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Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to speak in Tuscaloosa
Legal Business 08/23/2017U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at the University of Alabama law school next month.Sotomayor will participate in a discussion with dean Mark Brandon and U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton III on Sept. 12. Brandon say...
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French Designer Wins Court Case in Dispute with Brad Pitt
International 08/23/2017A French lighting designer has won a $600,000 court ruling in a dispute with Brad Pitt over a grandiose re-design of the chateau in Provence that he and Angelina Jolie shared.But designer Odile Soudant isn’t stopping there. She says her busines...
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Kentucky governor, attorney general clash before high court
Political and Legal 08/23/2017Kentucky's Democratic attorney general warned the state's highest court on Friday that the accreditation of the state's public colleges and universities would be at risk if they don't take his side against the Republican governor.But an attorney for ...
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Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case
Court Watch 08/23/2017A Los Angeles judge on Friday denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski's victim to end a four-decade-old sexual assault case against the fugitive director. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled that Polanski must return to Ca...
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Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
Criminal Law 08/23/2017Court documents say an 8-year-old girl accused of killing a toddler at a home daycare in western Michigan earlier this year suffers from "serious mental health" issues, including hearing a demon's voice.The Department of Health and Human Services fil...
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Record $417M award in lawsuit linking baby powder to cancer
Court Watch 08/23/2017A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygie...
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Russian flight attendant sues Aeroflot for discrimination
International 08/23/2017A Moscow court postponed a hearing Tuesday in the case of a flight attendant who is suing Russia's flagship airline Aeroflot. She says she was taken off sought-after long-haul international flights because of her looks.Moscow City Court said that the...
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Court: Indiana layoffs of older workers not discrimination
Legal Business 08/20/2017A federal appeals court has ruled against 20 former Lake County employees who claimed their layoffs were driven by age discrimination.The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs, many of whom are now in their 7...