Recent Updates
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Filing period opens for West Virginia Supreme Court seat
Legal Outlook 08/05/2018The filing period has begun for a special election for the West Virginia Supreme Court.The filing period for the unexpired seat of former Justice Menis Ketchum started Monday and runs through Aug. 21. The special election will be held concurrently wi...
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Sex predator law challenged by Cosby to get court review
Legal Outlook 08/02/2018Pennsylvania's highest court will consider whether the state can lawfully designate certain sex offenders as sexually violent predators, as it's seeking to do in the case of Bill Cosby.Cosby's attorneys also are challenging the constitutionality of t...
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Philadelphia's tax on soda upheld by state Supreme Court
Legal Outlook 07/18/2018Pennsylvania's highest court is upholding Philadelphia's tax on soda and other sweetened drinks, rejecting a challenge by merchants and the beverage industry.The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the 1.5-cent-per-ounce levy is aimed at distributors and d...
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Missouri court gives jolt of life to long Midwest power line
Legal Outlook 07/16/2018A proposal for a high-voltage power line carrying wind energy across the Midwest received a jolt of new life Tuesday as the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that state regulators had wrongly rejected it.The ruling is a major victory in the quest by Clean...
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Florida school shooting suspect's statement issue in court
Legal Outlook 07/14/2018How much of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz's statement to investigators should be made public is an issue going before a judge.A hearing is set Monday on whether any or all of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting suspect's ...
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Conservatives close in on dream: Tipping court right
Legal Outlook 07/11/2018President Donald Trump’s selection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a new Supreme Court nominee last Monday culminates a three-decade project unparalleled in American history to install a reliable conservative majority on the nation’s highest ...
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3 more Supreme Court candidates meet with Trump
Legal Outlook 07/03/2018President Donald Trump spoke with three more potential Supreme Court candidates on Tuesday as a key senator privately aired concerns about one of the contenders.As Trump weighs his options, he has heard from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has expressed r...
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Court blocks 'millionaire tax' question from state ballot
Legal Outlook 06/18/2018Massachusetts' highest court on Monday struck down a proposed "millionaire tax" ballot question, blocking it from going before state voters in November and ending advocates' hopes for generating some $2 billion in additional revenue for education and...
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Supreme Court allows Arkansas to enforce abortion restrictions
Legal Outlook 06/05/2018The Supreme Court is allowing Arkansas to put into effect restrictions on how abortion pills are administered. Critics of a challenged state law say it could effectively end medication abortions in the state. The justices did not comment Tuesday in r...
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Zuckerberg Flubs Details of Facebook Privacy Commitments
Legal Outlook 04/11/2018Over two days of questioning in Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg chief revealed that he didn’t know key details of a 2011 consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission that requires Facebook to protect user privacy.With congressional h...
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Large Midwest energy project turns to ex-Missouri governor
Legal Outlook 03/29/2018Stymied by state regulators, a renewable energy company seeking to build one of the nation's longest power lines across a large swath of the Midwest has turned to a prominent politician in an attempt to revive its $2.3 billion project.Former Missouri...