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  • N Carolina elections board back in court in power struggle

    N Carolina elections board back in court in power struggle

    Lawyer Interviews 08/08/2018

    The repeatedly altered composition of North Carolina's elections board returned to court Thursday as a proxy for the lengthy power struggle between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-dominated legislature.A panel of three trial judges list...

  • Illinois high court: Woman can sue city over sidewalk fall

    Illinois high court: Woman can sue city over sidewalk fall

    Headline Legal News 08/06/2018

    The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who was injured after tripping on a poorly maintained sidewalk can move forward with a lawsuit against the city of Danville.The Champaign News-Gazette reports the state's high court ruled 7-0 on Thurs...

  •  N Carolina Supreme Court candidate sues over party label law

    N Carolina Supreme Court candidate sues over party label law

    Notable Attorneys 08/04/2018

    A North Carolina Supreme Court candidate has made good on his threat to sue Republican legislators to challenge a law finalized over the weekend preventing him from having his party designation next to his name on the November ballot.Chris Anglin fil...

  • With scant record, Supreme Court nominee elusive on abortion

    With scant record, Supreme Court nominee elusive on abortion

    Recent Cases 08/03/2018

    Twice in the past year, Brett Kavanaugh offered glimpses of his position on abortion that strongly suggest he would vote to support restrictions if confirmed to the Supreme Court.One was in a dissent in the case of a 17-year-old migrant seeking to te...

  • Oklahoma lawsuit against opioid makers back in state court

    Oklahoma lawsuit against opioid makers back in state court

    Notable Attorneys 08/03/2018

    A U.S. judge determined Friday that a lawsuit the state of Oklahoma filed against the makers of opioids does not "necessarily rise" to a federal issue.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange in Oklahoma City sends the matter back to st...

  • SC Supreme Court to decide if elected sheriff is qualified

    SC Supreme Court to decide if elected sheriff is qualified

    Ethics 08/02/2018

    Clarke Stearns has been working as sheriff for more than 18 months in McCormick County, but it's still up in the air whether he is qualified to be the county's top lawman.Stearns' Democratic opponent in the 2016 election, J.R. Jones, sued him within ...

  • DC court sides with transit agency in dispute with church

    DC court sides with transit agency in dispute with church

    Court Watch 08/01/2018

    A federal appeals court in Washington is siding with transportation officials in a dispute about the transit agency's decision to reject an ad from the Roman Catholic Church.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday...

  • Iowa woman promoted to nation's lone all-male Supreme Court

    Iowa woman promoted to nation's lone all-male Supreme Court

    Trial Coverage 08/01/2018

    Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday promoted a female district judge to the Supreme Court in Iowa, the only state where all of its current justices are men.Susan Christensen will be the first woman on Iowa's high court in roughly eight years. T...

  • US Supreme Court ruling in union dues impacts case in Oregon

    US Supreme Court ruling in union dues impacts case in Oregon

    Trial Coverage 07/28/2018

    An Oregon state employee and a labor union have reached a settlement over her lawsuit seeking payback of obligatory union fees, marking the first refund of forced fees since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in late June that government workers can't be r...

  • Court: Drug users can be jailed for relapsing on probation

    Court: Drug users can be jailed for relapsing on probation

    Trial Coverage 07/11/2018

    In a case that has attracted national attention, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Monday that judges in the state have the authority to order people to remain drug free as a condition of probation and under some circumstances order a defendant jail...

  • Rebel Wilson back in Australian courts in defamation appeal

    Rebel Wilson back in Australian courts in defamation appeal

    Trial Coverage 07/10/2018

    Rebel Wilson has applied to Australia's highest court to increase the comic actress's payout from a defamation case against a magazine publisher.The 38-year-old, best known for parts in the "Pitch Perfect" and "Bridesmaids" movies, was awarded in Sep...

  •  German court: Catalan politician can legally be extradited

    German court: Catalan politician can legally be extradited

    Recent Cases 07/08/2018

    A German court on Thursday removed a hurdle to the extradition of a prominent Catalan politician on charges of embezzlement, setting the stage for a possible trial in Spain but on lesser charges than prosecutors there had hoped for.In its decision in...

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