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Retailers hope for certainty as Supreme Court hears tax case
Recent Cases 04/08/2018Retailers are hoping for a resolution this year from the Supreme Court, which hears arguments Tuesday in a decades-old dispute: Whether companies must collect sales tax on items sold in a state where they don't have a store or other building.If the c...
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Previous Editions of Forms Accepted Until Feb. 21, 2017, but Must Include New Fees
Legal Events 04/02/2018When new fees for most USCIS forms went into effect on December 23, 2016, we published updated versions of the forms at uscis.gov/forms. We strongly encourage customers to submit these new versions, which are updated with the new fees and have an edi...
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Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
National News 02/08/2018The U.S. Supreme Court told North Carolina officials late Tuesday they must use some but not all of the state's legislative districts that other federal judges redrew for this year's elections.The justices partially granted the request of Republican ...
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Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw GOP-favored district map
Legal Events 02/07/2018Justice Samuel Alito, who handles emergency appeals from Pennsylvania, rejected the request from GOP legislative leaders and voters to put on hold an order from the state Supreme Court intended to produce new congressional districts in the coming two...
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Greek court postpones decision in Turkish extradition case
Legal Events 02/06/2018A Greek court postponed ruling Tuesday on a Turkish extradition request for the second of nine Turkish citizens alleged to be left-wing militants and arrested in November, days before an Athens visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Naci Ozp...
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Court: Lawsuit alleging coerced confessions can go to trial
Recent Cases 02/05/2018A lawsuit that accuses Evansville police officers of violating three teenagers' constitutional rights by coercing confessions in the killing of a homeless man can proceed to trial, a federal appeals court has ruled.A panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Cou...
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Prosecutor asks for prison terms in Paris terror trial
Trial Coverage 02/04/2018A French prosecutor has requested four years in prison for a man accused of harboring killers in the 2015 Islamic State attacks on Paris, less than the maximum term.In closing arguments Tuesday, Nicolas Le Bris said Jawad Bendaoud knew he was hiding ...
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Samsung heir freed after appeal wins suspended jail term
Recent Cases 02/03/2018Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was freed Monday after a South Korean appeals court gave him a 2 ½-year suspended jail sentence for corruption in connection with a scandal that toppled the country's president.The Seoul High Court softened the origin...
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Cambodian court again rejects bail for opposition leader
Notable Attorneys 02/01/2018An appeals court in Cambodia on Thursday denied a second request for the release on bail of opposition leader Kem Sokha, who has been charged with treason.The court appearance in Phnom Penh by Kem Sokha, head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, wa...
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Kenya's High Court orders government's TV shutdown to end
Law Center 02/01/2018Kenya's High Court on Thursday ordered the government to end its shutdown of the country's top three TV stations after they tried to broadcast images of the opposition leader's mock inauguration, a ceremony considered treasonous.Journalists and human...
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Court error unmasks person of interest in Las Vegas massacre
Recent Cases 01/31/2018A court error publicly revealed the name of a man identified as a person of interest in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.Clark County District Court Judge Elissa Cadish acknowledged that a member of her court staff failed to black o...
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Top Pakistani court orders arrest of escaped police officer
Legal Events 01/29/2018Pakistan's Supreme Court gave police three days to arrest an absconding officer who is involved in killing an aspiring model in a 'fake shootout', a lawyer said Saturday.Attorney Nazeer Mehsud says suspended police officer Rao Anwar did not appear at...