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  • US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border

    US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border

    Bar Associations 10/08/2021

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by two state police officers accused of failing to protect a woman from a man who went on a deadly rampage, allowing a civil lawsuit to proceed. Troopers were accused of failing to do enough when Brit...

  • Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure

    Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure

    Bar Associations 12/07/2018

    Rwanda’s high court on Thursday acquitted the country’s most prominent opposition figure of all charges related to her election challenge of President Paul Kagame, as judges said the prosecution failed to provide proof of insurrection and...

  • German court orders sentence enforced in Chile abuse case

    German court orders sentence enforced in Chile abuse case

    Bar Associations 08/14/2017

    A court in western Germany has ruled that a German man must serve the sentence of a Chilean court for his role in the sexual abuse of children at a secretive German colony in Chile. The dpa news agency reported Monday that the court in the town of Kr...

  • Ohio high court will review full autopsies from 8 slayings

    Ohio high court will review full autopsies from 8 slayings

    Bar Associations 04/21/2017

    The Ohio Supreme Court wants to see unredacted autopsy reports from eight slayings in one family as justices consider media lawsuits seeking access to those full reports from the year-old, unsolved case. The court on Wednesday ordered the Pike County...

  • High court ruling could reshape Virginia political map

    High court ruling could reshape Virginia political map

    Bar Associations 03/01/2017

    A U.S. Supreme Court decision reviving a challenge to several Virginia legislative districts could send lawmakers back to the drawing board, but Republicans say they are confident the state's current electoral map will withstand further scrutiny. The...

  • Supreme Court rejects 2 death row appeals

    Supreme Court rejects 2 death row appeals

    Bar Associations 12/11/2016

    The Supreme Court has denied appeals from death row inmates in Louisiana and South Carolina who questioned their lawyers' actions. The justices on Monday did not comment on the cases of James Tyler of Louisiana and Sammie Stokes of South Carolina. Ty...

  • Biden, Supreme Court nominee on Hill to pressure GOP

    Biden, Supreme Court nominee on Hill to pressure GOP

    Bar Associations 09/11/2016

    Judge Merrick Garland found himself back on Capitol Hill on Thursday in a familiar place ? meeting with a Democratic senator who used the visit to complain about Republicans' inaction on President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Vermont Sen. Pa...

  • Washington, DC Criminal Defense Lawyer

    Washington, DC Criminal Defense Lawyer

    Bar Associations 11/01/2013

    Criminal defense should not be taken lightly and getting an attorney with experience is crucial so you are able to achieve your goals in each situation. Mr. Ney has represented  criminal defendants in felony cases in both trial and appellate cou...

  • Illegal immigrant in Fla. fights for law license

    Illegal immigrant in Fla. fights for law license

    Bar Associations 10/05/2012

    A Florida man's bid to become the first illegal immigrant to obtain a law license in the United States met skepticism Tuesday from most of the state's Supreme Court justices. Jose Godinez-Samperio came to the U.S. with his parents on visitors' visas ...

  • LAs leave 25% of class action settlements unclaimed

    LAs leave 25% of class action settlements unclaimed

    Bar Associations 10/05/2009

    UK – Local authority pension schemes could be losing up to £125m (€136m) by not participating in class actions, a report from the Goal Group has claimed. The firm, which provides specialist class action services, calculated that between 2007 and 2008...

  • ABA Antitrust Fall Forum

    ABA Antitrust Fall Forum

    Bar Associations 10/20/2008

    What will a new administration mean to the practice of antitrust lawand how will it affect Congress, the agencies and the courts in comingyears?  What changes can be expected at the Federal Trade Commissionand Department of Justice?  How wi...

  • Hazard Receives 2008 Franck Responsibility Award

    Hazard Receives 2008 Franck Responsibility Award

    Bar Associations 04/03/2008

    Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., a professor at Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, has been selected to receive the 2008 Michael Franck Professional Responsibility Award conferred by the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility.“...

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