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  • High court rejects Google's appeal in class action lawsuit

    High court rejects Google's appeal in class action lawsuit

    Headline Legal News 06/07/2016

    The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from Google over a class action lawsuit filed by advertisers who claim the internet company displayed their ads on "low quality" web sites.   The justices on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that said ...

  • Man admits kidnapping teen girl, raping her during captivity

    Man admits kidnapping teen girl, raping her during captivity

    Headline Legal News 05/30/2016

    A man who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl when she accepted his offer of a ride home from school because her feet were sore, held her in captivity for nine months and raped her repeatedly at his trailer acknowledged his crimes on Thursday.   Nathan...

  • Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes

    Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes

    Headline Legal News 05/10/2016

    Attorneys for Kansas hope to persuade the state Supreme Court that recent changes in the state's education funding system are fair enough to poor districts that the justices can abandon a threat to shut down public schools. The high court was set to ...

  • High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing

    High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing

    Headline Legal News 04/25/2016

    The Supreme Court won't step into a dispute between Michigan gaming officials and a group of harness racing drivers over allegations of race-fixing. The drivers had refused to speak to state investigators without a grant of immunity from prosecution....

  • Supreme Court's future hangs in the balance in 2016

    Supreme Court's future hangs in the balance in 2016

    Headline Legal News 04/01/2016

    Hillary Clinton said Monday that the future of the Supreme Court would hang in the balance of the 2016 election, warning that Republican front-runner Donald Trump would bring division to the court if he was allowed to shape its future. Clinton said T...

  • Attorney: Court ruling lets Ohio political candidates lie

    Attorney: Court ruling lets Ohio political candidates lie

    Headline Legal News 03/28/2016

    Candidates for public office in Ohio can lie and get away with it under a recent federal court ruling that struck down a state law banning false statements in campaigns, an attorney says. Attorney Donald Brey, who has represented Republicans in cases...

  • Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute

    Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute

    Headline Legal News 03/21/2016

    The Supreme Court has agreed to referee a pricy patent dispute between Samsung and Apple.   The justices said Monday they will review a $399 million judgment against South Korea-based Samsung for illegally copying patented aspects of the look of...

  • White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man

    White S.C. trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man

    Headline Legal News 03/19/2016

    A white South Carolina trooper pleaded guilty Monday to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in the 2014 shooting an unarmed black driver seconds after a traffic stop. Trooper Sean Groubert, 32, faces up to 20 years in prison. The shoo...

  • Nevada's GOP governor honored by mention about high court

    Nevada's GOP governor honored by mention about high court

    Headline Legal News 02/17/2016

    The prospect of President Barack Obama's nominating a Republican for the Supreme Court seems a long shot, but there's been some talk in Washington about Nevada's GOP governor, Brian Sandoval. Sandoval says he's honored to have his name mentioned as a...

  • Plagued by delays, California high-speed rail heads back to court

    Plagued by delays, California high-speed rail heads back to court

    Headline Legal News 02/04/2016

    California voters embraced the idea of building the nation's first real high-speed rail system, which promised to whisk travelers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under three hours, a trip that can take six hours or more by car. Eight years after...

  • Ohio court approves class action in speed camera case

    Ohio court approves class action in speed camera case

    Headline Legal News 02/02/2016

    A state appeals court approved class action status on Monday for thousands of motorists fined for speeding in a southwest Ohio village with citations issued from automatic camera enforcement. The 12th district appeals court ruling comes as New Miami'...

  • Court overturns tobacco company victory over FDA on menthols

    Court overturns tobacco company victory over FDA on menthols

    Headline Legal News 01/19/2016

    A federal appeals court has ruled that tobacco companies had no basis to challenge a Food and Drug Administration report on menthol cigarettes, which the industry alleged was written by experts with conflicts of interest. The decision by a three-judg...

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