Recent Updates
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Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola files for bankruptcy protection
Legal Events 02/17/2025Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection months after saying that it would likely run out of cash early this year.Nikola was a hot start-up and rising star on Wall Street before becoming enmeshed in scanda...
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Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board
Legal Events 12/09/2024North Carolina’s elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races last month and had questioned well over 60,000 ballots cast this fall.The State Board of Elections’ ...
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Romania’s top court annuls first round of presidential vote
Legal Events 12/06/2024A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.The Constitutional Co...
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Court seems reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors
Legal Events 12/02/2024Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed reluctant Wednesday to block Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect simila...
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
Legal Events 11/19/2024The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over their 13-month war in Gaz...
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North Carolina appeals court blocks use of UNC's digital ID for voting
Legal Events 09/27/2024A North Carolina appeals court on Friday blocked students and employees at the state's flagship public university from providing a digital identification produced by the school when voting to comply with a new photo ID mandate.The decision by a three...
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Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
Legal Events 09/09/2024One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.The Justice Department, joined by a co...
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Marilyn Mosby to be sentenced for mortgage fraud and perjury convictions
Legal Events 05/21/2024A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore will soon learn her sentence for lying about her personal finances so she could improperly access retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic.Former Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby ap...
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Ex-Illinois lawmaker abruptly pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering
Legal Events 02/17/2024Former Illinois lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate William “Sam” McCann abruptly pleaded guilty on Thursday to nine felony counts of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, halting his federal corruption trial over misusing up to ...
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Taiwan’s presidential candidates emphasize peace in relations with Beijing
Legal Events 01/01/2024Taiwan’s presidential candidates expressed desire for peaceful relations with Beijing, which has described Jan. 13 elections on the self-ruled island as a choice between war and peace and stepped up harassment of the territory that China claims...
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A conservative attack on government regulation reaches the Supreme Court
Legal Events 11/29/2023The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to fight fraud, part of a broad attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests.The case before the justices Wedn...
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Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
Legal Events 10/04/2023A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina’s new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. But nearly all of the restrictions approved by the legislature this year, including a near-ban after 12 weeks of...