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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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Ohio court to decide if ex-player can sue over concussions
Featured Articles 04/04/2018The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether the widow of a former University of Notre Dame football player can sue the school and the NCAA over allegations her husband was disabled by concussions from his college career in the 1970s.Steve Schmitz was ...
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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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Drug companies want Supreme Court to take eye drop dispute
Law Reviews 04/02/2018Eye drop users everywhere have had it happen. Tilt your head back, drip a drop in your eye and part of that drop always seems to dribble down your cheek.But what most people see as an annoyance, some prescription drop users say is grounds for a lawsu...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Middle East attack victims
Civil Rights 04/02/2018The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more than a decade ago.The justices are not commenting Monday in ending a lawsuit against the PLO and Palestinian Authority in connection with atta...
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Trump administration backs PLO in victims' high court appeal
Featured Articles 04/01/2018Despite its bumpy relationship with the Palestinians, the Trump administration is siding with the Palestine Liberation Organization in urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from American victims of terrorist attacks in the Middle East more tha...
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Large Midwest energy project turns to ex-Missouri governor
Legal Outlook 03/29/2018Stymied by state regulators, a renewable energy company seeking to build one of the nation's longest power lines across a large swath of the Midwest has turned to a prominent politician in an attempt to revive its $2.3 billion project.Former Missouri...
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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 ...