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Griffis beginning 8-year term on Mississippi Supreme Court
National News 12/26/2021The Mississippi Supreme Court is holding a ceremony Monday for Justice Kenny Griffis to begin a new term of office. Griffis served 16 years on the state Court of Appeals. In February 2019, then-Gov. Phil Bryant appointed him to fill an open seat on t...
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NC voter ID trial delayed as US Supreme Court examines case
Legal Events 12/21/2021A federal trial set for January on litigation challenging North Carolina’s voter photo identification law has been delayed while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether legislative leaders should be permitted to help defend the law in court. The ...
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Enbridge seeks federal jurisdiction in oil pipeline dispute
Legal Events 12/17/2021The Canadian company argued that a 2019 lawsuit filed in a state court by Attorney General Dana Nessel should be heard by U.S. District Judge Janet Neff, who last month retained jurisdiction over a separate case initiated by the state of Michigan to ...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal over press access in Wisconsin
Trial Coverage 12/13/2021The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a conservative think tank over Gov. Tony Evers’ decision to exclude the group’s writers from press briefings. The justices acted without comment Monday, leaving in place lower court rulings th...
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Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but lets clinics sue
Notable Attorneys 12/10/2021The Supreme Court on Friday left in place Texas’ ban on most abortions, offering only a glimmer of daylight for clinics in the state to challenge the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. The decision, little more than a week after the ...
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Italy frees man convicted of 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher
National News 11/28/2021The only person convicted in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher was freed Tuesday after serving most of his 16-year prison sentence, his lawyer said. Attorney Fabrizio Ballarini said Rudy Guede’s planned Jan. 4 release had been...
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Tunisian trial shines light on use of military courts
Legal Events 11/24/2021A few days after Tunisia’s president froze parliament and took on sweeping powers in July, a dozen men in unmarked vehicles and civilian clothes barged into politician Yassine Ayari’s family home overnight and took him away in his pajamas...
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New Mexico Supreme court mediates clash on pandemic aid
National News 11/20/2021New Mexico’s Supreme Court is considering whether state legislators should have a greater say in spending more than $1 billion in federal pandemic aid. Arguments in the case were scheduled for Wednesday morning at the five-seat high court. A bi...
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Washington seeks over $38 billion from opioid distributors
Ethics 11/16/2021After rejecting a half-billion-dollar settlement, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday took the state’s case against the nation’s three biggest drug distributors to trial, saying they must be held accountable for their role ...
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Trials delayed for mother, son in Mississippi fraud cases
National News 11/13/2021Judges have delayed the state and federal trials of a mother and son charged in one of Mississippi’s largest public corruption cases. State Auditor Shad White has said Nancy New and Zachary New were responsible for misspending millions of dolla...
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International Criminal Court to probe abuses in Venezuela
Court Watch 11/09/2021The International Criminal Court is opening a formal investigation into allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed by Venezuelan security forces under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule, the first time a country in Latin Am...
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Palestinians reject offer to delay their Jerusalem eviction
Headline Legal News 11/05/2021Palestinian families on Tuesday rejected an offer that would have delayed their eviction by Jewish settlers in a tense Jerusalem neighborhood, where protests and clashes helped ignite the 11-day Gaza war in May. The four families in the Sheikh Jarrah...