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Chinese court orders new trial for Canadian in drug case
Featured Articles 01/03/2019A Canadian convicted of drug trafficking in China faces the possibility of more serious charges after a court on Saturday ordered a new trial amid tensions over Canada’s arrest of a Chinese technology executive.Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was tri...
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Del. Man Acquitted of Drug Charges Won't Get Seized Money
Trial Coverage 01/02/2019A court has ruled that a Delaware man acquitted of drug charges won't get the thousands of dollars seized in the drug bust back. WBOC media partner the Delaware State News reports that the S...
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Chief justice details efforts to combat workplace misconduct
Civil Rights 01/01/2019Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is using his annual report on the federal judiciary to highlight the steps the branch has taken to combat inappropriate conduct in the workplace.In December 2017, Roberts asked that a working group be put toge...
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Judge denies Kevin Spacey's request to skip court appearance
Recent Cases 12/29/2018Former "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey must appear in a Massachusetts court on accusations that he groped a young man in 2016, a judge ruled on Monday.The 59-year-old Oscar-winning actor had argued he should be excused from attending his Jan. 7 ar...
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Pakistani court set to announce verdict against ex-PM Sharif
United States Courts 12/26/2018An anti-corruption court is set to rule on two cases against Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.Sharif, who was removed from office last year after being disqualified from serving his third stint as prime minister, could be sentenced to pr...
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Spain court grants $1.7 billion compensation for oil spill
Legal Outlook 12/24/2018Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that the captain and the insurer of the Prestige oil tanker must pay more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in compensation for Spain's biggest environmental disaster, when the vessel sank in 2002. The court s...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban
Legal Outlook 12/23/2018A divided Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Chief Justice John Roberts joined his four more liberal colleagues Friday in ruling agains...
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Fight over report on Wynn allegations back in court Jan. 4
Legal Outlook 12/22/2018The fight over a Massachusetts Gaming Commission report on allegations of sexual misconduct against former casino mogul Steve Wynn will be back in a Nevada courtroom next month.Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez on Thursday set a Jan. 4 c...
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NC court: Counties not responsible for school underfunding
Legal Outlook 12/22/2018North Carolina's top court says the state is responsible, not the counties, when schools are so underfunded that some children don't get the constitutionally required sound basic education.In a decision issued Friday, the state Supreme Court ruled ag...
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Appeals court agrees to hear case involving Trump DC hotel
Civil Rights 12/20/2018A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to take up a case accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency in violation of the U.S. Constitution, giving the president's legal team its first major victory in the case.The order issued by the U.S. ...
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Human rights court rules against Greece in Sharia law case
Trial Coverage 12/18/2018Greece violated a prohibition on discrimination by applying Islamic religious law to an inheritance dispute among members of the country's Muslim minority, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday.The court, based in the eastern French city...
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Fight over report on Wynn allegations back in court Jan. 4
Legal Events 12/17/2018The fight over a Massachusetts Gaming Commission report on allegations of sexual misconduct against former casino mogul Steve Wynn will be back in a Nevada courtroom next month.Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez on Thursday set a Jan. 4 c...