Recent Updates
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Trump wants N.Y. hush money trial to wait for Supreme Court immunity ruling
Headline Legal News 03/11/2024Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.The Republican former president’s lawyers on Monday asked Manhattan Judg...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks Lenient Sentence and to Appeal Conviction
Headline Legal News 03/02/2024Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer said Tuesday that a suggested 100-year prison sentence for the FTX founder by an arm of the court is “grotesque” and “barbaric” and at most a term of a few years behind bars is appropriate for ...
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Nevada Supreme Court sides with AP in Wynn defamation suit
Headline Legal News 02/08/2024The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by casino mogul Steve Wynn against The Associated Press over a story about two women’s accounts to police alleging he engaged in sexual misconduct.The court cited state...
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Illinois high court hands lawmakers a rare pension-overhaul victory
Headline Legal News 01/20/2024The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday endorsed the consolidation of local police and firefighter pension systems, a rare victory in a yearslong battle to find an answer to the state’s besieged retirement accounts.The court’s unanimous opin...
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What to know: South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ
Headline Legal News 01/15/2024Israel is defending itself in the United Nations’ highest court Thursday against allegations that it is committing genocide with its military campaign in Gaza.South Africa asked the International Court of Justice to order Israel to immediately ...
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More women join challenge to Tennessee’s abortion ban law
Headline Legal News 01/11/2024More women on Monday joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state’s broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.The legal challenge is part of a handful of lawsuits filed acro...
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Michigan Supreme Court will keep Trump on the state's primary election ballot
Headline Legal News 12/27/2023Michigan’s Supreme Court is keeping former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary election ballot.The court said Wednesday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling from groups seeking to keep Trump from appearing ...
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Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
Headline Legal News 12/18/2023Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even big...
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Texas Supreme Court blocks Kate Cox's emergency abortion approval
Headline Legal News 12/10/2023The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S...
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Six teens in court in connection with beheading of French teacher
Headline Legal News 11/24/2023Six teenagers go on trial Monday in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a killing that led authorities to reaffirm France’s cherished rights of expression and ...
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Biden administration warns of disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
Headline Legal News 11/09/2023The Biden administration on Tuesday urged an appeals court to allow sweeping new asylum restrictions to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border.The government is urging a panel of judges in Pasa...
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Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina’s new abortion law
Headline Legal News 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...