Recent Updates
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Poll: Most Americans expect Supreme Court to OK gay marriage
Legal Events 06/12/2015Nearly two-thirds of Americans expect the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide when it rules on the issue within the next few weeks, according to a new poll. Only 25 percent expect the high court to leave existing state bans on gay ...
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Duke Energy will be in federal court for coal ash crimes
Legal Events 05/14/2015As the nation's largest electricity company prepares to plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act, Duke Energy has started delivering bottled water to people with tainted wells close to its North Carolina coal ash pits. Duke has long deni...
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'Suge' Knight comes to court for robbery case in wheelchair
Legal Events 04/15/2015A judge on Wednesday gave former rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight time to hire a new attorney in a robbery case filed after a celebrity photographer accused him and comedian Katt Williams of taking her camera last year. In a separate case, Knight...
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Jury finds ex-San Francisco bank executive guilty of fraud
Legal Events 03/31/2015A former executive of a San Francisco-based bank that received federal bailout money has been convicted of fraud. U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag said Thursday a federal jury in Oakland found 66-year-old Ebrahim Shabudin guilty of conspiring with others w...
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Texas abortion clinic to reopen after court ruling
Legal Events 09/04/2014Women in South Texas facing a 200-mile drive for access to legal abortions learned Wednesday that a local clinic shuttered by a sweeping anti-abortion law would reopen, marking the first tangible effect of a court ruling last week that blocked key pa...
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Apple wins EU court case on store design trademark
Legal Events 07/11/2014The European Union's highest court says Apple's characteristic retail store layout may be registered as a trademark. The Court of Justice on Thursday overturned a decision by German patent authorities which last year rejected an application to grant ...
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SC Supreme Court hears appeal in fatal dog attack
Legal Events 04/15/2014Prosecutors want South Carolina's highest court to reinstate the conviction of a Dillon County man whose dogs attacked and killed a 10-year-old boy in 2006. The state Supreme Court on Tuesday hears an appeal in the case of Bentley Collins. In 2012, t...
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Court: Broad protection for whistleblowers
Legal Events 03/05/2014The Supreme Court says whistleblower protections in a federal law passed in response to the Enron financial scandal apply broadly to employees of publicly traded companies and contractors hired by the companies. The justices ruled 6-3 Tuesday in favo...
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Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban
Legal Events 02/13/2014In an about-face, Nevada has decided against defending its constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, the latest step in a series of battles being waged across the nation on the volatile issue. Nevada's attorney general and governor said Monday that t...
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Lawmakers push back against Washington high court
Legal Events 01/27/2014Washington state's highest court has exercised an unusual amount of power on education funding, and it's prompted some lawmakers to raise constitutional concerns. Before last year's legislative session, the court ruled that the state wasn't meeting i...
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Texas Supreme Court limits insurance exclusions
Legal Events 01/20/2014The Texas Supreme Court issued a key ruling Friday that should boost consumer confidence in the liability insurance coverage that builders and general contractors carry. Writing for the court, Justice Phil Johnson denied an insurance company's attemp...
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Supreme Court Puts Utah Same-Sex Marriage on Hold
Legal Events 01/06/2014The Supreme Court on Monday put same-sex marriages on hold in Utah, at least while a federal appeals court more fully considers the issue. The court issued a brief order blocking any new same-sex unions in the state. The order grants an emergency app...