Recent Updates
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European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike
Headline Legal News 02/16/2021The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected a complaint against Germany’s refusal to prosecute an officer who ordered the deadly bombing in 2009 of two fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan.Scores of people died when U.S. Air Force je...
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Justices: California can’t enforce indoor church service ban
US Legal News 02/10/2021The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t bar indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it can keep for now a ban on singing and chanting indoors.The high court issued orders late Friday in two cases where chur...
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Court halts another Texas execution over disability claims
Law Firm News 02/04/2021A Texas appeals court has delayed a second execution this year to review claims that an inmate is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for the death penalty.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday granted a request by attorneys for Ed...
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More protests called in Moscow to demand Navalny’s release
Headline Legal News 02/01/2021Moscow braced for more protests seeking the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who faces a court hearing Tuesday after two weekends of nationwide rallies and thousands of arrests in the largest outpouring of discontent in Russia in y...
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Far-right extremist convicted of murdering German politician
Headline Legal News 01/28/2021A far-right extremist in Germany was convicted Thursday and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a regional politician who had advocated helping refugees — a brazen killing that shocked the country.In its verdict against 47-year-old St...
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Attorney General MacDonald confirmed as supreme court chief
US Legal News 01/22/2021Attorney General Gordon MacDonald was confirmed Friday as chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, 18 months after he was initially rejected for the position.Republicans won a 4-1 majority on the Executive Council in November, ousting Democr...
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Justice: Technology helped Nebraska courts face pandemic
Headline Legal News 01/20/2021Nebraska’s courts have faced a big challenge due to the coronavirus pandemic but continue to serve the public with the use of technology, the state’s chief justice said Thursday.Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Heavican said t...
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S. Korean court upholds prison term for ex-president Park
US Legal News 01/17/2021South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 20-year prison term for former President Park Geun-hye over bribery and other crimes as it ended a historic corruption case that marked a striking fall from grace for the country’s first fe...
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India's top court suspends implementation of new farm laws
US Legal News 01/13/2021India’s top court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the implementation of agricultural reform laws and ordered the creation of an independent committee of experts to negotiate with farmers who have been protesting against the legislation.The S...
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Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
Headline Legal News 01/09/2021President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people familiar with the selection process said Wednesday.In pi...
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Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to ‘find’ him votes
Legal Events 01/05/2021President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising th...
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Chief justice praises work of federal courts during COVID-19
Headline Legal News 01/01/2021Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is praising federal courts nationwide for their flexibility in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledging in his annual year-end report the role technology has played in keeping courts running.The high...