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US House staffers subpoenaed by federal court
Law Promo News 04/12/2016Four congressional staffers have told the U.S. House that they've been subpoenaed by the federal court in Springfield, Illinois, where a grand jury is conducting a probe into the spending of former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock. The financial chief for the ...
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Appeals court rules Mississippi can resume Google inquiry
Law Firm Marketing 04/12/2016Mississippi's attorney general can resume an investigation into whether Google facilitates illegal behavior, an appeals court ruled. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned a district judge who had sided with Google. U.S. District ...
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Court sends part of Wisconsin voter ID case back to judge
National News 04/11/2016A judge must consider whether Wisconsin's voter photo identification law applies to people who face daunting obstacles in obtaining identification, a three-judge federal appellate panel ruled Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Nation...
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Nevada court hears casino mogul Adelson's defamation case
Recent Cases 04/05/2016Nevada's highest court is being asked if a political group defamed casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in 2012 with an Internet ad alleging that he used prostitution-tainted money from casinos in China to fund Republican presidential campaigns in the United...
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New York's top court: Parents can legally eavesdrop on kids
Legal Events 04/05/2016New York's highest court says parents can legally eavesdrop on young children, establishing an exception to state law against wiretaps without the consent of at least one person on a call. The Court of Appeals split 4-3 in deciding such monitoring is...
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California court mulls whether employers must offer seating
Recent Cases 04/04/2016California's Supreme Court is set to clarify the state's rules for determining when employers must provide workers with a place to sit. The court's opinion, expected Monday, stems from lawsuits brought by cashiers at the CVS drugstore chain and telle...
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Supreme Court Rejects Conservative Group’s Argument
Lawyer Interviews 04/04/2016A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in deciding how to draw electoral districts. The justices turned back a challenge from Texas voters that could have dramatically altered political distri...
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Court upholds total population count in electoral districts
Recent Cases 04/03/2016A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in deciding how to draw electoral districts. The justices turned back a challenge from Texas voters that could have dramatically altered political...
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Supreme Court will take up case about juror's racial bias
Ethics 04/02/2016The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether jurors' claims of racially charged comments by another juror can overcome the need for secrecy in jury deliberations. The justices will hear an appeal from a Hispanic man in Colorado who says he did n...
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Supreme Court's future hangs in the balance in 2016
Headline Legal News 04/01/2016Hillary Clinton said Monday that the future of the Supreme Court would hang in the balance of the 2016 election, warning that Republican front-runner Donald Trump would bring division to the court if he was allowed to shape its future. Clinton said T...
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Clinton: Americans should put Court nomination at forefront
National News 03/28/2016Hillary Clinton wants voters to consider what Republican front-runner Donald Trump might do to shape the Supreme Court. Clinton planned to use in a speech in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday to argue that Trump could roll back the rights of individuals,...
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Attorney: Court ruling lets Ohio political candidates lie
Headline Legal News 03/28/2016Candidates for public office in Ohio can lie and get away with it under a recent federal court ruling that struck down a state law banning false statements in campaigns, an attorney says. Attorney Donald Brey, who has represented Republicans in cases...