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  Nissan ex-chair Ghosn appeal on extended detention rejected

  Featured Legal News 04/16/2019

  Japan's top court said Thursday it has rejected an appeal by former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's lawyers against his extended detention after his fourth arrest on allegations of financial misconduct.The decision upholds the extension of his detenti...

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  Court sets hearing on Trump administration's asylum policy

  Featured Legal News 04/12/2019

  A federal appeals court on Wednesday scheduled a hearing over whether to stop the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their immigration court hearings.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set a hearing for April 24...

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  Kansas tells court broad support is reason to OK schools law

  Legal Compliance News 04/08/2019

  Lawyers for Kansas told the state Supreme Court on Monday that it should sign off on a new law boosting spending on public schools and end a protracted education funding lawsuit partly because the law has broad, bipartisan support.Attorney General De...

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  Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam

  Legal Outlook 04/05/2019

  Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman faced court appearances Wednesday on charges they took part in the college bribery scandal that has ensnared dozens of wealthy parents.The actresses along with Loughlin’s fashion designer husband, Mo...

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  US revokes visa for International Court prosecutor Bensouda

  Featured Legal News 04/03/2019

  The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday that her U.S. visa has been revoked, in what appears to a crackdown on the global tribunal by the Trump administration.In a statement confirming the revocation, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda&...

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  Philippine Supreme Court orders release of drug war evidence

  Featured Legal News 04/02/2019

  The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of police documents on thousands of killings of suspects in the president’s anti-drug crackdown, in a ruling that human rights groups said could shed light on allegations of extrajudic...

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  Australian man loses bullying-by-breaking wind court case

  Featured Legal News 03/29/2019

  An Australian appeals court on Friday dismissed a bullying case brought by an engineer who accused his former supervisor of repeatedly breaking wind toward him.The Victoria state Court of Appeal upheld a Supreme Court judge's ruling that even if engi...

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  Supreme Court tosses $315 million award in USS Cole lawsuit

  Featured Legal News 03/23/2019

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a nearly $315 million judgment against Sudan stemming from the USS Cole bombing, saying Sudan hadn't properly been notified of the lawsuit.The justices ruled 8-1 that notice of the lawsuit should have been maile...

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  Supreme Court: Google class-action case should be revisited

  Featured Legal News 03/20/2019

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a lower court to take another look at a lawsuit that involved Google and privacy concerns and ended in a class-action settlement.The high court said in an unsigned opinion that a lower court should address whet...

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  Supreme Court set for case on racial bias in jury selection

  Legal Outlook 03/14/2019

  Curtis Flowers has been jailed in Mississippi for 22 years, even as prosecutors couldn't get a murder conviction against him to stick through five trials.Three convictions were tossed out, and two other juries couldn't reach unanimous verdicts.This w...

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  Japan court OK's Nissan ex-Chairman Ghosn's release on bail

  Law Journals 03/11/2019

  A Tokyo court approved the release of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn on 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail on Tuesday, rejecting an appeal by prosecutors to keep him jailed, a lawyer for the auto executive said.He could be freed as soon as Wednes...

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  Ohio Republicans defending state congressional map in court

  Featured Legal News 03/09/2019

  Attorneys for Ohio Republican officials will call witnesses this week to defend the state's congressional map.A federal trial enters its second week Monday in a lawsuit by voter rights groups that say the current seats resulted from "an unconstitutio...