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Thai court extends detention of refugee sought by Bahrain
Civil Rights 12/12/2018A Thai court ruled Tuesday that a soccer player who holds refugee status in Australia can be held for 60 days pending the completion of an extradition request by Bahrain, the homeland he fled four years ago on account of alleged political persecution...
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Man accused of killing tourist appears in New Zealand court
Civil Rights 12/10/2018A man accused of killing 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane made his first appearance in a New Zealand court Monday.The 26-year-old man stared at the ground while a judge addressed him during the brief appearance at the Auckland District Court...
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Supreme Court to hear closely watched double jeopardy case
Legal Business News 12/07/2018The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about an exception to the Constitution's ban on being tried for the same offense. The outcome could have a spillover effect on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.The justices are ta...
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Supreme Court sets high bar for medical device lawsuits
Legal Business News 12/01/2018The tiny balloon was supposed to stretch open a blocked artery on Charles Riegel's diseased heart. Instead, when the doctor inflated the balloon, it burst.The patient went on life support but survived. His lawsuit against the manufacturer of that art...
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Lump of coal? Taxes more likely for online gifts this season
Civil Rights 11/24/2018where they weren't before. The reason: the Supreme Court.A June ruling gave states the go-ahead to require more companies to collect sales tax on online purchases. Now, more than two dozen have moved to take advantage of the ruling, many ahead of the...
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European court orders Turkey to free ex-Kurdish party leader
U.S. Court News 11/20/2018The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday called on Turkey to release the former head of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition from detention. Turkey's president responded by claiming his country was not bound by the court's rulings.In its ruling on Tu...
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Mixed rulings for Republicans from Kentucky Supreme Court
Civil Rights 11/14/2018In a pair of mixed rulings for Kentucky Republicans, the state Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law requiring a panel of doctors to review medical malpractice cases before they go to court while upholding the state's law banning mandatory unio...
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Court fight likely in 10-year-old girl’s homicide case
Civil Rights 11/10/2018When a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl was charged with homicide this week in the death of an infant, it was a rare — but not unprecedented — case of adult charges being filed against someone so young.The girl told investigators she panicked a...
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Justice Beth Clement leading Supreme Court race
Legal Business News 11/07/2018Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Clement is leading a six-candidate field for two seats on the state's highest court. Nearly 95 percent of votes have been counted. The top two finishers get black robes.Justice Kurtis Wilder and appellate lawy...
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Trump visit stirs debate; massacre defendant in court
Legal Business News 10/31/2018The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was brought into court in a wheelchair Monday, as some members of the Jewish community and others objected to President Donald Trump’s plans to visit, accusing him of contributing to a toxic ...
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Court orders Japan company to pay 4 Koreans for forced labor
U.S. Court News 10/27/2018In a potentially far-reaching decision, South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that a major Japanese steelmaker should compensate four South Koreans for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula before the end of World War II.The l...
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Supreme Court: Ross can't be questioned in census suit
Legal Business News 10/24/2018Porn actress Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85 million to an attorney who worked at his former law firm, a California judge ruled Monday in an order that holds the potential presidential candidate personally liable in a lawsuit o...