Recent Updates
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Ohio court to decide if ex-player can sue over concussions
Legal Outlook 04/16/2018The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether the widow of a former University of Notre Dame football player can sue the school and the NCAA over allegations her husband was disabled by concussions from his college career in the 1970s.Steve Schmitz was ...
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Facebook to stop spending against California privacy effort
Legal Outlook 04/16/2018Facebook says it will stop spending money to fight a proposed California ballot initiative aimed at giving consumers more control over their data.The measure, known as the "California Consumer Privacy Act," would require companies to disclose upon re...
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Retailers hope for certainty as Supreme Court hears tax case
Legal Outlook 04/10/2018Retailers are hoping for a resolution this year from the Supreme Court, which hears arguments Tuesday in a decades-old dispute: Whether companies must collect sales tax on items sold in a state where they don't have a store or other building.If the c...
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Michigan's top court hearing cases over guns, schools
Legal Outlook 03/26/2018considers whether the state's public schools can trump the Legislature and adopt their own restrictions on firearms.The case from Ann Arbor has been on the court's docket for more than a year. But arguments set for Wednesday are getting extra attenti...
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Court to decide if drug use while pregnant is child abuse
Legal Outlook 03/16/2018Pennsylvania's highest court will decide whether a woman's use of illegal drugs while pregnant qualifies as child abuse under state law.The Supreme Court recently took up the case of a woman who tested positive for suboxone and marijuana at the time ...
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Justice Gorsuch confirms conservatives' hopes, liberals' fears
Legal Outlook 03/10/2018Neil Gorsuch became the Supreme Court’s newest member a year ago this Tuesday. President Donald Trump’s pick for the high court, its 113th justice, has now heard more than 60 cases on issues including gerrymandering, fees paid to unions a...
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Lawyer tells Australian court Geoffrey Rush barely eating
Legal Outlook 03/10/2018Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has become virtually housebound, barely eats and wakes each morning with a "terrible sense of dread" since a Sydney newspaper alleged inappropriate behavior toward an actress, his lawyer swore in an affidavit.Lawyer ...