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  • Court to hear challenge to speed up California executions

    Court to hear challenge to speed up California executions

    U.S. Supreme Court 07/23/2017

    The California Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over a ballot initiative designed to speed up executions that could fundamentally change the way the court handles death penalty appeals.Death penalty opponents are challenging a ballot measure...

  • Roman Polanski sex victim to appear in court for first time

    Roman Polanski sex victim to appear in court for first time

    Breaking Legal News 07/23/2017

    The victim of Roman Polanski's sex assault 40 years ago is going to appeal directly to a judge to end the long-running case against the fugitive director, his lawyer said Thursday.Samantha Geimer, 13 at the time of the crime, has long supported Polan...

  • Court records outline hours before Virginia shooting

    Court records outline hours before Virginia shooting

    Criminal Law 07/23/2017

    Court records show a man shot by a Virginia State Police trooper in February appears to have been preparing for a fight in the hours leading up to the incident.The News Leader of Staunton reports that a text message sent by Shaun Riley, who has previ...

  • High court won't hear appeal from former Qwest CEO

    High court won't hear appeal from former Qwest CEO

    Corporate Law 07/23/2017

    The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from former Qwest Communications International Inc. CEO Joseph Nacchio seeking an $18 million tax refund on money he gained from illegal stock sales.The justices on Monday left in place a lower court ruling that...

  • Court: Ignorance about allergy medicine crime no excuse

    Court: Ignorance about allergy medicine crime no excuse

    Corporate Law 07/23/2017

    Just because a man previously convicted of methamphetamine-related crimes didn't know it was now illegal for him to buy over-the-counter allergy medicine given his criminal history doesn't mean his rights were violated, a divided North Carolina Supre...

  • Top Vatican official to face Australian court on sex charges

    Top Vatican official to face Australian court on sex charges

    International 07/23/2017

    The most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis is expected to make his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday, as he vows to clear his name in a scandal that has rattled Rome.Cardinal George Pell, Aust...

  • Top EU court moves to restore Hamas terror listing

    Top EU court moves to restore Hamas terror listing

    Practice Focuses 07/23/2017

    The European Union’s top court ruled Wednesday that Islamic militant group Hamas should stay on the EU terror list, saying a lower court should not have ordered the group removed from the EU’s terror list, and sent the case back to the lo...

  • Arizona Estate Planning Lawyers Website

    Arizona Estate Planning Lawyers Website

    Legal Marketing 07/21/2017

    Law Promo is pleased to announce the launch of the new website for Arizona Estate Planning Lawyers. About the firm: We take pride in educating our clients and peers on successful aging. We achieve these efforts with a focus on Long-Term Care Planning...

  • Court: Worker's theft convictions stick after payroll slip

    Court: Worker's theft convictions stick after payroll slip

    Criminal Law 07/21/2017

    A North Carolina truck driver will have his larceny convictions reinstated after the state Supreme Court ruled enough evidence was presented at his trial to find him guilty of stealing over $115,000 from his employer following a payroll mistake.The s...

  • Justices turn away GM appeal over ignition switches

    Justices turn away GM appeal over ignition switches

    Business Law 07/21/2017

    The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from General Motors Co. seeking to block dozens of lawsuits over faulty ignition switches that could expose the company to billions of dollars in additional claims.The justices without comment left in...

  • Court delay sought in $7B Obamacare subsidy case

    Court delay sought in $7B Obamacare subsidy case

    Breaking Legal News 07/20/2017

    Uncertainty over the future of health care for millions grew deeper Monday as insurers released a blueprint for stabilizing wobbly markets and the Trump administration left in limbo billions of dollars in federal payments.At the federal courthouse, t...

  • Woman accused of threatening official in court

    Woman accused of threatening official in court

    Court Watch 07/20/2017

    A woman accused of threatening the family of North Dakota's lieutenant governor has turned herself in to authorities.Seventy-nine-year-old Alice Olson made her first court appearance Wednesday in McKenzie County. The Bismarck Tribune  says bond ...