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SD high court sides with landowners in property rights case
Court Watch 03/19/2017The state Supreme Court has dealt a blow to South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, ruling the agency can't allow people access to floodwaters or ice that covers private property without legislative approval. The agency had argued that all water was legal...
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Brash Maine defense lawyer in Zumba brothel case dies at 79
Attorneys in the News 03/13/2017Dan Lilley, a brash defense lawyer who was involved in many of Maine's highest profile cases including a prostitution scandal at a Zumba studio and the case of a restaurateur who shot her husband 15 times, has died. He was 79. Lilley died Saturday ni...
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Defense lawyer still going strong at 94 years old
Attorneys in the News 03/11/2017A New Jersey lawyer isn't letting his age get in the way of vigorously defending clients with theatrical flare. Frank Lucianna, 94, is still going strong, 66 years after he began his legal career, The Record reported Monday. The decorated World War I...
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UK court says income threshold for foreign spouses is lawful
Practice Focuses 03/09/2017Britain's Supreme Court says the government is entitled to set a minimum-income threshold for people wanting to bring foreign spouses to the country, a measure introduced to ensure immigrants won't draw on public welfare funds. But the court says the...
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Fight over control of oldest US synagogue at appeals court
Civil Litigation News 03/09/2017A federal appeals court is wading into the battle over control of the nation's oldest synagogue and ownership of a set of ceremonial bells worth millions. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston will hear arguments Wednesday. The fight pits t...
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Joseph Wapner, star of 'The People's Court,' dead at 97
Legal Careers News 02/24/2017Joseph Wapner, the retired Los Angeles judge who presided over "The People's Court" with steady force during the heyday of the reality courtroom show, died Sunday at age 97. Son David Wapner told The Associated Press that his father died at home in h...
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Court filing details former Baylor football coach's conduct
Civil Litigation News 02/23/2017A new court filing detailed allegations that former Baylor University football coach Art Briles ignored sexual assaults by players, failed to alert university officials or discipline athletes and allowed them to continue playing. The filing is in res...
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Supreme Court won't hear Ohio man's Amish hair-cutting case
U.S. Supreme Court 02/23/2017The U.S. Supreme Court won't review the case of the Ohio leader of a breakaway group that was accused in hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish. Defense lawyers challenged the constitutionality of the federal hate crimes law and how a kidnap...
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Court: Sheriff exempt from releasing immigration records
Immigration Law 02/23/2017Milwaukee's sheriff does not have to release information on people at his jail suspected of being in the country illegally because the federal government prohibits it, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday. The 4-2 decision from the court's conser...
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High court ruling limits international reach of patent laws
Intellectual Property 02/22/2017The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with California-based Life Technologies Corp. in a patent infringement case that limits the international reach of U.S. patent laws. The justices ruled unanimously that the company's shipment of a single part of a...
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Immigration courts to focus on detainees, not kids' cases
Immigration Law 02/13/2017U.S. immigration courts are making a change to focus on deportation hearings for immigrants jailed by the federal government, giving less urgency to cases of children and families who were stopped on the U.S.-Mexico border and released. Chief Immigra...
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ALSABHAN & ALAJAJI Law Firm
News 02/10/2017In today’s dynamic international economic and trade climate, there are all sorts of transactions, projects, and events involving a Saudi Arabian legal component -- at ALSABHAN & ALAJAJI, we look forward to helping our clients in the success...