Recent Updates
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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...
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Nataliya A. Boyko - Ukraine Business Law Attorney
Law Firm News 02/10/2017Should you have any interests in business or investment in Ukraine or you have a client wanting to have any kind of dealings in Ukraine; should you or your client has already come across with any problems in Ukraine, it is absolutely necessary to fin...
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Dylann Roof's mental state revealed in court records
Court Watch 02/09/2017Documents unsealed in federal court reveal new details about the mental health of convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, including a psychiatrist's finding that his disorders make it hard for him to focus, interact with others or express em...
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Brother of San Bernardino shooter guilty in immigration case
Immigration Law 02/09/2017The brother of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terror attack pleaded guilty Tuesday in an immigration fraud case stemming from the probe into the killings. Syed Raheel Farook entered the plea in federal court in Riverside to one count of co...
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State, federal lawyers in court to argue Trump travel ban
Immigration Law 02/09/2017State and federal lawyers will argue before a panel of federal appellate court judges Tuesday in the pitched fight over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban that could reach the Supreme Court. The legal dispute involves two divergent views...
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Driver due in court in Cleveland officer's hit-and-run death
Personal Injury 02/09/2017The driver accused in the fatal hit-and-run of a Cleveland patrolman on an interstate is set to appear in court. Forty-four-year-old Israel Alvarez, of Lorain, was scheduled for arraignment Thursday morning on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide...
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William N. Riley - Riley Williams & Piatt, LLC
Elite Lawyers IndianaWilliam N. Riley Will is the principal managing member at the Indianapolis based plaintiffs’ firm, Riley Williams & Piatt, LLC. His practice focuses on plaintiffs’ complex litigation including class actions, pharmaceutical and medical...
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Trump taps conservative Judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
Attorneys in the News 02/03/2017President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge with a writer's flair, to the Supreme Court, setting up a fierce fight with Democrats over a jurist who could shape America's legal landscape for decades to come. At ...
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Supreme Court to hear case about party in vacant DC house
Practice Focuses 01/23/2017The Supreme Court will hear a case in which people arrested for having a party in a vacant house sued police for violating their constitutional rights and won. The justices said Thursday they will review lower court rulings in favor of 16 people who ...
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Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for journalist
International 01/23/2017A court in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for an ethnic Uzbek journalist in a case that has drawn international criticism. Azimzhan Askarov was convicted in 2010 for stirring up ethnic hatred, a charge related to ethnic unrest in the so...