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Russian court rules in favor of oligarch in disclosure case
Legal Exams 07/08/2018A Russian court has ruled in favor of a billionaire linked to President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort in an unauthorized disclosure of information case.Oleg Deripaska had filed a suit against Anastasia Vashukevich, a woman who ...
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Lawyers: 2014 arrest at Vegas hotel precursor to killings
Legal Exams 07/03/2018Attorneys in a negligence lawsuit stemming from the Las Vegas Strip shooting say the massacre could have been avoided if hotel management tightened security after a man was found with multiple weapons at the Mandalay Bay resort in 2014.Lawyer Robert ...
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Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court
Legal Exams 03/18/2018The Supreme Court has already heard a major case about political line-drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics. Now, before even deciding that one, the court is taking up another similar case.The arguments justices will hear Wednes...
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Delay in Nevada gun buyer law draws protests at court debate
Legal Exams 02/14/2018A lawyer seeking a court order to enforce a Nevada gun buyer screening law that has not been enacted despite voter approval in November 2016 blamed the state's Republican governor and attorney general on Friday for stalling the law."For either person...
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Supreme Court Overturns Billings Police Back-Pay Ruling
Legal Exams 08/26/2017The Montana Supreme Court has overturned a judge's ruling that the City of Billings owes 27 current and former police officers $2.7 million in back pay, costs and penalties in a dispute over how longevity pay should be calculated. District Judge Nels...
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UAE prison time dropped for transgender Singaporean, friend
Legal Exams 08/22/2017A transgender Singaporean and her friend facing a year in prison in the United Arab Emirates for dressing in a feminine way have seen their sentences reduced to a fine and deportation, an official said Monday. Nur Qistina Fitriah Ibrahim, a transgend...
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Mental health court established for offenders on probation
Legal Exams 08/07/2017A specialized court has been established in Pinal County to give defendants with mental problems an alternative path and keep them out of the criminal justice system. Presiding Judge Stephen McCarville signed an administrative order last month callin...
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Judge says Kobach has shown pattern of misleading court
Legal Exams 07/25/2017A federal judge says Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has demonstrated a pattern of misleading the court about the facts and record in a voting rights case. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson refused Tuesday to reconsider a $1,000 fine and order...
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Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court
Legal Exams 07/01/2017A Colorado clash between gay rights and religion started as an angry Facebook posting about a wedding cake but now has big implications for anti-discrimination laws in 22 states. Baker Jack Phillips is challenging a Colorado law that says he was wron...
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Court: Ignorance about allergy medicine crime no excuse
Legal Exams 06/11/2017Just 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...
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8 judges on Venezuela's Supreme Court hit with US sanctions
Legal Exams 05/19/2017The U.S. imposed a new round of sanctions on high-level Venezuelan officials, this time targeting eight Supreme Court judges that Washington accused of damaging their nation's democracy by steadily stripping the opposition-controlled congress of any ...
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Court likely to question if Trump's travel ban discriminates
Legal Exams 05/15/2017For the second time in a week, government lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate President Donald Trump's revised travel ban — and once again, they can expect plenty of questions Monday about whether it was designed to disc...