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Suspected people smuggler charged in Australian court
National News 10/01/2016An Iranian citizen extradited from Indonesia was charged in a Sydney court on Thursday with attempting to smuggle 73 asylum seekers by boat to Australia. Mohammad Naghi Karimi Azar, 56, on Wednesday became the eighth suspected people smuggler to be e...
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USC football player accused of rape appears in Utah court
National News 09/30/2016A suspended University of Southern California football player charged with rape in Utah and facing allegations involving the same woman in California was ordered Friday not to contact the alleged victim. Making his first court appearance for the Utah...
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Israel's Supreme Court rejects former PM Olmert's appeal
Legal Events 09/29/2016Israel's imprisoned former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces an additional eight months behind bars after the country's Supreme Court rejected an appeal. Olmert is already serving a 19-month sentence after being convicted of bribery and obstructing ju...
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Court asks judges to respond to Louisiana sheriff's claims
Recent Cases 09/26/2016A federal appeals court on Monday asked two judges to respond to a petition by a Louisiana sheriff who claims another judge was improperly removed from his criminal case without explanation. A letter from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Ch...
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Court gives fertilizer dealers a reprieve from policy change
Headline Legal News 09/24/2016A court ruling has given farm fertilizer dealers a reprieve from a federal policy change that some say would unfairly burden the industry. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration policy change announced last year would regulate retail deale...
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Court cites racial profiling in tossing gun charge
Legal Marketing 09/23/2016The highest court in Massachusetts on Tuesday threw out a gun conviction against a Boston man in a ruling that says black men who flee when approached by police may be reacting to racial profiling rather than trying to hide criminal activity. In its ...
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California Supreme Court to consider suit over Yelp review
Law Promo News 09/22/2016The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to consider a lawsuit that Yelp.com warns could lead to the removal of negative reviews on the popular website. The seven-member court voted unanimously Wednesday to take up an appeal by Yelp of a lower c...
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Bosnian Serbs vote in referendum banned by top court
National News 09/21/2016Bosnian Serbs on Sunday voted in a referendum banned by the country's constitutional court, risking Western sanctions against their autonomous region and criminal charges against their leaders. The vote was whether to keep Jan. 9 as a holiday in Repu...
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DC gun law gets hearing before Washington appeals court
Legal Exams 09/20/2016An appeals court will hear challenges to a District of Columbia law that places tough requirements for gun owners to get concealed carry permits. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is hearing arguments Tuesday in tw...
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Court halts construction of another section of pipeline
Legal Events 09/19/2016A federal appeals court has ordered a halt to construction of another section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in a ruling late Friday that i...
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Pakistan court adjourns case of British woman's murder
Headline Legal News 09/18/2016A Pakistani court on Saturday adjourned the case of a British-Pakistani woman's murder until Sept. 23 to give police more time to finalize charges against her father and ex-husband, who are accused of slaying her in the name of honor, police and lawy...
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Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun
Ethics 09/17/2016A Michigan man who can't buy a gun because he was briefly treated for mental health problems in the 1980s has won a key decision from a federal appeals court, which says the burden is on the government to justify a lifetime ban against him. The Secon...