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Trump election subversion case returned to trial judge following Court opinion
Litigation Reports 07/29/2024The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election was returned Friday to the trial judge in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution...
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Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s anti-drag show ban
Legal Events 07/21/2024Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows, reversing a lower court ruling that deemed the statute unconstit...
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Albania’s supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison
Court Watch 07/17/2024Albania’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority in prison after he was convicted of buying votes.A Supreme Court statement said that it upheld the ver...
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Special Education Lawyers in Connecticut - Maya Murphy, P.C.
Legal Events 07/10/2024Parental awareness of a child’s special needs is the best way for the child to exceed expectations and achieve maximum potential. Special education laws and regulations are designed to protect and provide for students with disabilities and ensu...
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What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling
U.S. Court News 07/02/2024The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election.The Supreme Court did not d...
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Israel’s high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men
Legal Events 06/26/2024Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coal...
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Justin Timberlake charged with driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons
Court Watch 06/19/2024Pop star Justin Timberlake was charged early Tuesday with drunken driving in a village in New York’s Hamptons, after police said he ran a stop sign and veered out of his lane in the posh seaside summer retreat.The boy band singer-turned-solo st...
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Ex-Thailand PM Shinawatra indicted for defaming monarchy
Recent Cases 06/16/2024Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was indicted and arraigned Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics. He was granted bail.Thaksin is the unofficial power b...
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Ippei Mizuhara sports betting case: Shohei Ohtani interpreter pleads guilty
U.S. Court News 06/05/2024As an interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara was supposed to bridge the gap between baseball star Shohei Ohtani and his English-speaking teammates and fans as the duo traveled from Southern California to ballparks across the U.S.Instead, Mizuhara exploited the ...
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Supreme Court gives homeowners another chance in escrow dispute
Legal Events 06/02/2024The Supreme Court on Thursday gave homeowners another chance to force Bank of America and other large banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts.The court unanimously threw out an appeals court ruling in favor of Bank of America, which has ref...
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A Thai court sentences an opposition lawmaker to 2 years in prison
Court Watch 05/29/2024A Thai court on Monday sentenced a lawmaker from a progressive opposition party to two years in prison after finding her guilty of defaming the monarchy in a speech she made during a protest rally three years ago.Chonthicha Jangrew of the Move Forwar...
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Trial turns testy as Trump lawyers try to pique fixer-turned-witness
U.S. Court News 05/24/2024After approximately five weeks, 19 witnesses, reams of documents and a dash of salacious testimony, the prosecution against Donald Trump rested its case Monday, handing over to the defense before closing arguments expected next week.Trump’s tea...