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  • Court ruling could delay California water project

    Court ruling could delay California water project

    Legal Issues 03/17/2014

    A state appellate court has ruled that California water officials cannot go onto private property for soil testing and other studies related to construction of two massive tunnels that would siphon water from the Sacramento River. Nancy Vogel of the ...

  • Toal seeking millions to safeguard SC court info

    Toal seeking millions to safeguard SC court info

    Recent Cases 03/14/2014

    The head of South Carolina's judicial system says she needs more money to safeguard digital information for courts around the state. Chief Justice Jean Toal told a Senate panel Wednesday that it would take about $5.5 million to set up a site at Clems...

  • French court blocks secret recordings of Sarkozy

    French court blocks secret recordings of Sarkozy

    Recent Cases 03/14/2014

    A French court has ordered an ex-aide of Nicolas Sarkozy to pay 10,000 euros ($14,000) in damages and costs to the former French president over secret recordings that were published in an online journal, and instructed the publication to pull down th...

  • Man pleads guilty to sea cucumber smuggling charge

    Man pleads guilty to sea cucumber smuggling charge

    U.S. Court News 03/10/2014

    Federal prosecutors in San Diego say a man has pleaded guilty to charges he smuggled 100 pounds of dried sea cucumber into the United States from Mexico. Sea cucumbers are leathery-skinned marine animals used in some folk medicine practices. United S...

  • Two men found guilty for selling U.S. company’s technology

    Two men found guilty for selling U.S. company’s technology

    Recent Cases 03/07/2014

    A federal jury found two men guilty Wednesday of economic espionage involving the theft and sale of a U.S. company’s technology to a competitor controlled by the Chinese government. The jury returned the verdicts against Robert Maegerle and Walter Li...

  • Fla. high court: Immigrant can't get law license

    Fla. high court: Immigrant can't get law license

    U.S. Court News 03/07/2014

    The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that immigrants in the country illegally can't be given a license to practice law. The question was raised when a man who moved here from Mexico when he was 9 years old sought a license in Florida. The court said T...

  • Court: Broad protection for whistleblowers

    Court: Broad protection for whistleblowers

    Legal Events 03/05/2014

    The Supreme Court says whistleblower protections in a federal law passed in response to the Enron financial scandal apply broadly to employees of publicly traded companies and contractors hired by the companies. The justices ruled 6-3 Tuesday in favo...

  • Court weighs securities fraud class-action cases

    Court weighs securities fraud class-action cases

    U.S. Court News 03/05/2014

    The Supreme Court is considering whether to abandon a quarter-century of precedent and make it tougher for investors to band together to sue corporations for securities fraud. The justices hear arguments Wednesday in an appeal by Halliburton Co. that...

  • Court: School ban of US flag shirts allowed

    Court: School ban of US flag shirts allowed

    U.S. Court News 02/28/2014

    A Northern California high school's decision to order students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during a celebration of the holiday Cinco de Mayo was appropriate, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 9th U.S. Circ...

  • Supreme Court allows Stanford Ponzi scheme suits

    Supreme Court allows Stanford Ponzi scheme suits

    Recent Cases 02/28/2014

    The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that victims of former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme can go forward with class-action lawsuits against the law firms, accountants and investment companies that allegedly aided the $7.2 billion...

  • Court: Spain can extradite Liberty Reserve founder

    Court: Spain can extradite Liberty Reserve founder

    U.S. Court News 02/24/2014

    A Spanish court has ruled that a man accused of being behind one of the world’s biggest money laundering businesses can be extradited to the U.S. to face charges there. Arthur Budovsky, who founded currency transfer and payment processing company Lib...

  • Appeals court reinstates BP shareholders' lawsuit

    Appeals court reinstates BP shareholders' lawsuit

    U.S. Court News 02/18/2014

    A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated a shareholders lawsuit filed against BP Alaska in the wake of two oil spills in 2006 on the North Slope that exposed problems with the company's pipeline maintenance program. A three-judge panel of the 9...

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