Recent Updates
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White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations
Legal Solutions 03/22/2026The White House said Friday that Congress should "preempt state AI laws" that it views as too burdensome, laying out a broad framework for how it wants Congress to address concerns about artificial intelligence without curbing growth or innovation in...
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BBC asks US court to dismiss Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit
Legal Solutions 03/20/2026The BBC filed a motion Monday asking a U.S. court to dismiss President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against it, warning that the case could have a "chilling effect" on robust reporting on public figures and events.The suit was filed in a Florid...
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Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, communication minister says
Legal Solutions 03/06/2026Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday.Hafid in a statement to media said that she just signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can...
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Immigration cases tossed in fallout from high court ruling
Legal Solutions 08/11/2018Immigration courts from Boston to Los Angeles have been experiencing fallout from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that has caused some deportation orders to be tossed and cases thrown out, bringing more chaos to a system that was already besiege...
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Supreme Court sends land dispute back to Wash. top court
Legal Solutions 05/18/2018The Supreme Court is asking Washington state's highest court to take another look at a land dispute between a Native American tribe and its neighbors.The dispute concerns a roughly 40-acre plot of land purchased by the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in 20...
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Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
Legal Solutions 08/30/2017Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has appointed Twin Falls judge Richard Bevan to the state's highest court. Otter announced Tuesday that Bevan — currently the 5th Judicial District's administrative judge — will replace retiring Idaho Supreme Court Justi...
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Appeals court backs Jimmy John's franchisee in labor dispute
Legal Solutions 07/06/2017A company that owns 10 Jimmy John's sandwich shops in the Twin Cities was within its rights to fire six union workers who circulated posters critical of the company's sick-leave policy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The full 8th U.S. Circuit ...
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Playboy model who shot nude of unwitting woman due in court
Legal Solutions 05/23/2017A Playboy centerfold who ignited a backlash of criticism when she secretly snapped a photo of a naked 71-year-old woman in a locker room and posted it online mocking the woman's body is expected to appear in court Wednesday to resolve a criminal char...
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Austrian court: ex-Croatian general guilty of embezzlement
Legal Solutions 04/16/2017An Austrian court has found a former Croatian general guilty of embezzling millions of euros and sentenced him and an associate to two years in prison. The court in the southern city of Klagenfurt determined Wednesday that the ex-general, Vladimir Za...
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Court allows wrongful death lawsuit after miscarriage
Legal Solutions 01/02/2017The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a woman can pursue a wrongful-death lawsuit against an obstetrician after a miscarriage when she was five to six weeks pregnant. Justices on Friday reversed a trial judge's order dismissing the wrongful-death ...
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Moscow court orders paper to refute a report on Rosneft CEO
Legal Solutions 10/08/2016A court in Moscow has ordered a leading independent newspaper to retract an article about a luxury yacht allegedly owned by the chief of Russia's top state-controlled oil company. retract The Basmanny District Court ruled Monday that the Novaya Gazet...
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Kyrgyzstan sends case of jailed journalist back to court
Legal Solutions 07/14/2016The Supreme Court in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday refused to release an ethnic Uzbek journalist and activist serving a life sentence after being convicted of stirring up ethnic hatred, but instead sent his case to a regional cour...