Recent Updates
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Court declines to block drug ruling in patent case
U.S. Court News 04/21/2014Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday declined to temporarily block a lower court ruling that opens the world's best-selling multiple sclerosis drug to competition from generic rivals next month. The decision is a victory for rivals chal...
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GM to ask bankruptcy court for lawsuit protection
U.S. Court News 04/17/2014General Motors revealed in court filings late Tuesday that it will soon ask a federal bankruptcy judge to shield the company from legal claims for conduct that occurred before its 2009 bankruptcy. The automaker's strategy is in a motion filed in a Co...
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Court rejects early appeal of surveillance ruling
U.S. Court News 04/08/2014The Supreme Court has declined an early look at a constitutional challenge to the National Security Agency's bulk collection of millions of Americans' telephone records. Conservative lawyer Larry Klayman persuaded a federal judge in December to rule ...
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High court voids overall contribution limits
U.S. Court News 04/03/2014The Supreme Court struck down limits Wednesday in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees. The justices said in a 5-4 vote that American...
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US appeals court upholds new Texas abortion rules
U.S. Court News 03/28/2014A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Texas' tough abortion restrictions that have forced the closure of about 20 clinics around the state, saying the new rules don't jeopardize women's health. A panel of judges at the New Orleans-based 5th Circ...
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Lawsuit says California mortgage money mishandled
U.S. Court News 03/17/2014Three community assistance organizations sued Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials on Friday, alleging the state improperly diverted nearly $370 million that was intended to help homeowners struggling with foreclosures. The lawsuit filed ...
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Man pleads guilty to sea cucumber smuggling charge
U.S. Court News 03/10/2014Federal 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...
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Fla. high court: Immigrant can't get law license
U.S. Court News 03/07/2014The 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...
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Court weighs securities fraud class-action cases
U.S. Court News 03/05/2014The 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...
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Court: School ban of US flag shirts allowed
U.S. Court News 02/28/2014A 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...
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Court: Spain can extradite Liberty Reserve founder
U.S. Court News 02/24/2014A 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...
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Appeals court reinstates BP shareholders' lawsuit
U.S. Court News 02/18/2014A 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...