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  • Landowners to court: Exxon Mobil pipeline breaches contract

    Landowners to court: Exxon Mobil pipeline breaches contract

    Notable Attorneys 10/19/2016

    Attorneys for landowners along a crude oil pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas in 2013 say Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. breached its contract because the pipeline interferes with their ability to enjoy their property. Attorneys for the landowners and Exxo...

  • As time runs out, dozens of judge nominees waiting on Senate

    As time runs out, dozens of judge nominees waiting on Senate

    Litigation Reports 10/18/2016

    Federal judges in New Jersey have struggled with a workload approaching 700 cases each, nearly double what's manageable, because of judicial vacancies. In Texas, close to a dozen district judgeships remain open, more than in any other state. Senate c...

  • Court hearing on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo

    Court hearing on potential Ontario ban of Indians name, logo

    Recent Cases 10/17/2016

    A Toronto court will hear arguments on an attempt to bar the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and logo in Ontario. The legal challenge by indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal comes on the same day the baseball team takes on the Toronto Bl...

  • Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial

    Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial

    Law Firm News 10/17/2016

    A Lithuanian court has called former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to testify in a mass trial related to the 1991 crackdown on the country's independence movement. Gorbachev and Russian authorities haven't answered previous requests so it's unlikel...

  • Rights group criticizes Polish law of weakening top court

    Rights group criticizes Polish law of weakening top court

    National News 10/14/2016

    An international human rights body on Friday criticized recently enacted legislation in Poland regulating the nation's top legislative court, saying the law "gives excessive power to parliament and the executive over the judiciary." The Venice Commis...

  • Dutch court: Wilders hate speech trial will go ahead

    Dutch court: Wilders hate speech trial will go ahead

    Legal Events 10/14/2016

    A Dutch court on Friday rejected an appeal by firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders to throw out his hate speech prosecution before it goes to trial this month. "Prosecuted for what millions of people believe," Wilders tweeted in his first reac...

  • Court enters default judgment in Kansas voting rights case

    Court enters default judgment in Kansas voting rights case

    Legal Events 10/13/2016

    A federal court clerk entered a default judgment Tuesday against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for failing to file a timely response to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring prospective voters to prove they are ...

  • Iraq's federal court rules against prime minister's reforms

    Iraq's federal court rules against prime minister's reforms

    National News 10/12/2016

    Iraq's federal court ruled on Monday that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's move to abolish the largely ceremonial posts of the country's vice president and deputy prime minister is unconstitutional. Under Iraq's constitution, abolishing the posts wou...

  • Court fight over Ohio executions likely to focus on sedative

    Court fight over Ohio executions likely to focus on sedative

    Legal Events 10/11/2016

    Ohio says it's resuming executions in January with a three-drug protocol similar to one it used for several years. The concept is one adopted for decades by many states: the first drug sedates inmates, the second paralyzes them, and the third stops t...

  • Court: Construction can resume on small stretch of pipeline

    Court: Construction can resume on small stretch of pipeline

    Recent Cases 10/10/2016

    A federal appeals court on Sunday opened the door for construction to resume on a small stretch of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline while it considers an appeal by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The ruling removed a temporary injunction that hal...

  • Moscow court orders paper to refute a report on Rosneft CEO

    Moscow court orders paper to refute a report on Rosneft CEO

    Lawyer Interviews 10/08/2016

    A 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...

  • Oklahoma Supreme Court invalidates law restricting abortion

    Oklahoma Supreme Court invalidates law restricting abortion

    Legal Events 10/04/2016

    The Oklahoma Supreme Court has thrown out another state law that would put new restrictions on abortion providers. In a unanimous opinion handed down Tuesday, all nine justices agreed that the statute adopted by the Legislature last year "contains di...

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