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  • Court again says New Jersey can't legalize sports betting

    Court again says New Jersey can't legalize sports betting

    Legal Events 08/06/2016

    A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt another defeat to New Jersey's yearslong attempt to legalize sports betting, setting aside the state's challenge to a federal betting ban. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling invalidated a law passed ...

  • Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment

    Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment

    Headline Legal News 07/28/2016

    The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated rape and kidnapping charges against a Cleveland man who argued that a 20-year delay in indicting him was unconstitutional.   In a unanimous decision, the court also ordered an appeals court to recon...

  • Court won't reinstate church official's conviction

    Court won't reinstate church official's conviction

    National News 07/28/2016

    The first U.S. church official convicted over his handling of priest-abuse complaints could soon leave prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed Tuesday that his conviction was flawed. Monsignor William Lynn, who served two cardinals at the ...

  • Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reforms

    Monitor chosen to oversee Ferguson's police, court reforms

    Recent Cases 07/27/2016

    A federal judge on Monday chose a monitor team to oversee reforms of Ferguson's policing and court system, a process expected to cost the St. Louis suburb more than $1 million. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry announced that Squire Patton Boggs, a...

  • Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case

    Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case

    Law Firm News 07/26/2016

    Prosecutors have asked a federal appeals court to delay action for 30 days on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's corruption case — to allow both sides time to analyze it. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reportsthe U.S. At...

  • Family files lawsuit against hospital and city in death

    Family files lawsuit against hospital and city in death

    Law Firm News 07/24/2016

    An attorney for a Florida man charged with fatally shooting a patient and employee at a hospital in an apparent random attack says his client is severely mentally ill. Harley Gutin is an attorney for 29-year-old David Owens. He said Monday that his c...

  • Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing

    Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing

    Notable Attorneys 07/23/2016

    The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence imposed against a man who fatally shot a sheriff during a 2005 drug raid. Kansas hasn't executed anyone in more than 50 years, and Friday's decision in Scott Cheever's case is only the seco...

  • Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing

    Arkansas court denies request for new execution law hearing

    Recent Cases 07/22/2016

    Arkansas' highest court has denied a request to reconsider its June ruling upholding the state's execution secrecy law, but justices issued a stay that prevents the state from setting new execution dates as some inmates appeal to the U.S. Supreme Cou...

  • Kyrgyzstan sends case of jailed journalist back to court

    Kyrgyzstan sends case of jailed journalist back to court

    Lawyer Interviews 07/14/2016

    The 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...

  • Court orders release of detained immigrant kids, not parents

    Court orders release of detained immigrant kids, not parents

    Recent Cases 07/12/2016

    A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Homeland Security officials must quickly release immigrant children — but not their parents — from family detention centers after being picked up crossing the border without documentation. The San Francisc...

  • Court denies hospital's bid to perform brain death test

    Court denies hospital's bid to perform brain death test

    Legal Issues 07/12/2016

    The Virginia Supreme Court has denied a hospital's request to allow it to immediately perform a test to determine whether a 2-year-old who choked on a piece of popcorn is brain dead.   The court Friday denied a petition from Virginia Commonwealt...

  • Candidate filing begins Monday for appeals court seat

    Candidate filing begins Monday for appeals court seat

    Law Firm News 07/11/2016

    Another election will be on the November ballot in North Carolina because an appeals court judge recently resigned to take a job in private practice. The candidate filing period for the seat on the state Court of Appeals vacated by Martha Geer begins...

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