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  • Court overturns Virginia school's transgender bathroom rule

    Court overturns Virginia school's transgender bathroom rule

    Recent Cases 04/19/2016

    A Virginia high school discriminated against a transgender teen by forbidding him from using the boys' restroom, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a case that could have implications for a North Carolina law that critics say discriminates agai...

  • Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google's online library

    Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google's online library

    Recent Cases 04/18/2016

    The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to Google's online book library from authors who complained that the project makes it harder for them to market their work. The justices let stand lower court rulings in favor of Mountain View, Califor...

  • Supreme Court to swear in large group of deaf lawyers

    Supreme Court to swear in large group of deaf lawyers

    Legal Events 04/16/2016

    Mobile phones ordinarily are strictly forbidden in the marble courtroom of the nation's highest court, but the justices are making an exception next week when roughly a dozen deaf and hard-of-hearing lawyers will be admitted to the Supreme Court bar....

  • Despite court ruling, China gay rights movement makes gains

    Despite court ruling, China gay rights movement makes gains

    Recent Cases 04/15/2016

    For years, Chen Tiantian could only read about the gay rights movement in faraway places. She knew that there were activists in Beijing and a vibrant community in Shanghai, and that in San Francisco, a distant mecca, gay pride parades took up entire ...

  • Obama's power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute

    Obama's power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute

    Law Firm News 04/15/2016

    The raging political fight over immigration comes to the Supreme Court on Monday in a dispute that could affect millions of people who are in the United States illegally.   The court is weighing the fate of Obama administration programs that cou...

  • Cosby asks court to reseal testimony about affairs, drugs

    Cosby asks court to reseal testimony about affairs, drugs

    Recent Cases 04/14/2016

    Bill Cosby's lawyers urged an appeals court Wednesday to reseal the comedian's lurid, decade-old testimony about his womanizing, but the panel of judges seemed to think the request was pointless, since the deposition has already made headlines around...

  • US House staffers subpoenaed by federal court

    US House staffers subpoenaed by federal court

    Court Watch 04/12/2016

    Four congressional staffers have told the U.S. House that they've been subpoenaed by the federal court in Springfield, Illinois, where a grand jury is conducting a probe into the spending of former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock. The financial chief for the ...

  • Appeals court rules Mississippi can resume Google inquiry

    Appeals court rules Mississippi can resume Google inquiry

    Legal Issues 04/12/2016

    Mississippi's attorney general can resume an investigation into whether Google facilitates illegal behavior, an appeals court ruled. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned a district judge who had sided with Google. U.S. District ...

  • Court sends part of Wisconsin voter ID case back to judge

    Court sends part of Wisconsin voter ID case back to judge

    National News 04/11/2016

    A judge must consider whether Wisconsin's voter photo identification law applies to people who face daunting obstacles in obtaining identification, a three-judge federal appellate panel ruled Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Nation...

  • Nevada court hears casino mogul Adelson's defamation case

    Nevada court hears casino mogul Adelson's defamation case

    Recent Cases 04/05/2016

    Nevada's highest court is being asked if a political group defamed casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in 2012 with an Internet ad alleging that he used prostitution-tainted money from casinos in China to fund Republican presidential campaigns in the United...

  • New York's top court: Parents can legally eavesdrop on kids

    New York's top court: Parents can legally eavesdrop on kids

    Legal Events 04/05/2016

    New York's highest court says parents can legally eavesdrop on young children, establishing an exception to state law against wiretaps without the consent of at least one person on a call. The Court of Appeals split 4-3 in deciding such monitoring is...

  • California court mulls whether employers must offer seating

    California court mulls whether employers must offer seating

    Recent Cases 04/04/2016

    California's Supreme Court is set to clarify the state's rules for determining when employers must provide workers with a place to sit. The court's opinion, expected Monday, stems from lawsuits brought by cashiers at the CVS drugstore chain and telle...

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