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  • Court suspends Pennsylvania attorney general's law license

    Court suspends Pennsylvania attorney general's law license

    Notable Attorneys 09/22/2015

    Pennsylvania's highest court on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of state Attorney General Kathleen Kane's law license, a step that could trigger efforts to remove her from office as she fights perjury, obstruction and other charges. The unani...

  • Court documents quantify impact of gay marriage in Kansas

    Court documents quantify impact of gay marriage in Kansas

    Notable Attorneys 09/20/2015

    Court documents are offering a glimpse at the early impact of the gay marriage ruling in Kansas. The latest filing Tuesday from state officials comes in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Kansas ban on same-sex marriages. A federal ...

  • Court quashes some District of Columbia gun laws

    Court quashes some District of Columbia gun laws

    Litigation Reports 09/20/2015

    In a mixed decision, a federal appeals court on Friday struck down as unconstitutional several strict gun registration laws in the nation's capital, but upheld other restrictions aimed at public safety.   The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Distri...

  • Appeals court upholds injunction halting health mandate

    Appeals court upholds injunction halting health mandate

    Legal Events 09/18/2015

    A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Barack Obama's health care law unjustly burdens religiously affiliated employers by forcing them to help provide insurance coverage for certain contraceptives, even though they can opt out of dire...

  • Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict

    Religious clerks in Kentucky follow law, but see conflict

    Recent Cases 09/17/2015

    Clerk Mike Johnston prays twice a day, once each morning and once each night, and asks the Lord to understand the decision he made to license same-sex marriage. “It’s still on my heart,” said Johnston, whose rural Carter County sits just to the east ...

  • Charleston church suspect's friend charged with lying to FBI

    Charleston church suspect's friend charged with lying to FBI

    Recent Cases 09/16/2015

    A friend of the man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a Charleston church is charged with lying to federal authorities and concealing information during their investigation, and he was scheduled for his first court appearance Friday.  ...

  • Ohio court: Wording of pot legalization ballot is misleading

    Ohio court: Wording of pot legalization ballot is misleading

    Notable Attorneys 09/15/2015

    Ohio's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that part of the ballot wording describing a proposal to legalize marijuana in the state is misleading and ordered a state board to rewrite it. Supporters of the measure, known in the fall election as Issue 3, cha...

  • Ferguson panel recommends police, court reform, transparency

    Ferguson panel recommends police, court reform, transparency

    Law Firm News 09/14/2015

    A reform panel formed after the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown is recommending the consolidation of the metro area's police departments and municipal courts, a newspaper reported Monday. Gov. Jay Nixon and others have scheduled an afternoo...

  • Idaho high court upholds law banning horse racing terminals

    Idaho high court upholds law banning horse racing terminals

    Legal Events 09/11/2015

    Idaho's highest court says the state must enforce legislation banning lucrative instant horse racing terminals after ruling that Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's veto of the bill was invalid. The decision is a blow to Idaho's horse racing industry, where of...

  • OJ Simpson appeal rejected by Nevada Supreme Court

    OJ Simpson appeal rejected by Nevada Supreme Court

    Recent Cases 09/10/2015

    Imprisoned former football star O.J. Simpson lost his latest appeal of his 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery conviction in Las Vegas. A three-member Nevada Supreme Court panel rejected Simpson's request for a new trial, ruling in a 16-page order Thur...

  • Appeals court refuses to halt power plant rules

    Appeals court refuses to halt power plant rules

    Legal Solutions 09/09/2015

    A federal appeals court has refused to halt the Obama administration's new clean air standards for power plants while opponents wage a legal challenge. The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday rejected an emergency request from 15 ...

  • German court rules against Lufthansa pilot strike

    German court rules against Lufthansa pilot strike

    Legal Events 09/08/2015

    A German court issued an injunction Wednesday ordering a halt to a strike by pilots at Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, that caused the cancelation of 1,000 flights. Lufthansa welcomed the ruling by the state labor court in Frankfurt but said th...

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