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  • US court upholds tough rules on for-profit college loans

    US court upholds tough rules on for-profit college loans

    Recent Cases 06/24/2015

    A federal court has ruled in favor of tough new regulations aimed at career training programs, dealing a major blow to the for-profit college industry. In an opinion released Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled the Edu...

  • Supreme Court Voids Routine Police Check Of Hotel Registries

    Supreme Court Voids Routine Police Check Of Hotel Registries

    National News 06/23/2015

    The Supreme Court struck down a Los Angeles ordinance Monday that allowed police to inspect hotel guest records on demand. The justices voted 5-4 to reject the city's argument that the measure was needed to help fight prostitution, drug trafficking a...

  • Same-sex marriage opponents urge Supreme Court to go slow

    Same-sex marriage opponents urge Supreme Court to go slow

    Legal Events 06/23/2015

    Same-sex marriage opponents acknowledge they face a tough task in trying to persuade the Supreme Court to allow states to limit marriage to a man and a woman. But they are urging the court to resist embracing what they see as a radical change in soci...

  • Man pleads guilty to charge over noose on Ole Miss statue

    Man pleads guilty to charge over noose on Ole Miss statue

    Recent Cases 06/22/2015

    A federal prosecutor said in court Thursday that Graeme Phillip Harris hatched a plan, after a night of drinking at a University of Mississippi fraternity house, to hang a noose on a campus statue of James Meredith, the first black student at Ole Mis...

  • High court strikes down raisin program as unconstitutional

    High court strikes down raisin program as unconstitutional

    Headline Legal News 06/22/2015

    The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a 66-year-old program that lets the government take raisins away from farmers to help reduce supply and boost market prices is unconstitutional. In an 8-1 ruling, the justices said forcing raisin growers to give up...

  • Texas turns away from criminal truancy courts for students

    Texas turns away from criminal truancy courts for students

    Headline Legal News 06/21/2015

    A long-standing Texas law that has sent about 100,000 students a year to criminal court — and some to jail — for missing school is off the books, though a Justice Department investigation into one county's truancy courts continues. Gov. Greg Abbott h...

  • Huguely files appeal request with U.S. Supreme Court

    Huguely files appeal request with U.S. Supreme Court

    National News 06/20/2015

    A former University of Virginia lacrosse player is taking his last shot at overturning his conviction for the 2010 murder of his former girlfriend. Counsel for George Huguely V has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a judicial revie...

  • Iowa court allows remote dispensing of abortion pill

    Iowa court allows remote dispensing of abortion pill

    Notable Attorneys 06/19/2015

    The Iowa Supreme Court has struck down a restriction that would have prevented doctors from administering abortion-inducing pills remotely via video teleconferencing, saying it would have placed an undue burden on a woman's right to get an abortion. ...

  • Illinois high court: Comcast must reveal anonymous commenter

    Illinois high court: Comcast must reveal anonymous commenter

    Recent Cases 06/18/2015

    The Illinois Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court opinion ordering Comcast Cable Communications to identify a subscriber who posted an anonymous message suggesting a political candidate molests children. The court said Thursday that the internet ...

  • Court allows hotly disputed discount contact lens price law

    Court allows hotly disputed discount contact lens price law

    Headline Legal News 06/13/2015

    A federal appeals court ruling has cleared the way for discount contact lens retailers to drop prices while a legal battle is waged between the state of Utah and manufacturers who want to impose minimum prices on their products.   The decision h...

  • Poll: Most Americans expect Supreme Court to OK gay marriage

    Poll: Most Americans expect Supreme Court to OK gay marriage

    Legal Events 06/12/2015

    Nearly two-thirds of Americans expect the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide when it rules on the issue within the next few weeks, according to a new poll. Only 25 percent expect the high court to leave existing state bans on gay ...

  • Court says net neutrality rules will go into effect Friday

    Court says net neutrality rules will go into effect Friday

    Headline Legal News 06/12/2015

    Rules that treat the Internet like a public utility and prevent companies from blocking or slowing down some online traffic will go into effect Friday after a federal appeals court refused to delay them. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appea...

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