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  • Brazil's Supreme Court elects new president

    Brazil's Supreme Court elects new president

    National News 08/19/2014

    Brazil's Supreme Court has elected a new president to replace the body's first black justice, who announced his early retirement in June. Nine of the court's 10 judges elected Ricardo Lewandowski as the new chief justice Wednesday to succeed Joaquim ...

  • Appeals court OKs permits for Upper Peninsula mine

    Appeals court OKs permits for Upper Peninsula mine

    Headline Legal News 08/13/2014

    The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by state environmental regulators to allow construction of a nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula. A three-judge panel unanimously sided with the Department of Environmental Quality, which ...

  • Court considers if executioners can be named

    Court considers if executioners can be named

    National News 08/13/2014

    A Tennessee appeals court is considering whether 10 death row inmates have the right to know about the drugs that will be used in their executions and whether their lawyers can get the names of the people who will kill them. The Tennessean reports th...

  • Court: Caregivers can't sue Alzheimer's patients

    Court: Caregivers can't sue Alzheimer's patients

    National News 08/06/2014

    People with Alzheimer's disease are not liable for injuries they may cause their paid in-home caregivers, California's highest court ruled Monday in a case involving a home health aide who was hurt while trying to restrain a client. The California Su...

  • Court hearing gay marriage arguments from 4 states

    Court hearing gay marriage arguments from 4 states

    National News 08/06/2014

    A federal appeals court was set to hear arguments Wednesday in six gay marriage fights from four states — Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee - in the biggest such session on the issue so far. Three judges of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

  • Insurance Litigation Law Firm Clark & Fox Launches New Website

    Insurance Litigation Law Firm Clark & Fox Launches New Website

    Legal Issues 08/01/2014

    John M. Clark, Michael Fox, Georgia S. Foerstner and Erin Nulty are pleased to announce the formation and opening of Clark & Fox (www.clarkfoxlaw.com) , a law firm solely serving and representing the insurance industry. Patrick J Reilly, III and ...

  • German court receives suit against EU bank union

    German court receives suit against EU bank union

    National News 07/29/2014

    A group of German professors has filed a complaint to the country's highest court against the European Union's plans to create a so-called banking union, a central part of the effort to make the continent's financial system more resilient. The Federa...

  • Brown appoints legal affairs aide to appeals court

    Brown appoints legal affairs aide to appeals court

    National News 07/29/2014

    Gov. Jerry Brown has named a senior aide to become an associate justice on the Sacramento-based Third District Court of Appeal. Brown announced the appointment of Jonathan Renner on Friday. The 44-year-old Democrat from Sacramento has been Brown's le...

  • Montana court sends wind farm clash to California

    Montana court sends wind farm clash to California

    National News 07/22/2014

    A dispute over a Montana wind farm's potential to harm nearby nesting eagles and other birds should be heard in California, the Montana Supreme Court said Friday, in an opinion that deals a legal setback to the project's developers. The legal row ove...

  • German court: chronically ill could grow marijuana

    German court: chronically ill could grow marijuana

    Recent Cases 07/22/2014

    Some Germans may soon be able to grow their own marijuana to relieve chronic pain after a ruling from a court in Cologne. The Cologne administrative court ruled Tuesday in favor of three plaintiffs who had sued for the right to grow marijuana for the...

  • Apple wins EU court case on store design trademark

    Apple wins EU court case on store design trademark

    Legal Events 07/11/2014

    The European Union's highest court says Apple's characteristic retail store layout may be registered as a trademark. The Court of Justice on Thursday overturned a decision by German patent authorities which last year rejected an application to grant ...

  • Drummond Firm - Las Vegas Accident & Injury Attorneys

    Drummond Firm - Las Vegas Accident & Injury Attorneys

    Notable Attorneys 07/11/2014

    A personal injury can impact the rest of your life. As an injury victim, you should meet with an attorney interested in protecting your rights before talking with an insurance company. Insurace companies have attorneys to protect them and you should ...

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