Recent Updates

  • Supreme Court makes sports betting a possibility nationwide

    Supreme Court makes sports betting a possibility nationwide

    Legal Solutions 05/13/2018

    The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states.The justices voted 6-3 to strike...

  • Sanctuary cities could get boost from sports betting ruling

    Sanctuary cities could get boost from sports betting ruling

    Legal Solutions 05/12/2018

    In President Donald Trump's former life as a casino owner, he might have cheered Monday's ruling from the Supreme Court that struck down a federal law that barred every state but Nevada from allowing betting on most sporting events.But the Trump admi...

  • Suspect in serial killings in court amid fight over records

    Suspect in serial killings in court amid fight over records

    Featured Articles 05/12/2018

    A 72-year-old former police officer accused of being one of California's most elusive serial killers appeared in a courtroom cage used for defendants in jail Monday as a judge put off a decision on whether to release search and arrest warrants in the...

  • High court gambling ruling could aid sanctuary cities' fight

    High court gambling ruling could aid sanctuary cities' fight

    National Court News 05/12/2018

    The Supreme Court's decision striking down a federal law over sports betting could signal trouble for the Trump administration in its legal fight against so-called sanctuary states and cities.The justices backed a robust reading of the Constitution's...

  • Suspect charged after California explosion due in court

    Suspect charged after California explosion due in court

    U.S. Court News 05/12/2018

    A Southern California man who was arrested on an explosives charge after a blast killed his former girlfriend last week at her day spa is scheduled to appear in court.Fifty-nine-year-old Stephen Beal is set to appear in federal court in Santa Ana Mon...

  • Supreme Court sends land dispute back to Wash. top court

    Supreme Court sends land dispute back to Wash. top court

    U.S. Court News 05/11/2018

    The Supreme Court is asking Washington state's highest court to take another look at a land dispute between a Native American tribe and its neighbors.The dispute concerns a roughly 40-acre plot of land purchased by the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in 20...

  • UK court drops charges against Barclays in Qatar fundraising

    UK court drops charges against Barclays in Qatar fundraising

    Legal Compliance 05/11/2018

    A court has dismissed charges against Barclays relating to its emergency fundraising from Qatar at the height of the financial crisis.The Serious Fraud Office had accused Barclays over a 2008 deal to give to Qatar Holding LLC a $3 billion loan that w...

  • Dispute on eye drop size fails to catch Supreme Court's eye

    Dispute on eye drop size fails to catch Supreme Court's eye

    Ethics 05/11/2018

    A dispute about the size of eye drops has failed to catch the eye of the Supreme Court.Drug companies including Allergan, Bausch & Lomb, Merck and Pfizer had asked the court to get involved in the case. The companies were sued by patients using t...

  • Law firm hired to investigate economic development agency

    Law firm hired to investigate economic development agency

    Law Firm News 05/10/2018

    The Oregon Department of Justice has hired a law firm to investigate allegations of discrimination and mismanagement at the state's economic development agency, Business Oregon.The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that in an anonymous letter to Gov. Kate...

  • Court to hear challenge to Winona County's sand mining ban

    Court to hear challenge to Winona County's sand mining ban

    National News 05/10/2018

    Winona County, Minnesota's only county to ban the mining of silica sand for use by the oil and gas industry in hydraulic fracturing, goes to court Monday to defend the ban.Minnesota Sands LLC, which holds extensive mineral rights in southeastern Minn...

  • Analysis: Voter ID Fight Testing Court as Much as New Law

    Analysis: Voter ID Fight Testing Court as Much as New Law

    National Court News 05/10/2018

    The Arkansas Supreme Court's decision to allow the state to enforce its voter ID law in this month's primary while justices consider whether the measure is unconstitutional sets up a test over Republican lawmakers' efforts to reinstate a law struck d...

  •  Bangladesh Supreme Court upholds bail for opposition leader

    Bangladesh Supreme Court upholds bail for opposition leader

    National Court News 05/10/2018

    Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court’s decision to grant bail to opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was jailed for five years on a corruption conviction.Lawyers from both sides said the rul...