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  • Court: Energy firm can pass $55M cleanup costs

    Court: Energy firm can pass $55M cleanup costs

    Legal Solutions 07/06/2017

    The Ohio Supreme Court says an energy company is allowed to pass on the $55 million cost of cleaning up two polluted sites to its customers in the form of an added charge on their monthly bills. Duke Energy has been adding $1.67 to bills in Ohio for ...

  • Appeals court backs Jimmy John's franchisee in labor dispute

    Appeals court backs Jimmy John's franchisee in labor dispute

    Lawyer Interviews 07/06/2017

    A company that owns 10 Jimmy John's sandwich shops in the Twin Cities was within its rights to fire six union workers who circulated posters critical of the company's sick-leave policy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The full 8th U.S. Circuit ...

  • Abduction suspect makes first appearance in court

    Abduction suspect makes first appearance in court

    National News 07/05/2017

    Hundreds of people gathered outside a federal courthouse Monday as the suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois made his first appearance since being arrested last week. During the nine-minute hearing, 28-year-old ...

  • Indiana high court to rule on Lake Michigan beach ownership

    Indiana high court to rule on Lake Michigan beach ownership

    Legal Events 07/04/2017

    The Indiana Supreme Court will decide who owns the land immediately adjacent to Lake Michigan. Don and Bobbie Gunderson claim their land on Lake Michigan extends to the water’s edge, meaning no one can access the beach by their house without permissi...

  • More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban

    More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban

    Headline Legal News 07/03/2017

    A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel is now in force, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights. The new rules, the product of ...

  • Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court

    Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court

    Law Firm News 07/01/2017

    A Colorado clash between gay rights and religion started as an angry Facebook posting about a wedding cake but now has big implications for anti-discrimination laws in 22 states. Baker Jack Phillips is challenging a Colorado law that says he was wron...

  • More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban

    More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban

    National News 06/30/2017

    A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel is now in force, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights. The new rules, the product of ...

  • National Courts

    National Courts

    United States Courts 06/30/2017

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  • Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court

    Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court

    Legal Issues 06/28/2017

    A Colorado clash between gay rights and religion started as an angry Facebook posting about a wedding cake but now has big implications for anti-discrimination laws in 22 states. Baker Jack Phillips is challenging a Colorado law that says he was wron...

  • Supreme Court term ended much different than it began

    Supreme Court term ended much different than it began

    National News 06/27/2017

    The Supreme Court began its term nine months ago with Merrick Garland nominated to the bench, Hillary Clinton favored to be the next president, and the court poised to be controlled by Democratic appointees for the first time in 50 years. Things look...

  • McCarthy found guilty of 2nd-degree murder of Bella Bond

    McCarthy found guilty of 2nd-degree murder of Bella Bond

    National News 06/26/2017

    Michael McCarthy has been convicted of 2nd-degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl dubbed Baby Doe after her remains washed up on Boston Harbor island. The verdict was announced in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday. Michael McCarthy is charged...

  • Attention on Supreme Court as justice weigh Trump travel ban

    Attention on Supreme Court as justice weigh Trump travel ban

    Legal Events 06/24/2017

    The focus is on the Supreme Court as the high-stakes legal fight over President Donald Trump's travel ban awaits action by the justices. The court is expected to decide within days whether the Trump administration can enforce a ban on visitors to the...