Recent Updates
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Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts GOP-drawn legislative maps
U.S. Court News 04/12/2022The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday adopted Republican-drawn maps for the state Legislature, handing the GOP a victory just weeks after initially approving maps drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.The court reversed itself after the U.S. Supreme Co...
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2nd defendant pleads guilty in 2018 hate crime in Washington
U.S. Law Review 04/09/2022A second defendant has pleaded guilty in federal court to a hate crime and making false statements in connection with a 2018 racially-motivated assault in the Seattle area.U.S. Attorney Nick Brown said Jason DeSimas, 45, of Tacoma, Washington, is one...
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Groups seek to stop gold mine exploratory drilling in Idaho
U.S. Court News 04/04/2022Environmental groups are renewing efforts to stop exploratory drilling by a Canadian mining company hoping to build a gold mine in Idaho west of Yellowstone National Park.The Idaho Conservation League and Greater Yellowstone Coalition, in documents f...
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Lawsuit over beef farm in trout stream watershed may proceed
U.S. Law Review 03/29/2022A state court judge said environmental groups may proceed with a lawsuit seeking to halt expansion of a cattle farm in northeast Iowa near a prized trout stream.Judge Michael Huppert on Monday ruled against the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, w...
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Nicholas C. Minshew - Minshew & Ahluwalia LLP
Legal Compliance 03/11/2022Nicholas C. Minshew, Attorney at Law, concentrates his practice in the area of Family Law including divorce, separation, child support, child custody, alimony, division of property, separation agreements, domestic violence, prenuptial agreements, and...
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East Greenwich, RI - Divorce Lawyer
U.S. Court News 01/08/2022https://www.jantonfamilylaw.com/ Erica S. Janton has extensive experience in complex high asset and high conflict family law matters and uses her experience within the family court arena to individually tailor strategies with each of her clients and ...
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Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstates dissolved lower house
National Court News 07/12/2021Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstated the House of Representatives on Monday and upheld the leader of the opposition’s claim to be the new prime minister. The 167-page court order removes Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, who had been running ...
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British lawyer Karim Khan sworn in as ICC’s chief prosecutor
U.S. Court News 06/16/2021British lawyer Karim Khan was sworn in Wednesday as the new chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, pledging to reach out to nations that are not members of the court in his quest to end impunity for atrocities and to try to hold trial...
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Most virus-related restrictions lifted for Kentucky courts
U.S. Court News 05/18/2021Kentucky’s Supreme Court has ended most coronavirus-related restrictions for the state’s court system effective immediately, Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. said Tuesday. The high court entered administrative orders eliminating most heal...
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Europe’s human rights court finds fault with Polish tribunal
U.S. Law Review 05/07/2021The European Court of Human Rights said Friday that Poland’s top court violated a local company’s right to fair trial because a judge on the review panel handling its case had been irregularly appointed to the tribunal.Law experts in Pola...
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Judges hear arguments over Census’ contentious privacy tool
U.S. Law Review 05/03/2021The fight over whether the U.S. Census Bureau can use a controversial statistical technique to keep people’s information private in the numbers used for drawing political districts on Monday was going before a judicial panel which must decide i...
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Slain girl’s grandmother wants caseworkers deemed ‘reckless’
U.S. Law Review 04/29/2021The grandmother of a 2-year-old girl who was beaten and starved to death wants to file a wrongful death lawsuit against three caseworkers who oversaw the girl’s care, and has taken her case to the Ohio Supreme Court.During oral arguments Wednes...