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  • Stoddard firefighter charged with arson due in court

    Stoddard firefighter charged with arson due in court

    Law Firm News 04/25/2016

    A volunteer firefighter charged with arson in connection with a brush fire that burned 190 acres in New Hampshire and prompted the evacuation of 17 homes is due to make his first court appearance.   David Plante is scheduled to be arraigned Mond...

  • Obama's power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute

    Obama's power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute

    Law Firm News 04/15/2016

    The raging political fight over immigration comes to the Supreme Court on Monday in a dispute that could affect millions of people who are in the United States illegally.   The court is weighing the fate of Obama administration programs that cou...

  • RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick

    RNC launches campaign to oppose Obama's Supreme Court pick

    Law Firm News 03/13/2016

    The Republican Party is launching a campaign to try to derail President Barack Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, teaming up with a conservative opposition research group to target vulnerable Democrats and impugn whomever Obama picks. A task force...

  • Texas court tosses criminal case against former Gov. Perry

    Texas court tosses criminal case against former Gov. Perry

    Law Firm News 02/24/2016

    The felony prosecution of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry ended Wednesday when the state's highest criminal court dismissed an abuse-of-power indictment that the Republican says hampered his short-lived 2016 presidential bid. The 6-2 decision by the Tex...

  • Supreme Court puts Obama's climate change plan on hold

    Supreme Court puts Obama's climate change plan on hold

    Law Firm News 02/10/2016

    A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved. The surprising move is a blow to the administration and a victory for the coalit...

  • Court weighs practice of Christian prayers at meetings

    Court weighs practice of Christian prayers at meetings

    Law Firm News 01/31/2016

    A federal appeals court is grappling with the constitutionality of prayers at local council meetings for the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a similar case in 2014. Oral arguments were held Wednesday before a three-judge panel of the 4...

  • Woman charged in slayings of Connecticut couple due in court

    Woman charged in slayings of Connecticut couple due in court

    Law Firm News 11/02/2015

    A Connecticut woman accused of conspiring with her boyfriend to kill his parents when they were considering cutting him out of their will is scheduled to make her first court appearance. Jennifer Valiante of Westport is expected to be arraigned Monda...

  • High court won't hear appeal on mortgage ratings

    High court won't hear appeal on mortgage ratings

    Law Firm News 11/02/2015

    The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from shareholders who claim the Standard & Poor's ratings firm made false statements about its ratings of risky mortgage investments that helped trigger the financial crisis. The justices on Monday let stand...

  • Ferguson panel recommends police, court reform, transparency

    Ferguson panel recommends police, court reform, transparency

    Law Firm News 09/14/2015

    A reform panel formed after the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown is recommending the consolidation of the metro area's police departments and municipal courts, a newspaper reported Monday. Gov. Jay Nixon and others have scheduled an afternoo...

  • Court: Lawsuit over Arkansas killing by cop may proceed

    Court: Lawsuit over Arkansas killing by cop may proceed

    Law Firm News 08/06/2015

    A federal appeals court said Thursday the family of a 67-year-old man shot to death after two off-duty police officers entered his Little Rock apartment without a warrant or an invitation can move forward with a lawsuit. Eugene Ellison died Dec. 9, 2...

  • Marijuana opponents using racketeering law to fight industry

    Marijuana opponents using racketeering law to fight industry

    Law Firm News 07/15/2015

    A federal law crafted to fight the mob is giving marijuana opponents a new strategy in their battle to stop the expanding industry: racketeering lawsuits. A Colorado pot shop recently closed after a Washington-based group opposed to legal marijuana s...

  • Oklahoma court to look at blocking Tulsa grand jury probe

    Oklahoma court to look at blocking Tulsa grand jury probe

    Law Firm News 07/03/2015

    The Oklahoma Supreme Court said Thursday it will consider whether to stop a grand jury investigation into an embattled sheriff whose longtime friend and volunteer deputy fatally shot an unarmed man. Attorneys for Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz wa...