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Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border
Legal Compliance 08/18/2019A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the U.S. government to forbid Central American immigrants from seeking asylum at the two busiest stretches of the southern border in a partial legal victory for the Trump administration.The ruling...
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Appeals court expands minor leaguers salary lawsuit
Litigation Regulations 08/17/2019A federal appeals court has expanded a lawsuit by minor league baseball players alleging they are being paid less than minimum wage.Players sued major league teams in February 2014, claiming most earn less than $7,500 annually in violation of several...
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Mexico high court to Health officials: Regulate medical pot
U.S. Court News 08/13/2019Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered the country’s Health Department to set regulations complying with a law allowing medical use of marijuana and derivatives.The law took effect in June 2017 but has yet to be put into practice.The high cou...
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Cosby lawyers ask appeals court to toss #MeToo conviction
Law Firm News 08/11/2019Cosby lawyers ask appeals court to A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday questioned why actor Bill Cosby never got a supposed non-prosecution agreement in writing as his lawyers asked the panel to overturn his sexual assault conviction.Cosby, 82, is...
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Planned Parenthood to exit federal family planning program
Legal Events 08/11/2019Raising the stakes in a standoff over women’s health, Planned Parenthood said Wednesday it will leave the federal family planning program within days unless a court puts a hold on Trump administration rules that bar clinics from referring patie...
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Suspect in Norway mosque attack bruised but smiling in court
Legal Events 08/07/2019A suspected gunman accused of an attempted terrorist attack on an Oslo mosque and separately killing his teenage stepsister appeared in court on Monday looking bruised and scratched, but smiling.The suspect did not speak, and his defense lawyer Unni ...
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Thai court acquits Red Shirts of terrorism for 2010 protests
Analysis on Litigation 08/06/2019A court in Thailand on Wednesday dismissed terrorism and other charges against 24 leaders of an extended street protest in 2010 that saw key areas of central Bangkok closed off and random violence that was ended by military force.The Bangkok Criminal...
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Cosby lawyers ask appeals court to toss #MeToo conviction
Headline Legal News 08/05/2019A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday questioned why actor Bill Cosby never got a supposed non-prosecution agreement in writing as his lawyers asked the panel to overturn his sexual assault conviction.Cosby, 82, is serving a three- to 10-year prison...
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Democratic governor getting to shape Kansas' top court
Litigation Regulations 07/29/2019The Kansas Supreme Court's chief justice plans to retire before the end of the year, allowing first-year Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to leave a bigger mark on the state's highest court than her conservative Republican predecessors.Chief Justice Lawto...
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Cyprus police frees 5 Israelis, 7 held in hotel rape probe
Legal Events 07/26/2019A Cyprus court on Friday extended the detention of seven of the 12 Israeli teenagers initially arrested as suspects in the rape of a 19-year-old British woman.The court ordered the suspects to remain in police custody for another six days to give inv...
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Kosovo prime minister who resigned heads to war crimes court
Legal Issues 07/19/2019The former prime minister of Kosovo left Tuesday for The Hague to be questioned by a special court investigating alleged war crimes by members of the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army two decades ago.Ramush Haradinaj resigned as prime minister a week...
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Supreme Court: Trump can use Pentagon funds for border wall
Law Firm News 07/19/2019The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico.The court’s five conservative justices gave the administration the green light on Friday ...