Recent Updates
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Tax reform may grow donor base but shrink overall nonprofit contributions
Legal Compliance 03/17/2026Millions more Americans will likely donate to nonprofits following changes in tax laws passed by Congress last summer, but those changes will also likely reduce the overall amount of money given to charity, according to new research.The report from t...
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Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, communication minister says
Legal Compliance 03/06/2026Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday.Hafid in a statement to media said that she just signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can...
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Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
Legal Compliance 02/23/2026The Supreme Court said that it will hear from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change.The conservative-majority court agreed to take up a case from ...
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Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals
Legal Compliance 10/06/2024The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while it considers the state’s appeal.The high court’s order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibi...
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Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
Legal Compliance 07/26/2024An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from be...
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Trump’s civil fraud trial verdict expected today. Follow the latest
Legal Compliance 02/12/2024A verdict is expected Friday in Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, adding to a consequential week on the former president’s legal calendar.Trump could be hit with millions of dollars in penalties and other sanctions in the decisio...
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Convictions tossed in 2016 death of 16-year-old shot in minivan in Trenton
Legal Compliance 06/21/2023An appeals court in New Jersey has tossed out the convictions of a man sentenced to 55 years in prison after being tried as a teenager in the 2016 death of a girl who was shot in a minivan as she and other juveniles were riding around Trenton.The cou...
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Supreme Court skeptical of man who offered adult adoptions
Legal Compliance 03/27/2023The Supreme Court seemed inclined Monday to rule against a man convicted of violating immigration law for offering adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to citizenship.Attorneys for Helaman Hansen told the justices during approximately 90 min...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal in texting suicide case
Legal Compliance 01/12/2020The Supreme Court on Monday left in place the conviction of a Massachusetts woman who sent her boyfriend text messages urging him to kill himself.Michelle Carter is serving a 15-month sentence after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the ...
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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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Court upholds car rental tax imposed in Maricopa County
Legal Compliance 02/24/2019The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday upheld a car rental tax surcharge that’s imposed in Maricopa County to pay for building a professional football stadium and other sports and recreational facilities, marking the second time an appeals court h...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate defends blog posts
Legal Compliance 01/27/2019Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn is defending blog posts he wrote more than a decade ago where he said a landmark gay rights court ruling could lead to legalized bestiality and labeled Planned Parenthood a “wicked o...