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  • Lawyer: NYC teen didn't throw 9-year-old off roof

    Lawyer: NYC teen didn't throw 9-year-old off roof

    Attorneys News 02/05/2013

    The lawyer for a New York City teenager accused of tossing a 9-year-old boy off the roof of a five-story building says it was "a tragic accident." Seventeen-year-old Carmine Aska was arraigned Sunday on attempted murder, assault and other charges. At...

  • Pakistan court summons anti-corruption boss

    Pakistan court summons anti-corruption boss

    Legal World 02/01/2013

    Pakistan's top court has summoned the government's anti-corruption chief over a letter he wrote criticizing the tribunal's judges. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Thursday issued a court order for the anti-corruption chief, Fasih Bokhari, to appea...

  • Court rulings dim outlook for Guantanamo trials

    Court rulings dim outlook for Guantanamo trials

    Headline News 01/30/2013

    A civilian appeals court has now reversed the verdicts of the only two Guantanamo Bay prisoners convicted in trials by military tribunal, casting a shadow over proceedings set to resume this week at the U.S. base in Cuba for the men accused in the Se...

  • Marine pleads guilty to urinating on Afghan corpses

    Marine pleads guilty to urinating on Afghan corpses

    Lawyer News 01/18/2013

    A Marine who urinated on the corpses of Taliban fighters in a video seen worldwide pleaded guilty Wednesday to several charges at a court-martial at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola admitted desecrating the remains and posing with the ...

  • Fight over Vt. nuclear plant oversight in NY court

    Fight over Vt. nuclear plant oversight in NY court

    Lawyer News 01/15/2013

    The question of whether Vermont's only nuclear plant can continue operating without the approval of state regulators goes before a federal appeals court Monday in a dispute that has gained increasing attention nationally about the boundaries of feder...

  • Court: Judges cannot indefinitely delay appeals

    Court: Judges cannot indefinitely delay appeals

    US Court Alerts 01/08/2013

    The Supreme Court says federal judges cannot indefinitely delay a death row inmate's federal appeals to see if the convict can become mentally competent enough to help his lawyer. The high court unanimously ruled Tuesday against Arizona death row inm...

  • Wisconsin Court Upholds Domestic Partner Registry

    Wisconsin Court Upholds Domestic Partner Registry

    Legal News Center 12/26/2012

    Gay rights advocates scored a major win Friday when an appeals court ruled Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry was constitutional, but the victory could be short-lived as conservatives pledged to take the case to the Republican-leaning state Su...

  • LA Clippers owner must pay $2.3m in fire lawsuit

    LA Clippers owner must pay $2.3m in fire lawsuit

    Headline News 12/19/2012

    Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been ordered to pay $2.3 million to an actress who lost most of her belongings in a fire at a West Hollywood apartment building he owns. City News Service says a Los Angeles jury ruled against Sterling o...

  • UK murder suspect's extradition case set for 2013

    UK murder suspect's extradition case set for 2013

    Lawyer News 12/11/2012

    A U.K. court will wait until next year to hold the extradition hearing of a Briton accused of hiring a hit man to kill his wife during their honeymoon in South Africa — after his mental state is reviewed. The lawyer for Shrien Dewani says he has flas...

  • Justices won't reinstate award against Hustler mag

    Justices won't reinstate award against Hustler mag

    US Court Alerts 12/10/2012

    The Supreme Court won't reinstate an award against a racy magazine in a dispute over nude pictures of a model published after she was killed by her professional wrestler husband. The court turned away a request by the family of Nancy Toffoloni Benoit...

  • High Court to decide how logging roads regulated

    High Court to decide how logging roads regulated

    US Court Alerts 12/03/2012

    The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to switch gears on more than 30 years of regulating the muddy water running off logging roads into rivers. At issue: Should the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency keep considering it the same as water runn...

  • Benefits fight brings lesbian couple to high court

    Benefits fight brings lesbian couple to high court

    Legal World 11/26/2012

    Like a lot of newlyweds, Karen Golinski was eager to enjoy the financial fruits of marriage. Within weeks of her wedding, she applied to add her spouse to her employer-sponsored health care plan, a move that would save the couple thousands of dollars...

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