Recent Updates
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Louisiana Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care
Law Firm News 07/17/2023A controversial bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in Louisiana was passed by the Senate on Monday and is likely to reach the governor’s desk in the coming ...
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SEO & Social Media Marketing
Law Firm News 08/06/2021SEO & Social Media Marketing. Whether you work in marketing or not, you’re probably familiar with traditional marketing tactics – junk mail, TV commercials, magazine ads, etc. While many companies still employ these costly strategies,...
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Britney Spears asks court to curb father’s power over her
Law Firm News 08/22/2020Britney Spears on Tuesday asked a court to keep her father from reasserting the broad control over her life and career that he has had for most of the past 12 years. In documents filed by her court-appointed lawyer that give a rare public airing to t...
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Kenya court set to hear petitions challenging repeat vote
Law Firm News 11/12/2017Kenya's Supreme Court is poised to hear petitions challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in a repeat presidential poll. The court made history when it nullified Kenyatta's re-election in August. It cited irregularities and illegalities in...
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Supreme Court's Kagan says Scalia death forced compromises
Law Firm News 09/06/2017U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death forced the rest of the court to learn how to work together to avoid ties, Justice Elena Kagan said during a stop Friday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kagan spoke for about an hour with UW La...
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Challenge filed in court to Australian gay marriage ballot
Law Firm News 08/11/2017Gay-rights advocates filed a court challenge Thursday to the government's unusual plan to canvass Australians' opinion on gay marriage next month, while a retired judge said he would boycott the survey as unacceptable. The mail ballot is not binding,...
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Court to hear challenge to speed up California executions
Law Firm News 06/06/2017The California Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over a ballot initiative designed to speed up executions that could fundamentally change the way the court handles death penalty appeals. Death penalty opponents are challenging a ballot measur...
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Court of Appeals Judge Elmore won't seek re-election
Law Firm News 05/25/2017A North Carolina appeals court judge said Wednesday he won't run again when his seat comes up for re-election next year. Judge Rick Elmore has served since 2003. The former private practice lawyer from Greensboro was re-elected to a second eight-year...
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Turkish protesters denounce alleged coup plotters at court
Law Firm News 03/18/2017Turkish protesters on Monday demanded the death penalty, abolished in Turkey more than a decade ago, for 18 alleged coup plotters on trial for the killing of a military officer who resisted an effort to overthrow the government. The demonstrators jee...
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Man who escaped from Rhode Island prison to appear in court
Law Firm News 01/06/2017A man who escaped from a Rhode Island prison and was on the run for five days before being captured in Massachusetts is scheduled to make an initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge. James Morales escaped from the Wyatt Detention Facility...
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Nevada high court blocks funding for school choice program
Law Firm News 09/29/2016The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that the state's voucher-style Education Savings Accounts program — seen as the broadest school choice initiative in the country — has an unconstitutional funding mechanism that should remain blocked. Justices issue...
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British court gives 22 life sentences to pedophile
Law Firm News 06/02/2016A court in Britain has sentenced a former schoolteacher to 22 life sentences for child abuse after using his position teaching English in Malaysia to gain access to victims. Judge Peter Rook sentenced 30-year-old freelance photographer Richard Huckle...