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2025/08/07   Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US
2025/08/01   Colorado deputies disciplined for helping federal immigration agents
2025/07/23   Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions in third ruling
2025/07/02   International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack
2025/06/11   Getty Images and Stability AI clash in UK copyright trial testing AI's future
2025/06/05   Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment
2025/05/29   World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs
2025/05/21   Arizona prosecutors ordered to send fake elector case back to grand jury
2025/04/20   Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities
2025/04/15   Supreme Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over vaping products
2025/04/04   Hungary welcomes Netanyahu and announces it’s quitting top war crimes court
2025/03/25   Trump asks supreme court to halt ruling ordering the rehiring of federal workers
2025/03/02   Trump signs order designating English as the official language of the US
2025/02/18   Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week
2025/02/13   Elon Musk has called for the U.S. government to eliminate entire agencies
2025/02/08   Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington
2025/01/05   Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case
2024/11/18   PA high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race
2024/10/22   Kenya’s deputy president pleads not guilty in impeachment process
2024/10/17   South Korean court acquits former police chief over deadly crowd crush
2024/10/12   Supreme Court rejects appeal from ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
2024/09/27   North Carolina appeals court blocks use of UNC's digital ID for voting
2024/09/14   Algerian court certifies Tebboune’s landslide reelection win
2024/09/08   Protesters storm Mexico’s Senate after ruling party wins votes for court overhaul
2024/09/01   Trial begins over Texas ‘Trump Train’ highway confrontation
2024/08/25   Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
2024/07/17   Court grants Texas man a stay of execution just before his scheduled lethal injection
2024/07/02   The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases
2024/06/24   Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors
2024/06/21   Court rejects settlement in water dispute between New Mexico and Texas
2024/06/19   US soldier sentenced to nearly 4 years in Russian penal colony for theft
2024/06/10   Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial
2024/04/08   Elon Musk will be investigated over fake news and obstruction in Brazil
2024/04/02   The Man Charged in an Illinois Attack That Left 4 Dead Is Due Back in Court
2024/03/25   Former Georgia insurance commissioner John Oxendine pleads guilty
2024/02/05   Samsung chief is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger
2024/02/01   UN court rejects most of Ukraine’s terror financing case against Russia
2024/01/29   Hong Kong court orders China's Evergrande, which owes $300 billion, to liquidate
2024/01/09   Koreatown Los Angeles, California Local Business Directory
2024/01/08   India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men
2024/01/02   Hong Kong activist publisher Lai pleads not guilty to sedition charges
2023/12/29   Pierce Brosnan accused of trespassing in a Yellowstone thermal area
2023/12/26   Britain cracks down on protests in threat to democratic norms
2023/12/11   Trump decides against testifying for second time in NY civil fraud trial
2023/12/04   Opening statements begin in Jonathan Majors assault trial in New York
2023/08/28   Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui
2023/08/21   The initial online search spurring a raid on a Kansas paper was legal
2023/05/29   Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal and now must sell it to Congress
2023/05/12   ‘Rust’ movie medic gets $1.15 million partial settlement
2023/03/22   Republicans invoke Soros to steer narrative on Trump probe
2023/02/08   Belarus hands 8-year term to journalist for top Polish paper
2023/01/18   Protasiewicz leads in money race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
2022/12/21   Canada condo killer faced possible eviction before shooting
2022/12/10   US woman who killed UK teen in crash gets suspended sentence
2022/11/11   Montana vote adds to win streak for abortion rights backers
2022/10/27   Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico’s states
2022/09/27   Appeals ruling leaves Trump fate in defamation suit in flux
2022/09/06   Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s narrow presidential win
2022/08/26   Lobster fishing union drops lawsuit about new whale closure
2022/05/09   California governor backs plan to pay for some abortions
2022/05/06   Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison
2022/04/27   Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to Breyer
2022/04/20   2nd Circuit denies Yanks request in letter unsealing case
2022/03/29   Man who waved Confederate flag pleads guilty in Capitol riot
2021/08/06   West African court to rule on Venezuelan’s extradition to US
2021/06/25   High court to rule whether to hear Maine school choice case
2021/06/04   Appeals court upholds guilty verdicts in NCAA bribes case
2021/05/13   Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
2021/05/10   UK lawyer fined for defying Heathrow court ruling embargo
2021/04/19   Supreme Court asked to give access to secretive court’s work
2021/04/15   Alaska denied oil check benefits to gay couples, dependents
2021/04/14   Ex-police chief gets 1 year in prison for hiring scandal
2021/03/30   Death penalty decision delayed in Rapid City murder trial
2021/03/22   Israel revokes permit of Palestinian foreign minister
2021/03/16   Washington judge taking time off after comments on Black man
2021/03/07   Nepal Parliament, reinstated by high court, begins session
2021/03/03   Mississippi told to pay $500K to wrongfully imprisoned man
2021/02/23   Labor unions to hand out masks outside House sessions
2021/02/19   Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor
2021/02/16   European court rejects case vs Germany over Afghan airstrike
2021/02/05   Court rules France failed to respect its climate change goal
2021/01/25   Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits
2021/01/17   Groups ask court to restore protections for US gray wolves
2021/01/10   Louisiana Supreme Court has a new chief justice, John Weimer
2021/01/05   Pakistani court orders rebuilding of destroyed Hindu temple
2020/12/20   Longtime Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Abrahamson dies
2020/11/15   Court weighs challenge to Colorado discrimination law
2020/11/06   With counting winding down, Trump team pushes legal fights
2020/10/18   Supreme Court to review Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy
2020/10/15   Senate Judiciary sets vote on Barrett, Dems decry ‘sham’
2020/10/08   High court nominee served as ‘handmaid’ in religious group
2020/09/11   Judges: Trump can’t exclude people from district drawings
2020/09/03   Slovakia court set to give verdict in reporter's slaying
2020/09/01   Appeals court keeps Flynn case alive, won’t order dismissal
2020/08/27   1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court
2020/08/25   Colombia court calls on Uribe to testify in massacre probe
2020/08/11   New Jersey's top court: Defendant must share phone passcodes
2020/08/01   Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
2020/07/21   Ohio court to hear arguments in appeal over judge shot video
2020/07/14   New Orleans councilman, attorney plead not guilty to fraud
2020/07/05   Supreme Court upholds cellphone robocall ban
2020/06/23   Supreme Court rules SEC can recoup money in fraud cases
2020/06/13   UConn student fugitive in court on murder charge, police say
2020/06/10   International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions order
2020/05/28   Supreme Court rules in FOIA case long delayed by lawmaker
2020/05/25   Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts
2020/05/20   Senate OKs appointment of Pima County judge to US court
2020/05/15   Lawyer: Security video in Arbery case may show water breaks
2020/05/14   Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers US lacks vaccine plan
2020/05/12   Supreme Court appears likely to reject Trump immunity claim
2020/05/07   Ginsburg, from hospital, joins in on 'Obamacare' arguments
2020/04/22   Meghan's privacy case against tabloid heard at UK Court
2020/04/09   Poland chamber penalizing judges must be suspended
2020/04/04   Court drops rape, other charges against megachurch leader
2020/04/01   Kentucky court proceedings to be held remotely through May 1
2020/03/13   Australia’s High Court hears what may be Pell’s last appeal
2020/03/12   International court approves Afghanistan investigation
2020/02/12   European court backs Spain on express migrant deportations
2020/02/03   Missouri county sued over jail time for unpaid court costs
2020/02/03   WADA asks sports court to open Russia case to public hearing
2020/01/27   Dutch court throws out case against Israeli military chiefs
2020/01/11   Greek court postpones retrial in US tourist's beating death
2020/01/08   Trump Gets Woman’s Suit Delayed Until NY Top Court Weighs In
2020/01/01   Court upholds creation of national monument in Atlantic
2019/12/24   Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial
2019/12/16   Judge criticized by abortion foes named to top Kansas court
2019/12/14   Kansas Supreme Court getting new member, new chief justice
2019/12/10   Justices to take up dispute over subpoenas for Trump records
2019/12/01   Brazil court delivers setback to ex-leader da Silva
2019/11/09   Indian court rules in favor of Hindu temple on disputed land
2019/11/01   Georgia high court affirms dismissal of election challenge
2019/10/17   Supreme Court takes up case over quick deportations
2019/10/13   Alaska Supreme Court hears youth climate change lawsuit
2019/10/09   Alaska Supreme Court to Hear Youths’ Climate Change Lawsuit
2019/09/08   Louisiana high court rejects ‘NOLA No-Call’ suit against NFL
2019/08/22   US appeals court: Another conflict in New Orleans courts
2019/07/23   Louisiana judge orders man's mouth taped for interruptions
2019/07/11   US appeals court sides with Trump in lawsuit involving hotel
2019/07/01   Court rules against Florida officials on medical marijuana
2019/06/25   High court strikes down ‘scandalous’ part of trademark law
2019/06/24   Census, redistricting top remaining Supreme Court cases
2019/06/18   Option to undo some DUI convictions yet to be widely sought
2019/06/18   Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland
2019/06/13   Kansas court OKs school funding law but keeps lawsuit open
2019/06/11   Former FIFA official to challenge life ban at sports court
2019/05/23   Brazil's supreme court votes to make homophobia a crime
2019/05/15   Supreme Court conservatives attack lame-duck arguments
2019/05/06   Georgia high court to hear appeal in election challenge
2019/05/04   News attorneys: Opioid distribution data should be public
2019/04/03   Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling
2019/03/26   High court questions courts’ role in partisan redistricting
2019/03/21   High court won’t referee dispute over Michael Jordan images
2019/03/11   Ohio Republicans defending state congressional map in court
2019/03/09   Case about indigent drivers and drivers' licenses in court
2019/03/06   Supreme Court rules for Alabama death row inmate
2019/03/01   Dominion to ask Supreme Court to hear pipeline appeal
2019/02/21   Wisconsin court: Judge's Facebook friendship could show bias
2019/02/19   Court case to tackle jails' medication-assisted treatment
2019/02/13   Court case to tackle jails' medication-assisted treatment
2019/02/05   Man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin girl to appear in court
2019/02/03   Ginsburg makes 1st public appearance since cancer surgery
2019/01/21   Congress to Probe Report that Trump Directed Lawyer to Lie
2019/01/20   Lawyer: Incapacitated woman who gave birth not in coma
2019/01/17   Congo court poised to rule on presidential vote challenge
2019/01/06   Court orders mediation in Maryland desegregation case
2018/12/29   The Latest: Shutdown affects court cases that involve Trump
2018/12/26   Prominent Chinese rights lawyer tried in closed proceedings
2018/12/22   Cancer the latest health woe for resilient Justice Ginsburg
2018/12/15   California court blocks pardon of man who killed at age 14
2018/12/11   Supreme Court won't hear Planned Parenthood case
2018/12/04   EU court adviser: Britain could change its mind on Brexit
2018/12/01   Dutch court rejects man’s request to be 20 years younger
2018/11/17   Mexico's high court tosses law on policing by military
2018/11/09   Trump moves to limit asylum; new rules challenged in court
2018/11/03   Heated congressional, court races on Arkansas midterm ballot
2018/11/01   Attorney files challenge to eastern Iowa judge appointment
2018/10/14   Colorado Supreme Court hears high-stakes oil and gas lawsuit
2018/10/08   Kavanaugh to hear his 1st arguments as Supreme Court justice
2018/10/07   Top French court to rule on faulty breast implant scandal
2018/10/04   Indian court allows deportation of 7 Rohingya to Myanmar
2018/10/02   Flake stokes presidential speculation as court debate rages
2018/10/01   Supreme Court won't hear case over California beach access
2018/09/10   The Latest: Bolton says international court 'dead to us'
2018/09/09   The Latest: Authorities: Officer arrested for manslaughter
2018/09/07   Pipeline company found guilty in 2015 California oil spill
2018/08/27   German court mulls jail for some over Munich air pollution
2018/08/21   German court rules in broadcaster Nazi camp spat with Poland
2018/08/16   California high court rules for immigrant kids in visa fight
2018/07/20   Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision may have been wrong
2018/07/15   India's top court calls for new law to curb mob violence
2018/07/14   Hawaii Supreme Court sides with lesbian couple in B&B case
2018/07/13   Demonstrators force Fox crew from Supreme Court broadcast
2018/07/12   Courts finds suspect in neo-Nazi trial guilty of 10 killings
2018/07/05   Feds say ex-firm of Stormy Daniels' lawyer owes unpaid taxes
2018/06/23   Police shooting of boy spurs more protests, appeals
2018/06/07   Top Texas court says condemned inmate not mentally disabled
2018/06/03   Judge allows Palin's son therapeutic court for proceedings
2018/06/03   Man run down, 50 years after killing girl in hit-and-run
2018/06/01   Congressional Dems take Trump to court over foreign favors
2018/05/27   Court: Montana minimizes impact of mining near Yellowstone
2018/05/17   Supreme Court limits warrantless vehicle searches near homes
2018/05/01   Trump administration defends Keystone XL pipeline in court
2018/04/19   Constitutionality of murder conviction upheld by high court
2018/04/16   Clicking 'checkout' could cost more after Supreme Court case
2018/04/10   Singer Cliff Richard's case against BBC begins in High Court
2018/04/04   Court to decide if drug use while pregnant is child abuse
2018/03/19   Bolivia takes sea access dispute with Chile to world court
2018/03/15   Supreme Court won't upend Arizona licenses for immigrants
2018/03/11   Martin Shkreli cries in court, is sentenced to 7 years for securities fraud
2018/02/25   Delay in Nevada gun buyer law draws protests at court debate
2018/02/20   Courts: Bail reform working, but sustainable funding needed
2018/02/11   Court: Ex-West Virginia judge ineligible for benefits
2018/02/11   Wisconsin Supreme Court primary will leave just two
2018/02/07   Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
2018/01/26   Court halts execution of Alabama inmate with dementia
2018/01/20   Supreme Court delays order for North Carolina to redraw maps
2018/01/16   Hong Kong court to rule later on 3 activists' prison terms
2018/01/03   Court extends halt in Louisiana executions after judge dies
2017/12/28   Northern Indiana man 3rd generation caring for court clock
2017/12/26   Appeals court: Trump exceeded authority with travel ban
2017/12/25   Commission to recommend pretrial reforms for Illinois courts
2017/12/22   Myanmar court sentences 4 family members in maid abuse
2017/12/21   US jury acquits Peruvian defendant in FIFA bribery case
2017/12/18   Russian court: ex-minister guilty of taking $2 million bribe
2017/12/04   Idaho man upset with court tries to crash into courthouse
2017/11/24   Walker signs bill inspired by cabin-owners' court fight
2017/11/22   Trappers ask court to throw out lawsuit over US fur exports
2017/11/10   Samsung worker killed by brain tumor wins compensation case
2017/10/29   Indonesia court upholds seizure of illegal fishing vessel
2017/10/29   Illinois to require veterans courts across the state in 2018
2017/10/10   Australia's High Court to consider fate of 7 lawmakers
2017/09/13   Justices allow Trump administration ban on most refugees
2017/09/10   Chicago's lawsuit over sanctuary city threat goes to court
2017/09/05   NC appeals court restores man's lawsuit against wife's lover
2017/09/02   S. Indiana city's mayor defends rental ordinance in court
2017/09/01   Not guilty pleas entered in Lake Coeur d'Alene boat crash
2017/08/31   Court: Cherokee Freedmen have right to tribal citizenship
2017/08/29   Dispute over rights to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan goes to court
2017/08/28   Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
2017/08/26   Top NC court weighs lawmakers stripping of governor's powers
2017/08/21   Court file: Michigan girl who killed toddler heard voices
2017/08/20   Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault case
2017/08/14   Mizzou's Howard arrested again for failing to appear in court
2017/08/11   German court orders sentence enforced in Chile abuse case
2017/08/10   Challenge filed in court to Australian gay marriage ballot
2017/08/05   Academic accused in Chicago killing due in California court
2017/07/20   Idaho Supreme Court upholds grocery tax veto
2017/07/15   Pakistan's opposition calls on court to oust prime minister
2017/07/11   Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss
2017/07/09   First Opioid Court in the U.S. Focuses on Keeping Users Alive
2017/07/06   Appeals court backs Jimmy John's franchisee in labor dispute
2017/07/02   More court challenges expected for Trump's new travel ban
2017/06/26   McCarthy found guilty of 2nd-degree murder of Bella Bond
2017/06/25   D.C. on edge: rumors of new Supreme Court vacancy swirl
2017/06/24   High Court ruling may hurt claims of talc link to cancer
2017/06/20   Top court to hear case that could reshape US political map
2017/05/22   Family of Colorado man killed by police settles lawsuit
2017/05/22   Supreme Court strikes down 2 NC congressional districts
2017/05/18   Court pauses criminal case against Texas' attorney general
2017/05/10   Judge rejects effort to block Confederate statue's removal
2017/05/05   Indiana high court rejects appeal in malnourished teen case
2017/05/03   Supreme Court says cities can sue banks under anti-bias law
2017/05/02   Connecticut court takes up doctor-patient confidentiality
2017/04/25   Volunteers accompany US immigrants to court to allay fears
2017/04/17   Court document: Hawaii mother’s body parts found in freezer
2017/04/14   Newest justice joins high court amid competing caricatures
2017/04/14   2 inmates seek execution stays from Arkansas high court
2017/04/04   Donnelly facing doubts from Indiana liberals over court vote
2017/03/30   High Court Struggles Over Hospital Pension Dispute
2017/03/30   S Korea's Park questioned at court hearing on arrest request
2017/03/29   Michigan Supreme Court Justice Young announces retirement
2017/03/27   Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick
2017/03/23   Court bars release of videos made by anti-abortion group
2017/03/06   Immigration courts: record number of cases, many problems
2017/02/26   High court ruling could reshape Virginia political map
2017/02/24   High court ruling limits international reach of patent laws
2017/02/21   Trial court election changes considered by North Carolina House
2017/02/13   NC court blocks law stripping governor of election powers
2017/02/08   Rolling Stone defamation case over rape story back in court
2017/02/06   Court upholds guilty verdict for Russian opposition leader
2017/01/28   Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution
2017/01/11   Ohio brother slaying case might return to juvenile court
2017/01/11   High Court won't hear appeal over Backpage.com escort ads
2017/01/10   High Court won't hear appeal over Backpage.com escort ads
2017/01/09   Man who escaped from Rhode Island prison to appear in court
2017/01/08   Circus operator agrees to plea deal in tent collapse
2017/01/08   Airport shooting suspect due for Florida court appearance
2016/12/21   California Supreme Court halts death penalty measure
2016/12/20   High court turns away appeal from former AIG executives
2016/12/19   Massachusetts teen due in court in texting suicide case
2016/12/02   Court blocks federal plan to extend overtime pay to many
2016/11/04   UK court brings Brexit plans screeching to halt
2016/11/04   Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
2016/11/02   Solar Advocates Ask Florida High Court to Invalidate Measure
2016/10/24   Greece court cancels TV license overhaul; blow to government
2016/10/03   US Supreme Court won't hear Arizona death sentence case
2016/09/28   USC football player accused of rape appears in Utah court
2016/09/26   Court gives fertilizer dealers a reprieve from policy change
2016/09/17   Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gun
2016/09/11   Sotomayor calls job on high court blessing and curse
2016/09/10   Biden, Supreme Court nominee on Hill to pressure GOP
2016/08/24   Appeals court: Week of early voting shouldn't return to Ohio
2016/08/19   2 teens killed in Atlanta suburb: Man accused due in court
2016/08/18   'Whitey' Bulger asks US Supreme Court to hear his appeal
2016/07/28   Court won't reinstate church official's conviction
2016/07/28   Court reinstates rape charges despite delay in indictment
2016/07/23   Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing
2016/07/12   Court denies hospital's bid to perform brain death test
2016/07/12   Kyrgyzstan sends case of jailed journalist back to court
2016/07/03   Senate confirms district court judge for New Jersey
2016/06/13   Spain court orders Operation Puerto blood bags released
2016/06/03   Police union defends ex-officer in black musician's death
2016/06/03   Missouri Appeals Court to decide fight over frozen embryos
2016/05/29   Man admits kidnapping teen girl, raping her during captivity
2016/05/25   Swedish court upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange
2016/05/22   Indiana court to hear woman's appeal of feticide conviction
2016/05/10   Kansas Supreme Court reviews lawmakers' school aid changes
2016/05/08   Spanish court seeks arrest of Putin-linked Russians
2016/05/07   Florida's high court urged to throw out death sentences
2016/04/25   Court convicts Israeli in Palestinian teenager's 2014 murder
2016/04/24   JetBlue attendant pleads not guilty to cocaine charge
2016/04/22   Arkansas funeral home pleads guilty over stacked bodies
2016/03/24   Karadzic convicted of genocide, sentenced to 40 years
2016/03/21   Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute
2016/03/21   Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial
2016/03/16   Man accused of terrorism charge with fiancee pleads guilty
2016/03/16   Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather
2016/02/10   Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
2016/01/14   High court raises doubts over Puerto Rico sovereignty
2015/12/24   Japan court gives go-ahead for restart of 2 nuke reactors
2015/12/24   Court turns down appeal for Harvey family killer
2015/12/21   Thai court sentences migrants to death in murder of British backpackers
2015/12/01   US court rejects Virginia death row inmate's appeal
2015/11/15   Court won’t hear case over grant to Planned Parenthood
2015/11/04   Romania's outgoing PM appears at court for corruption trial
2015/11/02   German court: former SS Auschwitz guard fit for trial
2015/10/18   Britain's High Court rules that Uber app is lawful
2015/10/16   Court records: Ohio man on electronic monitor raped teen
2015/10/15   Thousands turn up at court to support Catalan leader
2015/10/02   Arkansas court tosses conviction in woman's meth case
2015/09/20   Court quashes some District of Columbia gun laws
2015/09/08   Kentucky court session planned in former women's coach case
2015/09/04   Court: Transgender asylum seekers can't be equated with gays
2015/09/02   Court cuts prison sentence for Memphis 'sovereign citizen'
2015/08/11   Appeals court won't reconsider ex-Virginia governor's case
2015/08/10   Juvenile court decision due in Slender Man stabbing case
2015/08/02   UK jury says trader guilty of manipulating key interest rate
2015/07/27   Appeals court upholds California's shark fin ban
2015/07/26   Appeals court revives challenge to consumer age
2015/07/15   Wisconsin court ends probe of presidential hopeful Walker
2015/07/09   Religious beliefs, gay rights clash in court case over cake
2015/06/30   High court won't hear Nevada patient dumping case
2015/06/28   US court agrees Apple violated antitrust law in e-book entry
2015/06/18   Illinois high court: Comcast must reveal anonymous commenter
2015/06/13   Court says net neutrality rules will go into effect Friday
2015/06/09   Oscar Pistorius case: Court sets November for appeal
2015/05/16   Pandora loses to BMI in court hearing, vows to appeal
2015/03/23   Bond hearing scheduled for millionaire Durst in New Orleans
2015/02/25   Court: Not disclosing HIV before sex is a misdemeanor
2015/02/25   Philippine court enters not guilty plea for US Marine
2015/02/04   Brother of murder victim attacks defendant in court
2015/01/20   High court rejects military contractors appeals
2015/01/13   High court won't hear challenge to Vermont campaign law
2015/01/13   Court won't hear free speech challenge to metals dealers law
2015/01/05   Idaho gay marriage fight appealed to Supreme Court
2014/12/08   Post reporter charged in Iran after day in court
2014/11/11   Court reinstates whistleblower case at nuke site
2014/11/07   Spanish court clears way for trial of princess
2014/10/20   Courts reject another Arizona immigration law
2014/08/19   Court: Silence can be used against suspects
2014/08/13   Court considers if executioners can be named
2014/04/30   Court revives EPA rule on cross-state pollution
2014/03/14   Inmate pleads guilty in prison guard's stabbing
2014/03/10   Man pleads guilty to sea cucumber smuggling charge
2014/01/30   Supreme Court orders stay of execution
2013/09/03   NM court to hear case over educator pension cuts
2013/09/01   Custody dispute goes to Okla. Supreme Court
2013/07/23   Arizona high court to hear school funding case
2013/07/12   Iowa top court: Firing of attractive aide is legal
2013/07/08   Court rejects cat hoarders' appeal of convictions
2013/06/19   Court: Ex-Im Bank needs to explain Air India loan
2013/06/11   Court: $1M coverage for Conn. fire victim families
2013/06/10   Maryland Criminal Defense - Gun Offenses Lawyer
2013/05/23   Judge OKs class-action settlement over Skechers
2013/05/22   Appeals court allows capital retrial of Wolfe
2013/04/19   US man pleads guilty to supporting terrorism
2013/04/02   US appeals court grants Hobby Lobby full hearing
2013/03/29   NY top court OKs tax on online sellers like Amazon
2013/01/18   Lawyer questions memory of Philadelphia accuser
2013/01/16   NY appeals court denies bail in cannibalism case
2012/12/21   Benefits fight brings lesbian couple to high court
2012/10/22   NY appeals court nixes Defense of Marriage Act
2012/10/05   Court won't hear anti-gay marriage group appeal
2012/09/27   Justices step back from Pa. court funding dispute
2012/09/12   Pa. high court revisits juvenile life sentences
2012/08/29   Superior court rejects appeal in Pa. double-murder
2012/02/28   British arms-to-Iran suspect faces Texas court
2012/02/27   Supreme Court 101 in session at high court
2012/02/25   Court: California can force inmates to submit DNA
2012/02/17   Teen pleads not guilty in Ohio Craigslist killings
2012/02/15   Cisco challenges Microsoft takeover of Skype in EU
2012/02/10   High court asked to undo Mont. campaign money ban
2012/02/09   Appeals court halts deportation of 7 immigrants
2012/02/03   Appeals court set to hear Alabama trademark suit
2012/01/30   Former UBS trader pleads not guilty in UK court
2012/01/27   NY court: Judge can't block $18B Chevron judgment
2012/01/23   US army panel advises trial in Afghanistan suicide
2012/01/20   Police witnesses called in fake 'Rockefeller' case
2012/01/16   Court Upholds Burlington Man's Murder Conviction
2012/01/10   High Court Rejects Prisoner Lawsuit
2012/01/03   Ecuador court upholds ruling against Chevron
2011/12/27   Riders stuck on snow-trapped train sue NY agency
2011/12/24   Supreme Court says Manchester property tax data private
2011/12/21   Mentally disabled detainees granted class status
2011/12/20   NY top court allows private securities claims
2011/12/12   High court halts new Texas electoral maps
2011/12/05   Court: State prisoners count at home in redistricting
2011/11/28   Federal Court of Canada Certifies Class Action
2011/11/23   Defendant in $670M scam enters guilty plea in Va.
2011/11/21   Courts weighs scrapping huge California water pact
2011/11/13   Russia court rejects $16 billion claim against BP
2011/11/10   Court likely to overturn Calif. law on livestock
2011/11/09   Court upholds conviction in Pa. murder case
2011/10/29   Appeals court overturns key Cape Wind clearance
2011/10/14   NY motorist pleads not guilty in fatal Amish crash
2011/10/14   No class-action status in Countrywide case
2011/10/11   High court to decide double jeopardy question
2011/10/11   Utah bank sued over overdraft fees, policies
2011/10/03   Mass. man charged in terror plot pleads not guilty
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Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US
Court Watch | 2025/08/07 06:26
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on computer chips, raising the specter of higher prices for electronics, autos, household appliances and other essential products dependent on the processors powering the digital age.

“We’ll be putting a tariff of approximately 100% on chips and semiconductors,” Trump said in the Oval Office while meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook. “But if you’re building in the United States of America, there’s no charge.”

The announcement came more than three months after Trump temporarily exempted most electronics from his administration’s most onerous tariffs.

The Republican president said companies that make computer chips in the U.S. would be spared the import tax. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a shortage of computer chips increased the price of autos and contributed to higher inflation.

Investors seemed to interpret the potential tariff exemptions as a positive for Apple and other major tech companies that have been making huge financial commitments to manufacture more chips and other components in the U.S..

Big Tech already has made collective commitments to invest about $1.5 trillion in the U.S. since Trump moved back into the White House in January. That figure includes a $600 billion promise from Apple after the iPhone maker boosted its commitment by tacking another $100 billion on to a previous commitment made in February.

Now the question is whether the deal brokered between Cook and Trump will be enough to insulate the millions of iPhones made in China and India from the tariffs that the administration has already imposed and reduce the pressure on the company to raise prices on the new models expected to be unveiled next month.

Wall Street certainly seems to think so. After Apple’s stock price gained 5% in Wednesday regular trading sessions, the shares rose by another 3% in extended trading after Trump announced some tech companies won’t be hit with the latest tariffs while Cook stood alongside him.

The shares of AI chipmaker Nvidia, which also has recently made big commitments to the U.S., rose slightly in extended trading to add to the $1 trillion gain in market value the Silicon Valley company has made since the start of Trump’s second administration.

The stock price of computer chip pioneer Intel, which has fallen on hard times, also climbed in extended trading.

Inquiries sent to chip makers Nvidia and Intel were not immediately answered. The chip industry’s main trade group, the Semiconductor Industry Association, declined to comment on Trump’s latest tariffs.

Demand for computer chips has been climbing worldwide, with sales increasing 19.6% in the year-ended in June, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization.

Trump’s tariff threats mark a significant break from existing plans to revive computer chip production in the U.S. that were drawn up during the administration of President Joe Biden.

Since taking over from Biden, Trump has been deploying tariffs to incentivize more domestic production. Essentially, the president is betting that the threat of dramatically higher chip costs would force most companies to open factories domestically, despite the risk that tariffs could squeeze corporate profits and push up prices for mobile phones, TVs and refrigerators.

By contrast, the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act that Biden signed into law in 2022 provided more than $50 billion to support new computer chip plants, fund research and train workers for the industry. The mix of funding support, tax credits and other financial incentives were meant to draw in private investment, a strategy that Trump has vocally opposed.


Colorado deputies disciplined for helping federal immigration agents
Court Watch | 2025/08/01 06:21
Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests, and their sheriff says officers from other agencies have done the same.

One of the deputies, Alexander Zwinck, was sued by Colorado’s attorney general last week, after his cooperation with federal immigration agents on a drug task force was revealed following the June arrest of a college student from Brazil with an expired visa.

Following an internal investigation, a second Mesa County Sheriff’s Office deputy and task force member, Erik Olson, was also found to have shared information. The two deputies used a Signal chat to relay information to federal agents, according to documents released Wednesday by the sheriff’s office.

Zwinck was placed on three weeks of unpaid leave, and Olson was given two weeks of unpaid leave, Mesa County Sheriff Todd Rowell said in a statement. Both were removed from the task force.

Two supervisors also were disciplined. One was suspended without pay for two days, and another received a letter of reprimand. A third supervisor received counseling.

State laws push back against Trump crackdown

The lawsuit and disciplinary actions come as lawmakers in Colorado and other Democratic-led states have crafted legislation intended to push back against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Since Trump took office, pro-immigrant bills have advanced through legislatures in Illinois, Vermont, California, Connecticut and other states. The measures include stronger protections for immigrants in housing, employment and police encounters.

Trump has enlisted hundreds of state and local law enforcement agencies to help identify immigrants in the U.S. illegally and detain them for potential deportation. The Republican also relaxed longtime rules restricting immigration enforcement near schools, churches and hospitals.

Zwinck was sued under a new state law signed by Gov. Jared Polis about two weeks before the arrest of the student from Brazil. It bars local government employees including law enforcement from sharing identifying information about people with federal immigration officials. Previously, only state agencies were barred from doing that. It’s one of a series of laws limiting the state’s involvement in immigration enforcement passed over the years that has drawn criticism and a lawsuit from the federal government.

The U.S. Department of Justice has also sued Illinois and New York, as well as several cities in those states and New Jersey, alleging their policies violate the U.S. Constitution or federal immigration laws.

Officers say they were following established procedures

Zwinck and Olson told officials they thought they were operating according to long-standing procedures.

However, the internal investigation found they had both received and read two emails prior to the passage of the new law about previous limits on cooperation with immigration officials. The most recent was sent on Jan. 30, 2025, after an official for Homeland Security Investigations, part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, had asked state and local law enforcement officers at a law enforcement meeting to contact HSI or ICE if they arrested a person for a violent crime who was believed not to be a citizen, the investigation documents said. The email said not to contact HSI or ICE.

Zwinck said he didn’t know about the new law and was not interested in immigration enforcement.

“When I was out there, I wanted to find drugs, guns and bad guys,” Zwinck said at a July 23 disciplinary hearing. “And sending that information to HSI they provided the ability to give me real time background information on the person I was in contact with,” he said.

Olson, who said he had been with the sheriff’s office 18 years, testified at his disciplinary hearing that it was “standard practice” to send information up to federal agents during traffic stops.

“It was routine for ICE to show up on the back end of a traffic stop to do their thing,” Olson said. “I truly thought what we were doing was condoned by our supervision and lawful.”

A lawyer at a law firm listed as representing both deputies, Michael Lowe, did not immediately return a telephone call or email seeking comment.

Rowell said drug task force members from other law enforcement agencies, including the Colorado State Patrol, also shared information with immigration agents on the Signal chat. The state patrol denied the claim.

The sheriff faulted Attorney General Phil Weiser for filing the lawsuit against Zwinck before a local internal investigation was complete. He called on the Democrat, who is running for governor, to drop it.

“As it stands, the lawsuit filed by the Attorney General’s Office sends a demoralizing message to law enforcement officers across Colorado — that the law may be wielded selectively and publicly for maximum political effect rather than applied fairly and consistently,” he said.

Weiser said last week that he was investigating whether other officers in the chat violated the law.

Spokesperson Lawrence Pacheco said Weiser was presented with evidence of a “blatant violation of state law” and had to act.

“The attorney general has a duty to enforce state laws and protect Coloradans and he’ll continue to do so,” Pacheco said.


Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions in third ruling
Court Watch | 2025/07/23 14:36
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, issuing the third court ruling blocking the birthright order nationwide since a key Supreme Court decision in June.

U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin, joining another district court as well as an appellate panel of judges, found that a nationwide injunction granted to more than a dozen states remains in force under an exception to the Supreme Court ruling. That decision restricted the power of lower-court judges to issue nationwide injunctions.

The states have argued Trump’s birthright citizenship order is blatantly unconstitutional and threatens millions of dollars for health insurance services that are contingent on citizenship status. The issue is expected to move quickly back to the nation’s highest court.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement the administration looked forward to “being vindicated on appeal.”

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, who helped lead the lawsuit before Sorokin, said in a statement he was “thrilled the district court again barred President Trump’s flagrantly unconstitutional birthright citizenship order from taking effect anywhere.”

“American-born babies are American, just as they have been at every other time in our Nation’s history,” he added. “The President cannot change that legal rule with the stroke of a pen.”

Lawyers for the government had argued Sorokin should narrow the reach of his earlier ruling granting a preliminary injunction, saying it should be “tailored to the States’ purported financial injuries.”

Sorokin said a patchwork approach to the birthright order would not protect the states in part because a substantial number of people move between states. He also blasted the Trump administration, saying it had failed to explain how a narrower injunction would work.

“That is, they have never addressed what renders a proposal feasible or workable, how the defendant agencies might implement it without imposing material administrative or financial burdens on the plaintiffs, or how it squares with other relevant federal statutes,” the judge wrote. “In fact, they have characterized such questions as irrelevant to the task the Court is now undertaking. The defendants’ position in this regard defies both law and logic.”

Sorokin acknowledged his order would not be the last word on birthright citizenship. Trump and his administration “are entitled to pursue their interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and no doubt the Supreme Court will ultimately settle the question,” Sorokin wrote. “But in the meantime, for purposes of this lawsuit at this juncture, the Executive Order is unconstitutional.”

The administration has not yet appealed any of the recent court rulings. Trump’s efforts to deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily will remain blocked unless and until the Supreme Court says otherwise.

A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling earlier this month prohibiting Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide in a new class-action lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante in New Hampshire had paused his own decision to allow for the Trump administration to appeal, but with no appeal filed, his order went into effect.

On Wednesday, a San Francisco-based appeals court found the president’s executive order unconstitutional and affirmed a lower court’s nationwide block.

A Maryland-based judge said last week that she would do the same if an appeals court signed off.

The justices ruled last month that lower courts generally can’t issue nationwide injunctions, but it didn’t rule out other court orders that could have nationwide effects, including in class-action lawsuits and those brought by states. The Supreme Court did not decide whether the underlying citizenship order is constitutional.

Plaintiffs in the Boston case earlier argued that the principle of birthright citizenship is “enshrined in the Constitution,” and that Trump does not have the authority to issue the order, which they called a “flagrantly unlawful attempt to strip hundreds of thousands of American-born children of their citizenship based on their parentage.”

They also argue that Trump’s order halting automatic citizenship for babies born to people in the U.S. illegally or temporarily would cost states funding they rely on to “provide essential services” — from foster care to health care for low-income children, to “early interventions for infants, toddlers, and students with disabilities.”

At the heart of the lawsuits is the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified in 1868 after the Civil War and the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision. That decision found that Scott, an enslaved man, wasn’t a citizen despite having lived in a state where slavery was outlawed.


International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack
Court Watch | 2025/07/02 10:15
The International Criminal Court has been targeted by a “sophisticated” cyberattack and is taking measures to limit any damage, the global tribunal announced Monday.

The ICC, which also was hit by a cyberattack in 2023, said the latest incident had been contained but did not elaborate further on the impact or possible motive.

“A Court-wide impact analysis is being carried out, and steps are already being taken to mitigate any effects of the incident,” the court said in a statement.

The incident happened in the same week that The Hague hosted a summit of 32 NATO leaders at a conference center near the court amid tight security including measures to guard against cyberattacks.

The court declined to say whether any confidential information had been compromised.

The ICC has a number of high-profile investigations and preliminary inquiries underway in nations around the world and has in the past been the target of espionage.

In 2022, a Dutch intelligence agency said it had foiled a plot by a Russian spy using a false Brazilian identity to work as an intern at the court, which is investigating allegations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine and has issued a war crimes arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine.

Arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, over Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza have also drawn ire. U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, in February and earlier this month also sanctioned four judges at the court.

The court is still feeling the effects of the last cyberattack, with wifi still not completely restored to its purpose-built headquarters.



Getty Images and Stability AI clash in UK copyright trial testing AI's future
Court Watch | 2025/06/11 10:55
Getty Images is facing off against artificial intelligence company Stability AI in a London courtroom for the first major copyright trial of the generative AI industry.

Opening arguments before a judge at the British High Court began on Monday. The trial could last for three weeks.

Stability, based in London, owns a widely used AI image-making tool that sparked enthusiasm for the instant creation of AI artwork and photorealistic images upon its release in August 2022. OpenAI introduced its surprise hit chatbot ChatGPT three months later.

Seattle-based Getty has argued that the development of the AI image maker, called Stable Diffusion, involved “brazen infringement” of Getty’s photography collection “on a staggering scale.”

Tech companies have long argued that “fair use” or “fair dealing” legal doctrines in the United States and United Kingdom allow them to train their AI systems on large troves of writings or images. Getty was among the first to challenge those practices when it filed copyright infringement lawsuits in the United States and the United Kingdom in early 2023.

“What Stability did was inappropriate,” Getty CEO Craig Peters told The Associated Press in 2023. He said creators of intellectual property should be asked for permission before their works are fed into AI systems rather than having to participate in an “opt-out regime.”

Getty’s legal team told the court Monday that its position is that the case isn’t a battle between the creative and technology industries and that the two can still work together in “synergistic harmony” because licensing creative works is critical to AI’s success.

“The problem is when AI companies such as Stability AI want to use those works without payment,” Getty’s trial lawyer, Lindsay Lane, said.

She said the case was about “straightforward enforcement of intellectual property rights,” including copyright, trademark and database rights.

Getty Images “recognizes that the AI industry is a force for good but that doesn’t justify those developing AI models to ride roughshod over intellectual property rights,” Lane said.

Stability AI had a “voracious appetite” for images to train its AI model, but the company was “completely indifferent to the nature of those works,” Lane said.

Stability didn’t care if images were protected by copyright, had watermarks, were not safe for work or were pornographic and just wanted to get its model to the market as soon as possible, Lane said.

“This trial is the day of reckoning for that approach,” she said.

Stability has argued that the case doesn’t belong in the United Kingdom because the training of the AI model technically happened elsewhere, on computers run by U.S. tech giant Amazon.

The judge’s decision is unlikely to give the AI industry what it most wants, which is expanded copyright exemptions for AI training, said Ben Milloy, a senior associate at UK law firm Fladgate, which is not involved in the case.

But it could “strengthen the hand of either party – rights holders or AI developers – in the context of the commercial negotiations for content licensing deals that are currently playing out worldwide,” Milloy said.
In the years after introducing its open-source technology, Stability confronted challenges in capitalizing on the popularity of the tool, battling lawsuits, misuse and other business problems.

Stable Diffusion’s roots trace back to Germany, where computer scientists at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich worked with the New York-based tech company Runway to develop the original algorithms. The university researchers credited Stability AI for providing the servers that trained the models, which require large amounts of computing power.

Stability later blamed Runway for releasing an early version of Stable Diffusion that was used to produce abusive sexual images, but also said it would have exclusive control of more recent versions of the AI model.

Stability last year announced what it described as a “significant” infusion of money from new investors including Facebook’s former president Sean Parker, who is now chair of Stability’s board. Parker also has experience in intellectual property disputes as the co-founder of online music company Napster, which temporarily shuttered in the early 2000s after the record industry and popular rock band Metallica sued over copyright violations.


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