Kansas appeals court rules that state Constitution provides right to abortion...
(Source: KHI - Kansas Health Institute) In a sweeping decision, the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled that the Kansas Constitution's Bill of Rights provides a right to abortion and blocked a Kansas law...
View ArticleKansas ban on 2nd-trimester abortion method remains on hold
The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state's first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion method to take effect. The court released the ruling Friday, the...
View ArticleKansas 2nd-trimester abortion ban method on hold
Wichita, Kan. — The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion method to take effect. The court released the ruling...
View ArticleTop News Clips for the Week of January 16-22 (New Jersey Civil Justice...
(Source: New Jersey Civil Justice Institute) A selection of the need-to-know civil justice news for the week of January 16-22. Yahoo Settles E-mail Privacy Class-Action: $4M for Lawyers, $0 for Users...
View ArticleRutledge Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear Immigration Case...
(Source: Arkansas Attorney General Office) « Go Back January 19, 2016 LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today released a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court rules against 'Wichita Massacre' brothers
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against two brothers challenging their death sentences for a...
View ArticleUS high court ruling sends NC police officers’ case to trial
WINSTON-SALEM — Three North Carolina police officers will get a court hearing for their federal lawsuit alleging they...
View ArticleThe Latest: GM ignition switch trial dismissed
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on a New York trial over General Motors' faulty ignition switches (all times local): 10 a.m. The first trial aimed at aiding settlement of hundreds of lawsuit stemming from...
View ArticleOklahoma court breathes new life in ex-Medical Examiner case
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An appeals court has breathed new life into a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma's former chief medical examiner...
View ArticleKilpatrick appeals to Supreme Court in corruption case
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his public corruption conviction and 28-year prison sentence. A response to the petition for a writ of...
View ArticleAttorney General to defend marijuana voter initiative in state appeals court...
(Source: State of Washington) OLYMPIA - Tomorrow, a state appeals court in Tacoma will hear a challenge to the state's voter-approved recreational marijuana law. Division Two of the Washington Court of...
View ArticleJudge Tosses Out Pennsylvania Woman's Defamation Suit Against Cosby
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Pittsburgh-area woman who claimsBill Cosby defamed her when he and his representatives responded to allegations that he...
View ArticleCalifornia Supreme Court to review opinion in UCLA stabbing case
The California Supreme agreed Thursday to review an appellate court decision that public colleges and universities have no responsibility to protect students from violence committed by other students...
View ArticleChamperty and Maintenance in the Modern Era (Dinsmore & Shohl LLP)
(Source: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP) As seen in DRI, The Voice of the Defense Bar I. Introduction Champerty and maintenance are common-law doctrines, often referred to as 'antique laws,' which have long...
View ArticleJudge tosses Pennsylvania woman's defamation suit vs. Cosby
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Pittsburgh-area woman who claims Bill Cosby defamed her when he and his representatives responded to allegations that he drugged and sexually...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules against business in class-action case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a class-action lawsuit can continue, even after a business offers to pay everything sought by the person who first sued. The 6-3 ruling on...
View ArticleCourt says Kansas Constitution protects right to an abortion
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state's first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion method to take effect, saying in a split but...
View ArticleKansas Court Celebrates Roe v. Wade By Striking Down Anti-Abortion Law
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state's first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion method to take effect, saying in a split but...
View ArticleArizona high court to rule on appeal in Tucson homicide case
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court will rule Wednesday on an appeal of a Tucson man convicted of a 2000 homicide after a cold-case investigation. ......
View ArticleReed Smith Clients Vindicated – Illinois Circuit Court Grants Motion to...
(Source: Reed Smith LLP) On January 20, 2016, Judge Thomas Mulroy of the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago granted the Illinois Attorney General's Motions to Dismiss numerous qui tam cases brought...
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