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An obscure court case could reverse bail reform

The confrontation right has long been a bedrock of our criminal legal system, ensuring that evidence presented during a trial is fair and accurate.

Politics - The Hill - 6 hours ago

Court pauses appeal of Trump's classified documents case

A federal appeals court granted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to pause his appeal of President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case until Dec. 2.

Supreme Court hearing case on definition of a woman

Judges will consider a legal challenge which could affect how women and trans people are treated.

How the Supreme Court has ruled on 2024 election-related cases

A majority of Supreme Court justices ruled to allow Virginia to proceed with removing roughly 1,600 alleged noncitizens from its voter rolls. This comes just days before the Nov. 5 election and as ...

A Texas Judge’s Fight to Keep a High-Profile Case Out of His Court

A battle over a new rule to limit credit card late fees has spiraled into a larger skirmish about how much power litigants should have to maneuver their cases into friendly courtrooms.

Business - The New York Times - November 2

US backs Argentina’s fight against asset seizures in $16bn court case

Letter says that allowing claimants to take over Buenos Aires’s stake in energy company YPF would implicate ‘important foreign policy interests’

World - Financial Times - November 7

Judge cancels court deadlines in Trump's 2020 election case

President-elect Donald Trump is facing four federal charges in the case arising from the 2020 presidential election.

VW managers again lose out in court case on bonuses and increases

World - Yahoo News - November 11

Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows' appeal in Georgia election interference case

The Supreme Court dealt a setback to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in his defense against 2020 election interference charges in Georgia, turning away his attempt to transfer his ...

Texas Supreme Court Paves Way for Execution in ‘Shaken Baby’ Case

Texas lawmakers exceeded their power when they intervened last month to stop the execution of Robert Roberson by summoning him to testify, the court found.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 15

Billions at stake in court battle over North Sea oil

Lawyers and campaigners have made their arguments before Lord Ericht in Edinburgh this week.

Georgia court cancels hearing in Trump's appeal of Fani Willis disqualification case

Georgia Court of Appeals canceled a hearing that was set to weigh president-elect Donald Trump and his codefendants' appeal of the Fani Willis disqualification issue.

Hong Kong Court Sentences Dozens in Case That Crushed Pro-Democracy Camp

Defendants include politicians and activists who had hoped to win control of legislature, a plan Beijing found subversive.

World - The Wall Street Journal - November 18

Romanian court finds irregularities in prosecutors' case against Andrew Tate

A court in Romania has ruled that prosecutors’ indictment against influencer Andrew Tate contains multiple irregularities

World - ABC News - November 19

Romanian appeal court finds flaws in case against Andrew Tate

Judges order prosecutors to withdraw or amend indictment against self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’. A court in Romania has ruled that one of the public prosecutors’ cases against the self-styled ...

World - The Guardian - November 19

New Hampshire courts hear 2 cases on transgender girls playing girls sports

Two New Hampshire fathers who were punished for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” to represent female chromosomes at a high school soccer game say they didn't set out to harass or otherwise ...

Sports - ABC News - 5 days ago

Illinois Supreme Court overturns Jussie Smollett conviction in hate crime case

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a hate crime in 2019, ruling he should not have been prosecuted after the initial case was dropped. The court did ...

Supreme Court won't hear case on graphic cigarette package warnings

The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages include graphic warnings showing the impacts of smoking. The court declined to hear the case, the case ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Court hears legal arguments in sex assault case of 5 hockey players

Lawyers in the sexual assault case of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team began what are expected to be several weeks of legal arguments on Monday, ahead of next year’s trial

Sports - ABC News - Yesterday

Appeals court agrees to end Trump’s classified documents case

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted a request from special counsel Jack Smith to drop President-elect Trump’s Florida documents case, ending the battle to charge him over retaining ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Appeals court agrees to dismiss Trump's classified documents case

An appeals court on Tuesday agreed to dismiss charges related to Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, effectively ending Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump.

Supreme Court sends case testing limits of death penalty for intellectually disabled back to lower court

The Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court’s decision blocking a death row inmate’s execution because he says he’s intellectually disabled, ordering the lower court to issue a clearer ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows's push to move Georgia election case to federal court

The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s appeal seeking to move to federal court his Georgia criminal charges related to efforts to overturn ...

Politics - The Hill - November 12

Supreme Court rejects Meadows' bid to move Georgia election case to federal court

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was charged with two counts in the case brought by Fulton County prosecutors over alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in ...

Ford focus can't obscure England's other shortcomings

George Ford's missed kicks and missed tackles obscured other failings that England must address to rescue their autumn campaign.

How Corporate Speak Obscures Realities in Business

George Orwell, one of the 20th century’s greatest writers, has advice that resonates today.

Business - Inc. - November 17

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