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  • Court: Spain can extradite Liberty Reserve founder

    Court: Spain can extradite Liberty Reserve founder

    National News 02/24/2014

    A Spanish court has ruled that a man accused of being behind one of the world’s biggest money laundering businesses can be extradited to the U.S. to face charges there. Arthur Budovsky, who founded currency transfer and payment processing company Lib...

  • Fight over gay marriage moving to federal courts

    Fight over gay marriage moving to federal courts

    Headline Legal News 02/20/2014

    The overturning of Virginia’s gay marriage ban places the legal fight over same-sex unions increasingly in the hands of federal appeals courts shaped by President Barack Obama’s two election victories. It’s no accident that Virginia has become a key ...

  • Supreme Court affirms pipeline value decision

    Supreme Court affirms pipeline value decision

    Headline Legal News 02/20/2014

    The Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday handed Alaska municipalities a victory in a dispute over the value of the trans-Alaska pipeline, affirming that the structure for 2006 should have been valued at nearly $10 billion, not the $850 million claimed b...

  • Appeals court reinstates BP shareholders' lawsuit

    Appeals court reinstates BP shareholders' lawsuit

    National News 02/18/2014

    A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated a shareholders lawsuit filed against BP Alaska in the wake of two oil spills in 2006 on the North Slope that exposed problems with the company's pipeline maintenance program. A three-judge panel of the 9...

  • Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage

    Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage

    Ethics 02/18/2014

    Lawyers for Egypt's ousted president and his co-defendants walked out of court on Sunday to protest the soundproof glass cage in which defendants are held during proceedings, state TV reported. It said judge Shaaban el-Shamy ordered a recess after th...

  • Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban

    Nevada Officials Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban

    Legal Events 02/13/2014

    In an about-face, Nevada has decided against defending its constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, the latest step in a series of battles being waged across the nation on the volatile issue. Nevada's attorney general and governor said Monday that t...

  • Ky. high court to hear death penalty appeal

    Ky. high court to hear death penalty appeal

    National News 02/13/2014

    The Kentucky Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case of a death row inmate who has twice won a new trial. The justices on Thursday will take up the case of 57-year-old Michael Dale St. Clair, who was convicted in the 1991 slaying of distil...

  • Farmer pleads guilty in pot growing scheme

    Farmer pleads guilty in pot growing scheme

    National News 02/10/2014

    A Northern California farmer renowned nationally for his heirloom tomatoes has pleaded guilty to leasing out his greenhouses for growing marijuana. Sixty-four-year-old Thomas Jopson of Sutter County pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture at leas...

  • Lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect due in court

    Lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect due in court

    National News 02/10/2014

    Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be in court this week for the first time since U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Tsarnaev. A status co...

  • Case challenging gay-marriage ban heard in Va.

    Case challenging gay-marriage ban heard in Va.

    National News 02/06/2014

    In a case that could give gay marriage its first foothold in the old Confederacy, a federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday on whether Virginia's ban on gay marriage should be struck down _ the position the state's newly elected Democratic attorney...

  • Australian court rules ANZ Bank late fees too high

    Australian court rules ANZ Bank late fees too high

    Headline Legal News 02/06/2014

    One of Australia's largest banks faces a multimillion dollar payout to thousands of customers after a judge ruled on Wednesday that late payment fees it charged on credit cards were exorbitant. ANZ Banking Group Ltd. partially lost a class action law...

  • Man pleads not guilty in deadly Lodi crash

    Man pleads not guilty in deadly Lodi crash

    Recent Cases 02/03/2014

    A man has pleaded not guilty to murder, driving under the influence and other charges in a car crash in Central California that killed five members of a family, including a pregnant woman. The Record of Stockton reports that 28-year-old Ryan Morales ...

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