Recent Updates
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Spirit Airlines goes out of business, ending operations immediately
Continuing Education 05/23/2026Spirit Airlines, an impish upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep discount fares, announced Saturday that it has gone out of business after 34 years.The ultralow cost airline that once operated hundreds of daily flights on i...
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Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill
Continuing Education 05/12/2026The Supreme Court is leaving women's access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.Justice Samuel Alito's order Monday allo...
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Man who sprayed vinegar at Rep. Ilhan Omar during town hall pleads guilty to assault
Continuing Education 05/09/2026A man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis pleaded guilty to assault Thursday in federal court after reaching a deal with prosecutors.Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, is awaiting sentencing.Kazmierczak,...
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BBC asks US court to dismiss Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit
Continuing Education 03/20/2026The BBC filed a motion Monday asking a U.S. court to dismiss President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against it, warning that the case could have a "chilling effect" on robust reporting on public figures and events.The suit was filed in a Florid...
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USCIS Completes Lottery for Temporary Increase in FY 2018 H-2B Cap
Continuing Education 05/19/2018On May 31, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began receiving H-2B petitions under the temporary final rule increasing the numerical limit, or cap, on H-2B nonimmigrant visas by up to 15,000 additional visas through the end of fi...
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Bangladesh High Court upholds death for 2 in blogger killing
Continuing Education 04/02/2017Bangladesh's High Court on Sunday confirmed the death penalty for two people tied to a banned Islamist militant group for the killing of an atheist blogger critical of radical Islam. The court also upheld jail sentences for six others after appeals w...
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Stepmom of scalded boy who died pleads guilty to murder
Continuing Education 09/06/2016A woman accused of holding her 4-year-old stepson in a scalding bath, covering his burns and not getting him medical care before he died was sentenced to at least 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder and other charges on Thursday. A War...
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Wisconsin court ends probe of presidential hopeful Walker
Continuing Education 07/16/2015Presidential candidate Scott Walker won a major legal victory Thursday when Wisconsin's Supreme Court ended a secret investigation into whether the Republican's gubernatorial campaign illegally coordinated with conservative groups during the 2012 rec...
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Court ruling could delay California water project
Continuing Education 03/17/2014A state appellate court has ruled that California water officials cannot go onto private property for soil testing and other studies related to construction of two massive tunnels that would siphon water from the Sacramento River. Nancy Vogel of the ...
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Appeals court upholds slugger Bonds' conviction
Continuing Education 09/18/2013A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former Giants slugger Barry Bonds' obstruction-of-justice conviction stemming from rambling testimony he gave during a 2003 appearance before a grand jury investigating elite athletes' use of performance-enhan...
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Proof of a Negative Not Required for Summary Judgment
Continuing Education 02/28/2012The Indiana Court of Appeals has issued a decision that may have a large impact on summary judgment practice in Indiana. In Commr. of the Indiana Dept. of Ins. v. Black, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App. 2012), the Court essentially held that Indiana wil...
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Spain clears way for super-judge's trial
Continuing Education 05/17/2010Spain's Supreme Court has removed the last potential obstacle to putting on trial the crusading judge who indicted Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden.Judge Baltasar Garzon, who became world famous with cross-border justice cases, faces charges of k...