Lawyers

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  Court Says Convicted Killer Can Seek Appeal After New Evidence Shows He May Have Been Reenacting Scene From Anime

  A New Zealand court has decided that a convicted killer can seek an appeal after new evidence showed that he may have been reenacting a scene from an anime.

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  Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Replacing Him After Surprise Decision Not to Retire

  A U.S. Circuit Judge appointed by Obama has decided to postpone retirement, preventing President-elect Donald Trump from filling his seat on the federal bench.

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  Alabama Death Row Inmate's Fate Uncertain As SCOTUS Demands Court Make 2nd Ruling

  Joseph Smith was convicted in the 1997 murder of Durk Van Dam in Mobile County, Alabama and was handed down the death sentence the following year

• Trump's Georgia Election Conspiracy Trial Paused Indefinitely by Court of Appeals

  What led to the indefinite pause of Trump's trial over Georgia election conspiracy charges by the Court of Appeals? Explore the details of this unexpected legal development. Continue reading to learn more.

• Tesla Motor's Journey: Appeals Court casts Judgment on Tesla Sales in Missouri

  After having just been told that Tesla Motors will not be selling in Missouri, the Appeals Court decides to grant the company a decision that will help them.

• US Court of Appeals grants Argentina's return to global markets

  A U.S. court ruling cleared the way for Argentina to pay its debts and return to global credit markets early next week, as a new president tries to turn the page on almost a decade and a half of messy defaults and litigation.

• Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appeal

  Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been convicted for corruption charges. He is now appealing to the Supreme Court to discard his other cases which will be decided soon.

• Court of Appeals sides with Botswana’s gay rights’ group

  Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 High Court decision to allow LGBT individuals to register LEGABIBO. The court dismissed the governments appeal to ban the LGBT group.

• Convicted Libor trader Tom Hayes’ Supreme Court appeal rejected

  Former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes who is serving an 11-year jail sentence for conspiring to rig Libor global interest rates, was blocked from appealing to the UK's Supreme Court against his conviction on Tuesday.

• Appeals court denies former gangster James Whitey Bulger's request for new trial

  A federal appellate court has denied former mobster James “Whitey” Bulger’s request for a new trial.

• Appellate Court restores fraud case against Trump University

  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had alleged education program had defrauded students. A New York Court of Appeals denied the appeal of presidential candidate Donald Trump to dismiss the fraud case against him.

• Manhattan Appeals Court upholds decision of Apple to pay for $450 mln antitrust claims

  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan retained a decision on Apple over conspiracy with five publishers to raise e-book prices. The company agreed to settle antitrust claims of $450 million.

• Veterans Affairs deputy secretary vows to punish demoted executives whose demotions were reversed

  Deputy VA Secretary Sloan Gibson vows to punish Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves after appeals reversed his order demoting the pair. These two executives forced lower ranking officials to relocate positions and took the jobs themselves to reduce their job responsibilities.

• UK Government loses bedroom tax case; 3 judges said it is discriminating, unlawful

  The UK government loses a high-profile case with the bedrom tax law. Three judges from the court of appeals ruled that this is discriminating and unlawful.

• Judge says UK terrorism law contradicts human rights legislation

  British appeal court rules that the UK's Terrorism Act 2000 contradicts European human rights legislation that protects freedom of expression. The ruling came in the case of David Miranda, who was detained for carying a journalist's document.

• Minnesota Supreme Court agrees to re-evaluate if BB guns should be classified as firearms or not

  The Supreme Court of Minnesota will review the legal classification of BB guns based on an appeal made by a felon convicted in 2013.

• Seventh Circuit divided over libel injunctions in McCarthy v. Fuller

  The Seventh Circuit under U.S Court of Appeals stated an interesting opinion about libel injunctions in McCarthy v. Fuller.

• Michigan must recognize legal marriages of 300 same-sex couples

  Michigan must recognize the legal marriages of about 300 same-sex couples who were wed in the state in a one-day period last year after a federal court struck down a ban on gay marriage and before the decision was put on hold by a U.S. appeals court, a judge ruled Thursday.

• In Barry Bonds appeal, U.S. judges take swings at Justice Department

  Several U.S. appeals court judges appeared skeptical on Thursday about the Department of Justice's attempt to preserve a criminal conviction against baseball home run king Barry Bonds that resulted from a steroids probe.