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Prosecutors fight law that challenges their authority
DECATUR, Ga. — Four district attorneys in Georgia are asking a judge to strike down a law creating a commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors, arguing it violates the U.S. and Georgia constitutions. The attack on Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, filed Wednesday in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta, comes after Republicans pushed […]
Synagogue attacker will be sentenced to death
PITTSBURGH — The gunman who stormed a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community and killed 11 worshippers will be sentenced to death for perpetrating the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, a jury decided Wednesday. Robert Bowers spewed hatred of Jews and espoused white supremacist beliefs online before methodically planning and carrying out […]
Officials split over picks for labor commissioner nod
RALEIGH (AP) — The current Republican labor commissioner in North Carolina and his GOP predecessor are backing competing candidates in next year's party primary for the job. Current Commissioner Josh Dobson isn't seeking reelection and last week endorsed state Rep. Jon Hardister of Guilford County to succeed him. But this week former Commissioner Cherie Berry endorsed Raleigh attorney Luke Farle[...]
Court sentences Murdaugh accomplice to seven years
The man who once headed a highly respected bank in the South Carolina Lowcountry will spend seven years in federal prison for helping convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh steal nearly $2 million from clients’ legal settlements. Russell Laffitte was sentenced Tuesday after a jury found him guilty of six charges related to wire and bank fraud […]
Wisconsin’s high court flips to liberal control
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats celebrated the beginning of a new era for the state Supreme Court on Tuesday as it flipped from conservative to liberal control for the first time in 15 years. Janet Protasiewicz, who made abortion rights a focus of her winning election campaign and called Republican-drawn redistricting maps “rigged,” marked the […]
Takeaways from the latest Trump indictment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The indictment of Donald Trump on Tuesday marks the first time that the former president has been formally held accountable for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. And it adds new details to what was already known about his actions, and those of his key allies, in the weeks leading up to the violent Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. It describes how Trump repeatedly told[...]
Judge in new Trump case has been tough on Capitol rioters
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump stands out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol. Judge Tanya Chutkan often has handed down prison sentences in Jan. 6, 2021, riot cases that are harsher than what Justice Department prosecutors recommended. An Associated Press analysis of court records[...]
Lacks family reaches settlement in lawsuit
BALTIMORE (AP) — The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells. Their federal lawsuit in Baltimore claimed Thermo Fisher Scientific has made billions from tissue taken without the Black woman's consent from her cervical cancer tumor. They were the first human cells to continuously grow and reproduce in lab di[...]
Man charged after SUV strikes six migrants
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina man who drove his car into a group of migrant workers in a Walmart parking lot has turned himself in to police. The Lincolnton Police Department arrested 68-year-old Daniel Gonzalez on Monday night and charged him with a felony hit-and-run. His family members told detectives that Gonzalez had hit the gas pedal accidentally while trying to park his SUV at the Linco[...]
Cooper isn’t sold on GOP tax-cut plans
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says he's skeptical an apparent tax agreement by Republican legislative leaders would protect revenues needed within state government to fund pressing needs. He made the comments Tuesday, the day after House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger revealed a few details about how they hope to cut individual income taxes more. Coope[...]
Judge allows Abu Ghraib torture lawsuit to continue
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has again rejected a military contractor's effort to toss out a lawsuit filed against it by former inmates of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. The plaintiffs allege that Virginia-based CACI, which supplied interrogators at the prison, was complicit in torture they suffered. The mistreatment of prisoners there two decades ago prompted international outrage when p[...]
NC budget is month late; GOP: Deal draws near
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Republicans say they're closing in on a final state budget that was supposed to be in place a month ago. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger said Monday that tax changes and many other differences have been worked out after fruitful negotiations late last week. More talks are ahead. Legislative leaders say the tax agreement would lower rates on ind[...]
Top Legal News
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Commentary
- Amotion sees resurgence after almost a decade
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Court’s term was rough on big business
- Ex-president, bar association have made their choice
- Ruling sharpens boundaries in attorney-client privilege
- Lawyers Weekly debuts new and improved web experience
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
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