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Special Report: He waited 512 days behind bars for his day in court. It never came
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From his jail cell, Chinedu Efoagui sent a plea. “I’m innocent,” he wrote his lawyer. “Have all the charges dropped.”
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Reuters Legal Special Report: He waited 512 days behind bars for his day in court. It never came 91d
IN BRIEF: Novel lawsuit says use of tear gas to end protests flouts enviro law
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has broken environmental law by quashing protests in Portland with tear gas and other chemical munitions without first measuring the agents' risks to the environment and public health, green groups claim in a...
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Reuters Legal Green groups have sued the Department of Homeland Security claiming they broke environmental law by quashing protests in Portland with tear gas and other chemical munitions without first measuring the agents’ risks to the environment and public health. ($) 97d
Maryland man charged with threatening Biden, Harris in letter on supporter's doorstep
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Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Maryland man with threatening Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris in a letter left on the doorstep of a someone with a yard sign supporting their campaign.
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Reuters Legal Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Maryland man with threatening Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris in a letter left on the doorstep of a someone with a yard sign supporting their campaign 98d
Abramoff associate accuses SEC of misconduct in crypto case
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An associate of lobbyist Jack Abramoff accused of selling unregistered securities in the form of digital tokens has accused attorneys of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of falsely claiming the technology behind his "superior"...
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Reuters Legal An associate of lobbyist Jack Abramoff accused of selling unregistered securities in the form of digital tokens has accused attorneys of the SEC of falsely claiming the technology behind his “superior” cryptocurrency did not exist. ($) 98d
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett faces second day of scrutiny
Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Pat Zengerle - U.S. 105d 5 tweets
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces more grilling by senators on Wednesday, a day after fending off repeated efforts by Democrats to elicit clues about her views on the Affordable Care Act, abortion and same-sex marriage.
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Reuters Legal Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday said it is an “open question” as to whether Trump could pardon himself while adding that the nation’s top judicial body “can’t control” whether a president obeys its decisions 105d
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Reuters Legal On the third day of her Judiciary Committee hearing, Barrett said “no one is above the law” but twice declined to answer directly when asked whether a president who refuses to comply with a court order is a threat to the U.S. constitutional system 105d
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Reuters Legal Trump's court pick Barrett calls presidential self-pardon an 'open question' 105d
Trump takes bid to shield his tax returns back to U.S. Supreme Court
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to freeze a lower court's ruling allowing a prosecutor in New York City to enforce a subpoena seeking Trump's tax returns and other financial records for a criminal probe into him and...
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Reuters Legal Trump takes bid to shield his tax returns back to U.S. Supreme Court 106d
Trump's Supreme Court pick avoids questions on abortion, gay marriage
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President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday said at her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing that her religious views would not affect her decisions on the bench and declined to say whether she believes landmark rulings...
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Reuters Legal In responding to questions about abortion, which was legalized by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade, Barrett said she would, as in other cases, consider the various factors usually applied when justices weigh whether to overturn a precedent. 106d
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Reuters Legal Questioned by Feinstein, Barrett would not comment on whether she agreed with Scalia that the 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage nationwide was wrongly decided. 106d
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block mail delivery of abortion pill
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily allowed a drug used for medication-induced abortions to be mailed or delivered during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Reuters Legal #SCOTUS declines to block mail delivery of abortion pill 111d
Tofurky maker sues Louisiana over meat substitute labeling law
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The maker of Tofurky meat substitute products has filed a lawsuit challenging a Louisiana banning food producers from marketing plant-based products with words traditionally associated with meat, like burger or sausage.
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Reuters Legal Tofurky maker sues Louisiana over meat substitute labeling law ($) 111d
Supreme Court will consider FCC effort to loosen media ownership rules
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will take up a long-running legal dispute over whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can loosen U.S. media ownership rules.
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Reuters Legal The U.S. Supreme Court said it will take up a long-running legal dispute over whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can loosen U.S. media ownership rules. 117d
Minnesota greenlights plan to open some legal work to non-lawyers
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The Minnesota Supreme Court has approved a plan for a pilot project that will allow legal paraprofessionals to serve clients in certain family law and housing disputes, in an effort to address "unmet civil legal needs" in the state.
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Reuters Legal The Minnesota Supreme Court has approved a plan for a pilot project that will allow legal paraprofessionals to serve clients in certain family law and housing disputes, in an effort to address “unmet civil legal needs” in the state. 118d
Trump says he paid millions in taxes, plays down concerns about debt
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he paid "many millions of dollars in taxes" but was entitled to depreciation and tax credits and also said he was under-leveraged, having more assets than debt.
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Reuters Legal Trump says he paid millions in taxes, plays down concerns about debt 121d
IN BRIEF: Enviros' challenge to NEPA overhaul survives dismissal
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A lawsuit by environmentalists seeking to undo the Trump administration's reform of a bedrock environmental law survived Monday motions to toss its claims in Charlottesville, Virginia federal court.
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Reuters Legal IN BRIEF: Enviros' challenge to NEPA overhaul survives dismissal ($) 127d
Majority of Americans, including many Republicans, say wait for election to replace Ginsburg - Reuters poll
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A majority of Americans, including many Republicans, want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday.
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Reuters Legal Majority of Americans, including many Republicans, say wait for election to replace Ginsburg - Reuters poll 129d
Trump EPA sides with farmers over refiners in biofuel waiver decision
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The Trump administration said on Monday it rejected scores of requests from U.S. oil refiners for waivers that would have retroactively spared them from their obligation to blend biofuels like ethanol into their fuel, delivering a win for farmers...
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Reuters Legal Trump EPA sides with farmers over refiners in biofuel waiver decision 135d
Colorado seeks to block USPS voting mailer it says is misleading
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Colorado on Saturday sued the U.S. Postal Service and its postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, seeking to prevent the mailing of official notices to all Colorado residents that the state says contain false and misleading statements about voting in the...
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Reuters Legal Colorado seeks to block USPS voting mailer it says is misleading 135d
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Reuters Legal President Trump's effort to shield eight years of his tax returns from prosecutors under Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance goes before an appellate court today. Read what to expect in The Daily Docket: Subscribe: 148d
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Reuters Legal President Trump's effort to shield eight years of his tax returns from prosecutors under Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance goes before an appellate court today. Read what to expect in The Daily Docket: Subscribe: 148d
NY attorney general files lawsuit against Trump Organization: court records
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New York state's attorney general has filed a new lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump's company and several other defendants, according to court records.
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Reuters Legal NY attorney general files lawsuit against Trump Organization: court records 156d
Federal Circuit rules U.S. courts overcharged on PACER, plaintiffs' lawyer predicts big refunds
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Deepak Gupta of Gupta Wessler has been battling the U.S. court system since 2016 over the fees it charges for public access to electronic court filings. A ruling Thursday from the Federal U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in his case, National Veterans...
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Reuters Legal Federal Circuit rules U.S. courts overcharged on PACER, plaintiffs' lawyer predicts big refunds. Read 's 'On The Case' column: 173d