Recent Updates
-
Zimbabwe students scoop international awards for moot court
U.S. Law Review 07/17/2022A history-making team of Zimbabwean high school students that became world and European moot court competition champions has been widely praised in a country where the education system is beset by poor funding, lack of materials and teachers’ s...
-
DUI Attorney in St. Louis, Missouri - John M. Lynch
U.S. Law Review 07/13/2022Attorney John M. Lynch comes from a strong law enforcement background with a decade of experience as a police investigator and federal drug task force agent. Paired with his legal degree from St. Louis University School of Law, Mr. Lynch provides a u...
-
Court: Health care workers in lawsuit must reveal identities
U.S. Law Review 07/12/2022Nine health care workers who sued Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate have until Money to reveal their identities.The workers have so far remained anonymous, but on Thursday, a federal appeals court in Bo...
-
Judge holds hearing on challenge of Mississippi abortion law
U.S. Law Review 07/05/2022A judge held a hearing Tuesday but didn’t say how she would decide a lawsuit filed by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which is trying to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions in the state.The law — which st...
-
Japan high court rejects paternity harassment allegations
U.S. Law Review 06/23/2022A Japanese High Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a former brokerage manager alleging on-the-job harassment and unlawful dismissal after he took parental leave while working at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley.The case of Glen Wood, a Canadian who...
-
No state charge for billionaire Sanford in child porn probe
U.S. Law Review 05/28/2022The South Dakota attorney general’s office has declined to file charges against billionaire T. Denny Sanford following an investigation into possible possession of child pornography, saying it found no “prosecutable offenses” within...
-
Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map
U.S. Law Review 05/18/2022Kansas’ highest court on Wednesday upheld a Republican redistricting law that makes it harder for the only Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation to win reelection in a big victory for the GOP.The state Supreme Court declined fo...
-
Accountant avoids prison time in college admissions scandal
U.S. Law Review 05/14/2022An accountant who worked for the consultant at the center of the college admissions bribery case has avoided prison for his role in the sweeping scheme.U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani on Friday sentenced Steven Masera, 72, to time already se...
-
Fire at Wisconsin anti-abortion office investigated as arson
U.S. Law Review 05/10/2022failed to ignite, authorities said.Flames were seen coming from Wisconsin Family Action’s office shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday, and the fire was being investigated as arson. It wasn’t immediately clear who vandalized the building, but the m...
-
Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
U.S. Law Review 04/23/2022A judge in Phoenix has dismissed lawsuits seeking to disqualify three Republican lawmakers from this year’s ballot because they participated in or helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021, rally in Washington that led to an unprecedented attack on Cong...
-
2nd defendant pleads guilty in 2018 hate crime in Washington
U.S. Law Review 04/09/2022A second defendant has pleaded guilty in federal court to a hate crime and making false statements in connection with a 2018 racially-motivated assault in the Seattle area.U.S. Attorney Nick Brown said Jason DeSimas, 45, of Tacoma, Washington, is one...
-
Lawsuit over beef farm in trout stream watershed may proceed
U.S. Law Review 03/29/2022A state court judge said environmental groups may proceed with a lawsuit seeking to halt expansion of a cattle farm in northeast Iowa near a prized trout stream.Judge Michael Huppert on Monday ruled against the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, w...