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News Supreme Court declines to review NFL concussion settlement
Supreme Court declines to review NFL concussion settlement
William Theisen
December 12, 2016 02:32:10 pm

The US Supreme Court denied review of two class action lawsuit settlements Monday related to concussion injuries suffered by players in the National Football League . The $1 billion settlement between the NFL and more...

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News Kyrgyzstan votes to amend constitution to increase government power
Kyrgyzstan votes to amend constitution to increase government power
Miracle Jones
December 12, 2016 01:05:29 pm

Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission on Sunday announced that a referendum to give the government more power has passed. The referendum gives more control to the prime minister by bestowing the...

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News UK to ban extremist group under terror laws
UK to ban extremist group under terror laws
Miracle Jones
December 12, 2016 12:22:19 pm

The UK government said Monday it will use its terrorism laws to ban a neo-Nazi group, marking the first time such a step has been taken. The move would make it a crime to be a...

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News Supreme Court rejects defendant’s argument in bank fraud case
Supreme Court rejects defendant’s argument in bank fraud case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 12, 2016 10:42:46 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Shaw v. United States that a defendant's argument that he should not be convicted of bank fraud because because he only intended to cheat a bank...

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News Congress sends bill to Obama regarding racially motivated killings
Congress sends bill to Obama regarding racially motivated killings
Justin Cosgrove
December 11, 2016 03:33:17 pm

The US Congress on Saturday passed legislation that would continue reviews of racially motivated killings in the civil rights era. The bill indefinitely extends a 2007 law, which expires next year, that calls...

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Alabama lethal injection execution called ‘avoidable disaster’
Justin Cosgrove
December 11, 2016 02:06:38 pm

Defenders of condemned inmate Ronald Bert Smith Jr. are calling his execution an "avoidable disaster." The death row inmate was seen coughing, and his upper body heaved repeatedly for 13 minutes as he was being...

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New Brexit legal challenge moves forward before Ireland court
Justin Cosgrove
December 11, 2016 11:32:28 am

The Irish High Court will hear a new challenge to Brexit after tens of thousands of pounds were raised, according to reports Sunday. The challenge contends that Article 50 is revocable once it is...

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News Gambia president to challenge election results before Supreme Court
Gambia president to challenge election results before Supreme Court
Justin Cosgrove
December 11, 2016 10:30:45 am

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said Saturday that he will challenge the election results before his country's Supreme Court. Jammeh had unexpectedly conceded defeat after the elections commission announced the victory of opposition candidate Adama Barrow. However, Jammeh has...

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News Supreme Court to rule in drug forfeiture case
Supreme Court to rule in drug forfeiture case
Elizabeth Lowman
December 10, 2016 07:32:25 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari to Honeycutt v. United States , a case dealing with collecting forfeitures from drug deals. At issue is whether one co-conspirator in a drug deal is...

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Federal judge rejects Trump’s request to stop Wisconsin recount
Jonathon Churchin
December 10, 2016 10:53:58 am

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a request by supporters of Presiden-elect Donald Trump to block Wisconsin's recount. Judge James Patterson ruled that "the recount is an inherent part of what ensures the integrity of elections."...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Berlin Airlift ends

The Berlin Airlift, a US-UK effort to circumvent a Soviet blockade of allied-occupied West Berlin, ended on September 30, 1949. After the Soviet Union cut off supply access to West Berlin, the US and UK sent necessities to the enclave by air. The effort ended four months after the Soviet Union ended the Berlin blockade. Learn more about the Berlin Airlift.

22 Nazi leaders convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg

On September 30, 1946, the international military tribunal constituted by the Allied powers in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes committed during World War II.

Merck pulls Vioxx from drug market and faces class actions suit

On September 30, 2004, the pharmaceutical company, Merck, pulled its arthritis drug, Vioxx from the worldwide market, due to strokes and heart attacks in patients, but the move did not stop over 45,000 former users and their families from suing Merck. The plaintiffs, however, have struggled to collect damages awarded to them in successful litigations. Learn more about the plaintiffs in these suits from the New York Times.

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