Legal News

Federal Judges Help Students Learn Civility Skills

Published by admin on Fri, 01/24/2020 - 12:00am

The loudest voices may prevail at a townhall meeting, at a demonstration, or in the stands at a football game, but in courtrooms, civility and rationality win the day even when the stakes – and the emotions – are high.

Florida Man Settles Legal Battle With City For $875,000

Published by admin on Thu, 01/23/2020 - 12:00am

West Palm Beach, Fla. – Having twice failed to get its way at the U.S. Supreme Court, the City of Riviera Beach has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle a decade-long legal battle over a floating home.

Creighton Law Students Preside Over Sarpy Teen Court

Published by admin on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 5:00am

Papillion – Two teenagers left the Sarpy County Courthouse the evening of Jan. 7 with something much better than the school meals and two bottles of vodka they admitted to stealing.

Courtesy of 13 teen jurors and a judge drawn from the student body of the Creighton University School of Law, they left Courtroom No. 2 free of criminal records and without probation hanging around their necks.

Court Stays Out of Dispute Over Grand Jury Secrecy

Published by admin on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 12:00am

Washington – The Supreme Court refused to get involved in a dispute about judges’ authority to order the disclosure of secret grand jury material in rare circumstances.

The court turned away an appeal from an 82-year-old researcher who is seeking grand jury records from the late 1950s.

Case Prompted by Flint Water Crisis Passed Over by Supreme Court

Published by admin on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 12:00am

Washington – Supreme Court justices have declined to take a case stemming from the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

About 25,000 people have sued over the crisis, in which a change in the source of the city’s water resulted in lead contamination.

Supreme Court Rejects Fast Track Review of Health Care Suit

Published by admin on Wed, 01/22/2020 - 12:00am

Washington – The Supreme Court refused last Tuesday without comment to consider a fast-track review of a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, making it highly unlikely that the justices would decide the case before the 2020 election.

Problem Solving Court Expands to Serve Three Counties

Published by admin on Tue, 01/21/2020 - 2:00am

The 5th Judicial District Problem Solving Court has expanded to serve eastern Nebraska’s Saunders, Butler and Colfax counties.

Judge Tina Marroquin presides over the court in the three new counties effective Jan. 7. Judge Rachel Daugherty is the presiding judge over the court serving Hamilton and Merrick counties, while Judge James Stecker presides over the court in York County.

Lawsuit Seeks to Represent Inmates Against Corrections

Published by admin on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 3:00am

The backers of a civil rights lawsuit against the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services are seeking to represent the state’s roughly 5,500 incarcerated persons, in a class action.

A class certification request for Sabata v. Frakes was the subject of about five hours of oral arguments before U.S. District Judge Brian Buescher, according to the ACLU of Nebraska.

Justices Turn Away Appeal of Women Who Went Topless at N.H. Beach

Published by admin on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 6:00am

Concord, N.H. –  The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place the public nudity convictions of three women who removed their bathing suit tops on a New Hampshire beach as part of a global campaign advocating for the rights of women to go topless.

The justices declined last Monday to review a state court decision that found no violation of the women’s constitutional rights.

Meetings & Seminars for the Legal Community

Published by admin on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 6:00am

JANUARY 22, 2020

Nebraska Paralegal Association

Certified Paralegal: Takimng Your Career to the Next Level

Presented by Kim Brown, ACP, Baird Holm, LLP

11:00 AM until 12:30 PM

Anthony’s Steakhouse, Omaha

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