Tagged: Legal News

The week ending February 18 had several major online legal news stories. From legal issues related to President Barack Obama’s release of the 2012 budget to the court challenges facing former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, there was much internet activity among law news hounds. Read this ›

The week ending February 11 was a relatively slow one in the legal world, with much of online trending legal news coming from the world of sports.The streamers and confetti had barely been cleared off the field of Dallas Stadium following the Green Bay Packers' 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV [...] Read this ›

As blizzards battered much of the country this week, a storm of a decidedly different type picked up speed when a federal judge in Florida ruled that President Obama’s healthcare reform law was unconstitutional. That decision and the subsequent fallout made up the majority of the online legal news for the week ending February 4. Read this ›

The online trending legal news for the week ending January 28 covered a wide variety of topics, from suspected Arizona gunman Jared Loughner’s not guilty plea to a pair of eyebrow-raising lawsuits regarding food. Read this ›

Much of the most high-profile online trending legal news for the week ending January 21 involved criminal justice, particularly the arrests of dozens of figures in New York's organized crime scene. However, there was also a good amount of activity regarding national legal issues. The New York Times reports that on Thursday, January 20, nearly [...] Read this ›

Most of the week's online trending legal news revolved around the shootings in Tucson and the suspected gunman Jared Loughner. However, there were also a number of other developments in the legal world that caught online news consumers' interest during the week ending January 14. On Saturday, January 8, a gunman opened fire into a [...] Read this ›

The trending online legal news for the week ending January 7 covered a wide range of topics, from President Barack Obama's attempt to get more than 40 judges appointed to the discovery of the remains of a missing Georgia woman .The new year didn't just bring in the NFL playoffs and a new season of [...] Read this ›

Much of this week's biggest news involved the aftermath of the repeal of the controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, with President Barack Obama signing a law that will allow homosexuals to serve openly in the military. In addition, there were a number of off-beat legal stories around the country that generated online buzz.Late last [...] Read this ›

As was the case last week, most of the trending online legal news over the past seven days has involved Julian Assange. The Wikileaks founder has faced legal scrutiny not only from Swedish courts over alleged sex crimes but also from the United States, which is currently mulling the prospect of indicting the Australian native [...] Read this ›

A great deal of this week's trending online legal news was focused on the release of cables between the U.S. State Department and some of its diplomats by the WikiLeaks website and its enigmatic founder, Julian Assange. Assange is facing legal action in a number of arenas, as are some celebrities who found their way [...] Read this ›