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Secrecy over Megrahi 'orchestrated'
Members of the Justice For Megrahi group, who have called for an inquiry into the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi for the 1988 bombing, said The Crown Office and civil service "will do anything" to stop disclosure. They also said politicians
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:37P
Lawyer struck off after 'one of worst cases of fraud'
London law firm Ince & Co, of which he was formerly a partner, produced a spreadsheet detailing 400 fake invoices which included £2.5 million of claims taken from clients and a further £283000 from the firm. The case, the tribunal said,
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:37P
Lawyer struck off after 'one of worst cases of fraud'
London law firm Ince & Co, of which he was formerly a partner, produced a spreadsheet detailing 400 fake invoices which included £2.5 million of claims taken from clients and a further £283000 from the firm. The case, the tribunal said,
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:37P
Court to rule on controversial same-sex marriage ban
New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and Iowa all allow the marriages, as well as the District of Columbia. The battle over same-sex marriage in California intensified in May 2008, after California's Supreme Court overturned
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:35P
BC-BBO--George Brett-Necklaces,130
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Lawyers are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit that claims Hall of Fame slugger George Brett has been falsely advertising bracelets and necklaces as being able to help improve health and sports performance.
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:35P
Court settlement mandates Salem power plant to stop burning coal by 2014
By Justin A. Rice, Town Correspondent Dominion Energy Inc., the current owner of the power plant, reached a settlement yesterday in a federal lawsuit with the Conservation Law Foundation and North Shore-based HealthLink. The agreement states that the
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:35P
Are Detroit police officers ticketing law-abiding citizens in high crime areas?
By Jeff T. Wattrick | MLive.com According to a WXYZ investigation, Detroit police are ticketing people for driving in areas known for high drug and prostitution traffic—even if the “violators” happened to be going to work or dropping off a 12-year-old
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:35P
PNG court defers hearing on govt crisis
Deputy Chief Justice Gibbs Salika of the PNG Supreme Court will sit this morning at 10.30am (AEDT) to decide in which order to handle six cases stemming from the bench's December order that Sir Michael Somare is the nation's rightful prime minister.
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:33P
Annual leave
The Court of Justice of the European Communities has held that annual leave entitlement cannot be subject to preconditions, such as of attendance at work, for workers who have been granted sick leave. A requirement on those workers to actually work a
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:33P
Kentucky Supreme Court to hear Amish appeal of traffic violations
William Sharp, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, is representing the Amish men, and the Kentucky Attorney General's office will argue the state's case. Kentucky lawmakers are also considering a change in the traffic law to allow Amish
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:33P
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