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Maine Trial Lawyers Association filed lawsuit against Bank of America
By AP AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Trial Lawyers Association is suing Bank of America claiming that a former employee who is charged with embezzling $166000 from the group should not have been allowed to set up online banking or cash checks made out
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:14A
Alleged Muhammad Insult Lands Algerian Christian in Prison
Defense lawyer Mohamed Ben Belkacem told Compass that the judge's verdict was unexpected and heavy, indicating the legal system's prejudice against Christians. “We did not expect this verdict at all,” Ben Belkacem said. “It was a heavy sentence.
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:13A
A Whole new meaning to Soccer violence
in the early hours of Friday morning as riot police moved in to clear the city's major square of "los indignados" who since May 15 have been protesting against political corruption in Spain and calling for major changes to Spanish society.
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:10A
Georgia rewrites its trial rules, replacing 19th-century system
WASHINGTON — Georgia lawmakers got plenty of attention this year arguing over the state budget and whether to crack down on illegal immigration. But another noteworthy event - an overhaul of the trial rules followed by
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:10A
Verdict: Courtney Love Shells out Big Bucks to Former Maids
From flying cell phones to unpaid wages, celebrity assistants and maids sure get the shaft when it comes to serving Hollywood's most eccentric personalities. But this time, justice was served.
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:10A
Clifford Chance, MLex To Host Global Antitrust Summit in New York
Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution.
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:09A
Gulberg Society: Trial Court rejects application against top cops
A special court trying the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre case Tuesday rejected an application filed by some of the victims seeking four top police officers to be arraigned as accused for negligence in preventing the massacre.
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:09A
Feds Give Official "Confession of Error" in Korematsu Case
Legal rights advocates are hailing a public "confession" by the acting US Solicitor General that the US government wrongly suppressed evidence in the World War II conviction of two Japanese-American men
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:09A
Cyclist, 62, dies in Keston accident with Range Rover
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Updated: 05/31/2011 09:08A
Poor mobile broadband 'barrier to m-commerce'
New research from eBay, conducted by Verdict, suggested the m-commerce sector could bring in £4.5 billion by 2016. However, the study goes on to suggest the industry is missing out on as much as £1.3 billion because of weak mobile broadband connections
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:08A