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Doe Run lead smelter defendants seek $325M reduction in verdict
Attorneys for the former owners of the Doe Run lead smelter in Herculaneum are working hard to get a $358.5 million verdict thrown out or reduced. Last week lawyers for Fluor Corp., AT Massey Coal Co. and Doe Run Investment Holding
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:05A
Gundlach trail end with mixed verdict
FierceFinance is the financial services daily monitor, with news covering the banking industry, asset management, capital markets and SEC regulations. Sign up today! The normally genteel world of mutual funds was shaken by the courtroom showdown
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:04A
2G case: CBI told to file Law Ministry report on telecom firms
"It is ordered that CBI would place a copy of the report received by it from Ministry of Law and Justice through Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on record on September 21, the next date of hearing," Special CBI Judge OP Saini said.
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:04A
2G case: CBI told to file Law Ministry report on telecom firms
"It is ordered that CBI would place a copy of the report received by it from Ministry of Law and Justice through Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on record on September 21, the next date of hearing," Special CBI Judge OP Saini said.
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:04A
Rottenstein Law Group Watching with Interest the Progress of Fifth Fosamax
Merck – a so-called bellwether lawsuit of the many that were consolidated for pre-trial purposes in In Re: Fosamax (Alendronate Sodium) Products Liability Litigation (No. I), Multidistrict Litigation Case no. 1789 – opening statements were delivered by
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:03A
Optima Legal | Civil Procedure Rules Update
The Bill, amongst other things, seeks to implement the proposals set out in the Jackson Report, following Lord Justice Jackson's review of civil litigation costs. The Bill is already at Committee stage and is now expected to become law on Monday 1
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:03A
Lawsuit for Newborn Circumcision, 'Intentional Battery'
In a lawsuit -- filed nearly six years ago, in November 2005 -- the mother alleges her newborn baby displayed "calm, cuddly, confident behavior" on his first day of life. As a result of "the tremendous pain suffered upon him" a day after his birth,
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:03A
Alpine woman's trial to start in Talladega in slaying of husband
By AP TALLADEGA, Alabama — Lawyers are expected to start selecting a jury to hear the trial of an Alpine woman accused of killing her husband. Josetta Burns is charged with murder in the July 21, 2008, shooting of her husband, Reginald Jones,
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:03A
South Africa: Justice Ngcobo an Ideal Candidate to Head Up Arms Deal
The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the news that President Jacob Zuma has reportedly approached Justice Sandile Ngcobo to head up the Commission of Inquiry into the arms deal. Justice Sandile Ngcobo would be an ideal person to carry out this task of
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:02A
Verdict in ex-minister's case on Sep 28
CAIRO – Cairo Criminal Court on Monday said that it will declare its verdict in the case of ex-information minister Anas el-Fiqqi on September 28, the official Middle East News Agency reports. El-Fiqqi is charged with squandering almost $1.9 million in
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:02A
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