Latest Law News
About 30 workers at West Business Services in Wausau could lose their jobs in
The layoffs are the result of declining business for a client that decided to no longer use West Business Services to handle its business-to-business sales, said company spokesman Dave Pleiss, who declined to identify the client. West Business Services
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:42A
Omani court jails two journalists for defaming minister
Muscat - An Omani court Wednesday sentenced two journalists to five months in prison and closed their newspaper for one month for defaming the country's justice minister. The court said Ibrahim al-Maamari, the chief editor of Azzman, and Youssef al-Haj
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:42A
Kenya: National Bank Wants Imanyara to Pay Debt Without Going for Trial
Imanayara however wants the case to go to full trial arguing that a summary judgment will deny him a day in court to defend himself. Though his advocate, the MP claims there are triable issues which have been raised in his defence.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:42A
Fourth man arrested in alleged contract killing
Joshua Ian Stansbury, 37, of Bountiful has been arrested for investigation of obstruction of justice in connection with the May 16 slaying of Andy Purcell, 32. Purcell was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head on the front porch of his home at 541
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:41A
Former township trustee convicted of resisting police
A jury convicted a Hamburg Township woman Tuesday of failing to obey police when officers responded to complaints she was blocking traffic on Island Shore Drive. Mary Ann Lamkin, who was convicted of resisting police, faces sentencing Oct. 27.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:41A
Request for Polygraph Denied for Death Row Inmate Troy Davis
And they said no trial court could ever consider the hearsay from the other witnesses who blamed the other man for the crime. US District Judge William T. Moore Jr. sided with them. He said the evidence presented at the hearing wasn't nearly enough to
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:41A
Ingham County agrees to settle voice test lawsuit
Entertainment News from AP LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Ingham County has agreed to settle a lawsuit by a former employee who sued the county clerk saying she was wrongly accused of making a phone call implying an extramarital affair.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:41A
Miss. teen indicted for capital murder, hate crime
Entertainment News from AP By HOLBROOK MOHR AP JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A white Mississippi teenager has been indicted for capital murder and a hate crime on charges he intentionally ran over a middle-age black man with a pickup truck.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:41A
Saab Wins Key Court Battle in Fight To Stay Alive
Embattled Saab will seek bankruptcy protection after winning a court appeal on Wednesday. | September 21, 2011 | Saab Cars By Anita Lienert, Correspondent | Published Sep 21, 2011 Cash-strapped Saab will seek bankruptcy protection after winning a key
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:40A
US lawyer drops $10M lawsuit in convert case
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP A former lawyer for the Muslim parents of a runaway Christian convert and a blogger often critical of Islam have settled a defamation lawsuit filed by the attorney. Lawyer Omar Tarazi had argued that New York-based blogger
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:40A