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Expert: Van der Sloot Free in 5 Years? 'So What?'
But what is being viewed as an insult to justice won't necessarily ensure his early release, an international defense expert says. "We want Peru to accept a plea," said Michael Griffith, senior partner at the International Legal Defense Counsel.
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:50P
MIRAL New Movie Photos with Freida Pinto
Miral Synopsis: From Julian Schnabel, Academy Awardc nominated director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls and Basquiat, comes Miral, the story of four women whose lives intertwine in the starkly human search for justice,
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:50P
Hearing set on Koch lawsuit over Internet hoax
A docket notation posted Monday in US District Court for Utah gives notice of an April 28 hearing in Salt Lake City over a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Koch. The Washington-based Public Citizen Litigation Group contends Koch's trademark
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:50P
Conn. Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Francisco Illarramendi pleaded guilty to wire fraud, securities fraud, investment adviser fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice in Bridgeport, Conn., federal court, US Attorney David Fein said. Fein added that he has charged two alleged
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:50P
Ministry of Justice introduces nine steps for closing chapter 23
The Croatian Ministry of Justice has made a plan to tackle the challenges that remain in fulfilling all of the requirements of the European Union negotiations chapter 23 on judiciary. The judiciary chapter is one of the most challenging chapters and
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:49P
Amenity plot next to Civic Centre in court
Justice Sajjad Ali Shah of the Sindh High Court (SHC) summoned on Monday the District Officer (DO) Land Management, City District Government Karachi (CDGK) along with the original record of a plot next to Civic Centre.
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:49P
Legally Speaking
We're kicking off our new weekly Q&A series—featuring conversations with local legal minds—with star trial lawyer Michele Roberts. Roberts, now a civil and white-collar criminal-defense partner at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:49P
Guatemalans may sue over US syphilis experiments
Two law firms said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder that the lawsuit, which could become a class-action, will be filed in federal court in Washington unless President Barack Obama's administration responds positively to the settlement offer
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:49P
Guatemalans may sue over US syphilis experiments
Two law firms said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder that the lawsuit, which could become a class-action, will be filed in federal court in Washington unless President Barack Obama's administration responds positively to the settlement offer
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:49P
Stu Levy and the Rise and Fall of Tokyopop
Battered by the economy, a global decline in manga sales and now the Borders bankruptcy, Tokyopop is a smaller company, much reduced from the days when it published as many as 500 books a year and virtually defined the popularity of Japanese pop
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:49P