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Romania Supreme Court decides: influential politician Dan Voiculescu
Voiculescu reacted by saying the verdict was incorrect and that the case will be cleared at the European Court of Human Rights. In 2006, CNSAS, the body analyzing the archives of the Securitate, ex-dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's dreaded political police,
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:04A
Judge rejects challenge to Minnesota gay marriage ban
A Hennepin County judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to make gay marriage legal in Minnesota. MINNEAPOLIS — A Hennepin County judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to make gay marriage legal in Minnesota. Judge Mary Dufresne rejected
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:03A
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Receive Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Court's first Hispanic justice, will be presented with the Philadelphia Bar Association's Diversity Award by the Association's
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:03A
Charney suit halted
A Brooklyn judge put a temporary halt on a sexual-harassment lawsuit against American Apparel founder Dov Charney and ordered a hearing on whether the suit should be permanently stayed. Stuart Slotnick, Charney's lawyer,
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:03A
Prisoner Safety Is Focus Of Conference
According to the Department of Justice, "this further underpins the Prison Service's obligation and commitment in providing a managed, decent and secure living and working environment in which we can deliver high value services to prisoners".
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:03A
Greenberg aims to oust 'biased' judge
New York state Supreme Court Justice Charles Ramos's improper statements and reliance on inadmissible evidence require his recusal, Greenberg and his co-defendant Howard Smith, AIG's former chief financial officer, said in court papers dated yesterday.
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:02A
Greenberg aims to oust 'biased' judge
New York state Supreme Court Justice Charles Ramos's improper statements and reliance on inadmissible evidence require his recusal, Greenberg and his co-defendant Howard Smith, AIG's former chief financial officer, said in court papers dated yesterday.
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:02A
Judge lashes Kelly over Barangaroo law
In his decision yesterday, Justice Peter Biscoe dismissed a request from critics of the Barangaroo project to find unlawful two approvals granted by Tony Kelly in November, but the judge said he did so only because the minister changed the law last
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:02A
Minister won Barangaroo case only because he changed rules: judge
The legal action comes after Justice Peter Biscoe in the Land and Environment Court found the Planning Minister, Tony Kelly, had lawfully approved a car park excavation but only because he ordered last week that planning laws on remediation no longer
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:02A
Judgment takes the gloss off showpiece project
Justice Peter Biscoe peppered his decision with all sorts of phrases that will knock some of the gloss off a project Lend Lease is promoting as the most environmentally friendly Australia has seen. The analogy of ''weevils in breakfast cereal,'' was
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:02A
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