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For driver who first drank / by the Crown attorney's reasoned rhyme / The only
A prosecutor turned poet Thursday when he tried to convince a judge to convict an impaired driver through rhyme. Assistant Crown attorney John Ramsay's couplets must have impressed Ontario
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:43P
Oracle pays dearly for aggressive damages theory in SAP case
"The verdict grossly exceeded the actual harm to Oracle in the form of lost customers." (Bingham McCutchen was co-counsel for Oracle with Boies Schiller.) The judge gave Oracle a choice. By her calculation, Oracle's lost profits totaled $272 million.
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:42P
Boat people debacle may be PM's downfall
In a sign of unravelling party discipline, WA Labor senator Mark Bishop suggested Mr Bowen should resign, while Fremantle MP Melissa Parke praised the High Court's verdict. Senator Bishop told _The West Australian _that senior ministers lacked
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:38P
Stewart's Fate Now Rests With Jury
Jurors heard final arguments Thursday in the trial of the man who killed eight people in a Carthage nursing home two years ago. The issue before the jury is not so much that Robert Stewart used a shotgun to kill seven elderly nursing
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:38P
Sileo denied new trial in 1996 murder
3, 2010, a panel of three Superior Court judges claimed the jury's 2001 guilty verdict against Sileo, now 43, formerly of Nether Providence, Delaware County, was “tainted” because the jury did not receive an alibi instruction on behalf of Sileo before
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:32P
No verdict in Wheeler film office trial; Jury returns on Friday
Jurors, who have had the case since early Wednesday afternoon, left the courthouse without reaching a verdict on Thursday. Iowa authorities have accused Wheeler, who ran the film office during an explosion of interest in Iowa's lucrative tax credit
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:28P
1st Circuit upholds verdict for surgeon
By Tom Egan A hospital could be held liable for retaliation by requiring a neurosurgeon, who complained about her supervisor's conduct, to undergo an evaluation by an outside agency as a condition to her reappointment, the 1st US Circuit Court of
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:26P
Forewoman: verdict "unlikely" in slaying of gay teen
Jurors weighing the fate of an Oxnard teen accused of murdering a gay classmate indicated Thursday that it is unlikely they'll be able to reach a verdict in the high-profile case. But the judge hearing the case indicated it is likely he'll ask jurors
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:26P
Summary Box: $1.3B penalty for Oracle overturned
The Associated Press TOO HIGH: A federal judge in Oakland, Calif., has thrown out a $1.3 billion jury verdict for Oracle Corp. against German business software maker SAP AG, saying it's too high. THE DISPUTE: SAP admitted that a now-shuttered
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:24P
Motion for ongoing royalty denied where jury awarded lump sum in verdict
After the jury verdict, Personal Audio moved for an award of ongoing royalties pursuant to 35 USC § 283. The district court denied the motion. The district court found that "the jury's lump sum damages award represents a fully paid up license for all
Updated: 09/01/2011 06:22P
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