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Visa-US Bancorp, Countrywide, J&J, Morgan Stanley in Court News
The result may be a record false-claims verdict, Burns said by phone from Washington. A jury weighing only the claim that the company downplayed the drug's risks awarded Louisiana $257.7 million in 2010. A judge in South Carolina last year ordered J&J
Updated: 01/10/2012 12:22A
Malaysia's opposition leader acquitted
The trial was not by jury and High Court Judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah took just three minutes to deliver his not guilty verdict. He declared that the court could not be certain that DNA samples—the only evidence supporting Saiful's accusations—were
Updated: 01/10/2012 12:21A
Anderson found guilty of murder
By WAYNE TOWNER (wtowner@newsandsentinel.com) , Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG- After less than 90 minutes of deliberation Monday afternoon, a Wood County Circuit Court jury returned a guilty verdict on a first-degree murder charge against
Updated: 01/10/2012 12:17A
Anwar vows to topple state
The verdict astonished many Malaysians as well as Mr Anwar, who had been braced for a possible 20-year jail sentence. It was the latest twist in a saga that has seen the reformist politician stage a comeback after being sacked as deputy prime minister
Updated: 01/09/2012 11:54P
Opinion: Acquittal of Malaysian opposition leader on sodomy charges sharpens
The judge dismissed the charges and freed Anwar for the narrow reason that DNA samples may have been contaminated and that this evidence could not be used for a conviction given the lack of corroborating evidence. From the government's point of view
Updated: 01/09/2012 11:31P
Leaders praise independence of judiciary over court verdict
Land and Regional Development Minister and an Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the court verdict proved that the judiciary is independent and there is no interference from the authorities. "Our courts are independent.
Updated: 01/09/2012 11:14P
The opposition leader dented the ruling party's majority at elections in 2008
Information Minister Rais Yatim hailed the verdict as a victory for Malaysia's judiciary, showing that it was free from government influence. With the government expected to call elections in the coming months, Anwar said he was ready to start
Updated: 01/09/2012 10:42P
Anwar: Malaysian reformer emerges after a decade in court
Information Minister Rais Yatim hailed the verdict as a victory for Malaysia's judiciary, showing that it was free from government influence. With the government expected to call elections in the coming months, Anwar said he was ready to start
Updated: 01/09/2012 10:34P
Anwar acquitted, vows to win polls
The ruling came as a surprise to many, including Anwar, who had said Prime Minister Najib Razak had fixed the verdict to remove him as a political threat and shore up the coalition's five-decade grip on power. Information Minister Rais Yatim said the
Updated: 01/09/2012 09:36P
Malaysian oppositionist cleared of sodomy
The Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted Anwar of sodomizing a male former aide, ruling that the prosecution's DNA evidence was unreliable in a verdict that upended Anwar's worst-case scenario of a 20-year prison sentence following a trial that polarized
Updated: 01/09/2012 09:35P
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