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Fifth Circuit says case-specific review required for cy pres distribution of
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a trial court's order distributing funds remaining from the settlement of medical monitoring claims to four charities under the cy pres doctrine. Klier v. Elf Atochem N. Am., Inc., No.
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:48A
Fulton Co. woman wins right to new murder trial
AP ATLANTA -- The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a woman's murder conviction and upheld her son's conviction in the same case. The decision means Tonya Miller has won the right to a new trial. Prosecutors said Miller and her son, Jabaris Miller,
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:47A
Butt denies knowledge of fixing scam
He told the court: "That is not, and has never been, part of Mr Butt's defence. Butt and Asif, who are standing trial, deny conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments. The court has heard that an undercover reporter investigating
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:46A
Lebanon tribunal asks for Hariri trial in absentia
The UN-backed Lebanon court ruled on Wednesday there is enough evidence for a trial over the killing of former prime minister Hariri. AMSTERDAM — A judge at the UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:41A
Butt confronted Majeed over World Twenty20 approach
Butt's comments came on the afternoon of the ninth day of the alleged spot-fixing trial at Southwark Crown Court. It was the first time he had taken the witness box after the prosecution closed its case. Former opening batsman Butt was questioned about
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:41A
Butt denies knowledge of spot-fixing
He told the court: “That is not, and has never been, part of Mr Butt's defence. Butt and Asif, who are standing trial, deny conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments. The court has heard that an undercover reporter investigating
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:39A
Two Ontario judges named to Supreme Court of Canada
Moldaver, alumni of the University of Toronto law school where he lectured until 1995, was first appointed as a trial judge to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1990 by the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. He was elevated to the Ontario Court
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:37A
Jo Yeates trial: Boyfriend and best friend give evidence
Ms Scott told the court she met Jo at college and had been friends ever since. At 8.13pm on Friday December 17 Jo called Rebecca and discussed their plans for Christmas. They were to meet on Christmas Eve in their home town of Romsey.
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:37A
Joanna Yeates andher boyfriend were the 'perfect couple'
Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak is currently on trial for alledgedly strangling Mtss Yeates to death last December. Rebecca Scott, who went to sixth-form college with Miss Yeates at Peter Symonds College in Winchester, told the jury how Miss Yeates had
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:36A
Vincent Tabak trial: Jo Yeates's boyfriend describes panic at finding her keys
Today marks the beginning of the second week of the trial. Last week, Tabak covered his eyes as images of Miss Yeates' dead body were shown to the jury at Bristol Crown Court. At one point the 33-year-old Dutch engineer, who was Miss Yeates's next-door
Updated: 10/17/2011 11:33A
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