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Trial starts for alleged MS-13 members accused in murder near Daly City BART
Tuesday was the first day of their trial in the court of US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco. The trial is expected to last about four months. The racketeering conspiracy count carries a maximum possible sentence of life in prison if the
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:44P
Embezzlement trial: Manner of Moonis acquittal outrages Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed outrage at the way the investigation into Elahi's alleged involvement with the National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL) was handled by the interior ministry and the Federal Investigation Agency.
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:43P
Henriques trial day 4: Suspect's alleged confession, bags not searched
“On this issue, the court finds testimony of the third party witness particularly relevant,” said Judge Benjamin Telsey. “It is certainly highly unordinary for someone to be in a school setting, near the crime scene, with scratches on their arm.
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:40P
Troutman Sanders LLP | Illinois Appellate Court Provides Divergent Views on
In Pekin Insurance Co. v. Pharmasyn, Inc., decided on October 19, 2011, the Second District of the Appellate Court of Illinois enforced a pollution exclusion because it found that the pollutant that caused the “injury to others at or from the premises
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:40P
LHC CJ starts looking into accountability courts' judgments
ISLAMABAD: An inspection team of the Lahore High Court is presently examining the controversial judgments of the accountability courts as revealed by The News, to determine whether or not the judges of the trial courts had done anything wrong to acquit
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:40P
Davis Wright Tremaine | First Circuit Case Becomes One of First Successful
The trial court had found that while those plaintiffs had stated viable claims for negligence and breach of an implied contractual duty to maintain the security of the data that had been stolen, damages were not recoverable under Maine law,
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:40P
International Pressure Keeping Iranian Pastor Alive
The court case of Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has garnered international attention, with many political leaders and countries using their power in an attempt to convince Iran to release the Iranian
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:40P
Holland & Knight LLP | Update - October 17, 2011
The court decided the case under one of the three prongs of the Lemon test as modified in recent years: whether the action appeared to favor or endorse a religion. The court observed that “[g]overnmental programs or actions that provide special
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:40P
Ballard Spahr | Appellate Court Defines Duty To Indemnify for California Employers
The trial judge rejected each of Chen's arguments, holding that Section 2802 does not apply to employer-employee disputes. Chen appealed. In upholding the trial court's decision, the Court of Appeal looked to the common meaning of the term “indemnify,”
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:40P
Foley & Lardner LLP | IP Litigation Summer 2011 Newsletter
Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, 100 USPQ 2d 1161 (1 st Cir. 2011) The defendant in Tenenbaum was a college student who downloaded and made available to others thousands of music recordings using his parents' home computers.
Updated: 10/25/2011 08:40P
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