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Non-profit Directors Face Personal Liability
is a reminder to nonprofit corporation directors to act carefully and honestly. This case resulted from an action by unsecured creditors (creditors without collateral) in the context of a Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy.
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:11P
Three jailed FDC members request for bail
PHOTO BY ISAAC KASAMANI By Ephraim Kasozi & Juliet kigongo (email the author) Three FDC members who were remanded to Luzira Maximum Prison for alleged treason have asked court to temporarily release them, pending trial. Through their lawyers, Ms Ingrid
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:10P
Rift forces cancellation of PAC meet on 2G scam
In a related development, the Supreme Court Monday asked the CBI to clarify whether it has not opposed the bail pleas of five accused in the scam in the trial court. Judges GS Singhvi and HL Dattu sought the clarification from the probe agency after
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:10P
Stephenson County Circuit Court cases filed Oct. 24
Troy F. Bland, Rock Island; preliminary hearing set for 9 am Oct. 27 before Judge Bald, jury pre-trial hearing set for 1:30 pm Dec. 29 before Judge Bald, jury trial set for 9 am Jan. 3, 2012 before Judge Bald. Case No. 2011CF255.
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:10P
Seattle gun ban is illegal, Appeals Court rules
In February of last year, King County Superior Court Judge Catherine Shaffer ruled that state law prohibits cities from enacting laws that regulate the possession of guns. The city then appealed. In affirming the trial court's decision, a three-judge
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:10P
Albertville Man Sentenced in Connection to Mortgage Fraud
In one of the largest mortgage fraud operations Minnesota has ever seen, trial evidence showed Spencer brokered fraudulent loans that were used by recruited purchasers to buy residential real estate at inflated prices in areas of St. Paul,
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:09P
Ruling makes contractors accountable
The trial court dismissed the lawsuit, saying the couple's insurance company couldn't recover damages because the fire wasn'ta foreseeable part of the contract. It also said that the only way Winters could be held responsible was if it was shown that
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:07P
Court Probing Drunken Driving Acquittal Rates
The justices said they appointed Cinquegrana after learning The Boston Globe was preparing a story looking at the rate of acquittals by district court judges in drunken driving cases. That story, which ran Sunday, said the judges' acquittal rate is
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:07P
The jury in the trial of Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif is
Picture: AFP Source: AFP THE judge in the spot-fixing trial of former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif has told the jury he would accept a majority verdict. After three days of deliberations by the jurors at Southwark
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:07P
Trial date set for doctor accused of fatal hit-run
"We would like to keep this case moving — for everybody," said Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio. The judge met in chambers this afternoon with Corasanti's defense lawyers, Cheryl Meyers-Buth and Joel L. Daniels, and also prosecutors Kelley A.
Updated: 10/31/2011 05:06P
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