Latest Trial Court News
Peppers sentenced for assault of a federal officer
Ronald Charles Peppers, a 35-year-old resident of the Blackfeet Reservation, was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release after a federal district court trial in which he was found guilty of assault of a federal
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:10P
Federal jury acquits Maryland state senator
AP Sports News Video Entertainment News from AP Entertainment News from AP AP National News Video More>> AP Exclusive: Book gives look at Giffords recovery By BRIAN WITTE AP BALTIMORE (AP) - A federal jury has acquitted a Maryland state senator in a
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:09P
Pakuranga murder trial date set
The teenager appeared in the High Court at Auckland today charged with the murder of Warren Rosillo, 18, outside a party in Pakuranga in July. The youth, who has name suppression, pleaded not guilty and a trial date of July 23 was set.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:07P
Court refuses to OK new Texas congressional map
As a result, parties expect that there will be a trial to resolve the dispute. In the meantime, the judges ordered that the federal court in Western Texas draw up an interim map by the end of the month that will be used the 2012 election cycle.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:06P
Carlos the Jackal admits 2000 killings
has gone on trial again, this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago. The 62-year-old Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, went before a special Paris court on terrorism-linked charges Nov. 7.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:04P
Judge to rule on settlement of claim against Anderson School District 4
The settlement between Ducker and the school district was paid by the South Carolina School Boards Insurance Trust and is before a Court of Common Pleas judge in the county awaiting approval. According to paperwork filed with the court on Nov.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:03P
Faegre & Benson LLP | Supreme Court Decides KPMG LLP v. Cocchi
The trial court denied arbitration, and the Florida Court of Appeal affirmed, holding that the negligent misrepresentation and consumer fraud claims were direct claims and therefore not subject to the arbitration clause. The Court of Appeal's decision
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:03P
Faegre & Benson LLP | 08-November-2011 - Supreme Court Decides Greene v. Fisher
At trial, the prosecution offered the confessions of several nontestifying codefendants. The trial court denied Greene's motion for a severance from the other defendants but ordered any references to proper names in the confessions to be replaced with
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:03P
Kirkland & Ellis | Post-Issuance Patent Review
Only prior art “patents or printed publications” may be considered in re-examination (35 USC § 301). In other words, public uses or sales of (or offers to sell) the claimed invention are not considered by the USPTO in an ex parte re-examination,
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:03P
McDermott, Will & Emery | McDermott Wins Victory for Extreme Networks in High
The Federal Circuit remanded the case to the District Court for jury trial on one of Enterasys Networks patents, which resulted in last week's victory. Extreme Networks of Santa Clara, Calif., founded in 1996, is a publicly traded company that designs
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:03P