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Lawsuit stemming from river deaths settled
The lawsuit filed by the estates of six people who died in the Ohio River in 2006 has been settled with no admission of blame on the part of the defendants, which includes the city of Henderson, Rookies Sports Bar and the designers of
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:46P
A Clash of Titans Exposes Russia's Seamy Underside
The two men, who banded together to help plunder the spoils of post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s before spectacularly falling out, have been fighting an epic legal battle here in the High Court of Justice for the past month.
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:46P
Ecclestone 'had to pay bribes'
Bribery case: Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has told a German court he paid bribes to a former banker to "keep him quiet". Picture: AFP Source: AFP FORMULA One boss Bernie Ecclestone took the stand yesterday in the trial of a banker accused of
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:43P
USS Cole suspect faces military court
His trial will begin no earlier than November 2012, but it could be delayed beyond that if the defence requests it, said Pohl. Nashiri's lawyers refused to say how he would plead. Nashiri, who is believed to have met several times with late al-Qaeda
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:43P
Allen Stanford Is Moved From North Carolina Prison Hospital
US District Judge David Hittner in Houston ordered Stanford into a prison rehabilitation program for treatment of a dependence on anxiety drugs prescribed to him in prison and for evaluation of effects from a head injury he received in a jailhouse
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:43P
Judge Picks Monitor to Oversee Minority Hiring by the Fire Department
The monitor, Mark S. Cohen, a lawyer who is a former federal prosecutor, was appointed by Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of Federal District Court in Brooklyn. The appointment followed four years of litigation in which the city and the Fire Department
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:41P
Supreme Court to rule on Katsav's appeal against rape conviction
Katsav was convicted unanimously by a three-judge tribunal of the Tel Aviv District Court in December 2010 on a number of counts of sex offenses: The former president was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting A., a former employee at the Tourism
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:38P
Judges criticize Katsav defense ahead of ruling on conviction appeal
Justice Joubran was very interested in a claim made by the defense, which the Tel Aviv District Court rejected in the original trial. Justices Edna Arbel, Salim Joubran and Miriam Naor raised many questions and doubts and sometimes expressed bafflement
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:38P
Judge chafes over Citigroup settlement
The judge used the Citigroup case to mock the SEC's traditional way of doing business — allowing defendants to settle without admitting or denying wrongdoing. The unproven allegations, US District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff said, “are no better than
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:38P
31 Hindus jailed over 2002 riots
Two of the suspects died during the trial, which was expedited by orders from India's Supreme Court. Yesterday's verdict was the first in nine cases of rioting and murder pending against hundreds of Hindu hardliners. With the Supreme Court ordering a
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:37P
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