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K&L Gates | The Delaware Chancery Court Enforces the Implied Obligation to
The trial was conducted in Delaware in January 2011. After trial, the Court found that the term sheet was not a binding agreement although it accorded the “non binding” footer “only limited weight.” Instead, the Court relied upon the merger agreement's
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:04A
Between the Lines: Interim 2012 Map Expected Soon in Texas
A Washington, DC, court will continue its separate trial over the Texas map into the late spring or early summer. After the trial, that court could order a new map or even rule that the map passed earlier this year is law.
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:04A
Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. | Wednesday round-up
The Court also heard arguments in Smith v. Cain yesterday, a case in which a Louisiana district attorney's office failed to provide defense lawyers with statements from the only witness in a murder trial who could have cast doubt on the inmate's murder
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:03A
Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. | Gay rights victory to vanish
The plea also challenged the panel's “sweeping, and unnecessary, vacatur order,” saying it “eradicates over a dozen thoughtful district court rulings, including factual findings after a full bench trial. It not only condemns any future servicemember
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:03A
GBI finds no DNA on 1977 rape evidence in Stocking Strangler case
Testing at a Georgia Bureau of Investigation laboratory found no semen on evidence from a 1977 rape in which convicted Columbus Stocking Strangler Carlton Gary was identified as the assailant,
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:03A
Sardarpura massacre: Life terms for 31 in Guj riots
Ahmedabad, Nov 10: A special trial court in Mehsana Wednesday convicted and sentenced to life 31 of the 73 people accused in the Sardarpura riot case in Gujarat in which 33 people were burnt alive on March 1, 2002, during the communal riots.
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:00A
Vehicular homicide trial goes to jury
A verdict is expected to be reached today, according to court observers, though the jurors will have time to sort through the facts in an attempt to reach a unanimous decision. Skinner is charged with vehicular homicide for his alleged role in the Aug.
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:56P
Panel to begin deliberation in court-martial
Stackhouse said the government hasn't "... proved this case anywhere close to beyond a reasonable doubt." During the trial, and again during closing arguments, Stackhouse sought to undermine Morlock's testimony on a key detail of the February 2010
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:51P
Friday verdict in Thai sex tour trial
The man's lawyer told the High Court in Auckland on Thursday that his client repeatedly told an undercover police officer he wouldn't help him do anything illegal. He said that position was also unequivocally spelt out in an email between the two.
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:46P
'Dramatic new material' in Bailey extradition case
THE extradition of Ian Bailey to France now hangs in the balance with the Supreme Court set to hear potentially dramatic new material in the case today. It comes just five days before the court is due to hear the full
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:45P