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Cyclist, energy firm guilty in hacker case
A French court has handed disgraced US cyclist Floyd Landis a suspended sentence and fined energy giant EDF after ruling that both used a shady corporate espionage operation to hack computers. Both were found guilty of using a French consultancy set up
Updated: 11/10/2011 01:01P
Bingo trial lawyer wants more information on cooperating witnesses
They testified during the first bingo corruption trial in Montgomery earlier this year and are expected to testify in a second trial set to begin in late January. Susan James, attorney for Jay Walker, filed a motion in US District Court Wednesday
Updated: 11/10/2011 01:01P
Judge orders drugs suppressed in Roy Brown case
The prosecution cannot use as evidence at trial a "brick" of heroin found in Brown's car, a small quantity of marijuana found in his shirt pocket and a small amount of cocaine in his wallet, state Supreme Court Justice John Brunetti ruled in a 16-page
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:59P
COMMENTARY: David Kato's killer convicted, but Ugandan trial was a sham
His face appeared as one of the hundred outed gay men by Uganda's Rolling Stone tabloid, with the headline "100 Pictures of Uganda's top Homos." Against all odds, Kato won his case in the Uganda courts, against the publishers of the tabloid,
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:59P
Lawyers trade barbs in defamation suit
KUALA LUMPUR: There was drama at the High Court on the first day of trial in a defamation suit by a businessman against a former aide of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Datuk Seri Kalimullah Masheerul Hassan, former New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad deputy
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:59P
Supreme Court rules against native-only fishery
The trial judge held there was no promise. The Crown, she found, never intended in the process of allocating reserves to grant the Lax Kw'alaams preferential access to the fishery." The Lax Kw'alaams native band near Prince Rupert, BC, claimed it had a
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:59P
Mediation or arbitration?
It enables the parties to resolve the dispute without the need to go to trial. Mediation is less formal and gives parties the chance to air opinions and ideas in a way not possible in court and to come up with practical solutions which litigation may
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:58P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMEx-teacher's convictions in fatal crash reinstated
The high court issued a rare 4-3 split decision Thursday overturning a ruling by the state Appellate Court, which threw out Tricia Coccomo's convictions and 12-year prison sentence in 2009. The Appellate Court said the trial judge improperly allowed
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:58P
Plaintiff injured in auto collision awarded $3000 for medical expenses
27, 2009, in Jefferson County District Court, alleging the defendant ran a stop sign and struck her vehicle. The case went to trial last week in Judge Milton Shuffield's 136th District Court and ended with a verdict in favor of Sampson.
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:57P
Allen Samuels driver collision suit slated for December trial
As previously reported, Sylvia and James Brown filed suit against Michelle Bobbitt and Allen Samuels on July 20, 2010, in Jefferson County District Court, claiming they were injured in the collision. As the Browns were turning onto Fannett Road,
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:57P
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