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Samsung's Patent Cases Against Apple to Ramp Up in 2012
With the decision, the Australian trial will come before Samsung's action in the United States ramps up with an International Trade Commission case in May or June. Australia Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett today ordered that a trial on
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:36A
Trial hears of 911 hang-up call
(TIM KROCHAK / Staff) A second-degree murder trial opened Monday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax with testimony from a 911 dispatcher. Michael Rae Ells, 30, of Halifax is charged in the Feb. 23, 2010, death of Robert Douglas Payne, 48.
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:36A
Former deputy pleads guilty in Blackwater deal
The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., reported that 45-year-old Jonathan Worthington pleaded guilty Monday in US District Court in Greenville. Worthington was charged with aiding and abetting others by making false statements related to records required
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:35A
Dad didn't know baby's needs, court hears
(ERIC WYNNE / Staff) A Halifax man charged with manslaughter in the death of his infant daughter did not understand what the baby needed to survive, a public health nurse testified Monday at the beginning of the father's trial.
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:35A
Ticket-fixing scandal highlights dispute over evidence law
Prosecutors' constitutional obligation to disclose "evidence favorable to an accused" that is "material either to guilt or to punishment" was established by the seminal 1963 US Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland. A 1972 case, Giglio v.
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:34A
Payback cash came at a price
Bridgecorp struck multimillion-dollar deals with other finance companies for money to pay back investors before its collapse, the High Court at Auckland heard yesterday. The trial of three former Bridgecorp directors - Rod Petricevic
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:33A
SC to lay down bail principles
The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice SS Nijjar and Justice J. Chelameswar said it would hold hearing on the question of principles involved in the grant of bail after it was told that high courts and trial courts were refusing bail in
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:33A
Terror trial begins
"I understand the charges and I refute them," the 40-year-old said according to reporters at the Oslo district court. The two other defendants were a 33-year-old ethnic Uzbek refugee and a 38-year-old Iraqi Kurd who lived in Oslo on an unlimited
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:33A
EFCC Arraigns US Based Lawyer
Justice Christopher Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere has remanded a US based Nigerian lawyer, Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye pending the hearing of his bail application following his arraignment on Tuesday November 15 , by the Economic
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:31A
Norway killer interrupted at first open court hearing
The court extended his custody 12 more weeks until Feb. 6 but decided to gradually lift the restrictions on his media access, visitors and mail. Breivik is being held pending his trial on terror charges. At the end of the hearing, the 32-year-old
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:31A
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