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San Joaquin Valley water district might finally get US to pay
WASHINGTON -- The federal government could be on the hook for millions of dollars in a Sacramento trial next year, nearly two decades after aggrieved San Joaquin Valley water districts first took the government to court.
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:31A
Don't jail Mokbel aide, lawyer pleads
Pantazis stood trial in June on a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to helping Mokbel, but the trial was aborted when new evidence came to light and she changed her plea to guilty. Her barrister Leighton Gwynn said
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:30A
Lawyer to testify in Berlusconi trial
Mills, who acted as Berlusconi's tax lawyer, is expected to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court for a live video-link with the Milan District Court. Last week, Berlusconi failed in an emergency bid to obtain a High Court order preventing Mills's
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:30A
Will botched case against Stevens reshape federal legal system?
US District Court Judge Emmett Sullivan says he eventually hopes to release in most of the 500-page investigative report looking at misconduct by Justice Department lawyers during the prosecution of Stevens. But already a picture is emerging of abuse
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:29A
Militant lawmakers decry special treatment for GMA
The same special treatment was not granted to “360 documented political prisoners, 28 [of whom] are suffering from different ailments, and 11 are elderly but they are hardly allowed to get proper medical attention and treatment.
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:28A
High court grants bail to Sukh Ram
"Keeping in view the appellent's (Sukh Ram) age who is 86 years old and suffering from heart disease, this court grants bail to the accused," Justice Suresh Kait said. "I suspend the sentence till the disposal of the case," he said.
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:27A
Former Ehrlich aide scheduled for robocall trial
Robert Ehrlich is scheduled to go on trial for allegedly using robocalls to suppress voter turnout in Maryland's 2010 governor's race. Paul Schurick's trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court. It's unclear, however, whether the
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:26A
Convicted medics face new trial in Bahrain
drop the charges altogether The case has sparked anger among human rights groups Dr. Fatima Haji says she was taken from her apartment and forced to sign papers An independent commission recommends protesters not be tried in military courts Manama,
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:21A
Delhi High Court grants bail to Sukh Ram
"Keeping in view the appellent's (Sukh Ram) age who is 86 years old and suffering from heart disease, this court grants bail to the accused," Justice Suresh Kait said. "I suspend the sentence till the disposal of the case," he said.
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:18A
Tippecanoe County tests video conferencing in court
There are limitations to the use of video conferencing equipment, some logistical ones and some legal ones imposed by Indiana Supreme Court rules. Defendants cannot appear by video in trials, for example. And even in some of the pre-trial hearings,
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:15A
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