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Economists worried PH's slow growth can affect 2012
FOCUS ON ECONOMY Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay Regional Trial Court, left, looks as a police officer checks a bed inside a room where former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo might be detained inside a police compound in Taguig, south of Manila,
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:47A
Mississippi company sues Derecktor Shipyards
22 in US District Court in Hartford, seeking $18809.03 for unpaid towing fees and damages related to disputed repair payments to a Mississippi company, which slapped a lien on McAllister's tugboat Iona, The News Times in Danbury, Conn., reported.
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:43A
Beware the backfire
In Whalen, the court held that the rules (as they then read) permitted a judge, where there is no genuine issue for trial, or where the only issue is a question of law, to determine that issue and “grant judgment accordingly,” either for or against the
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:42A
Court orders Verizon to end use of ActiveVideo patents, telco vows appeal
A jury awarded ActiveVideo $115 million in damages in August, and the court added another $24.1 million in October. Following the decision, which came after a three week trial and two days of jury deliberation in the US District Court for the Eastern
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:41A
Appeal court sides with Novellus in lawsuit by Linear
Many of Linear's claims, including fraud allegations, were dismissed before trial. In February 2010 following a six-week trial, a jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Novellus, including awarding Novellus the $5 million.
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:38A
House arrest for GMA pressed
Gloria Arroyo yesterday asked the Pasay City court handling the electoral sabotage case against her to allow the former president to be "detained" at the family residence in Quezon City. The 16-page petition for house arrest was filed by Arroyo lawyers
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:38A
Gloria bail hinges on hearing
She said the Rules of Court leave to the discretion of the trial judge the question of what form the bail will take. Santiago, a former regional trial court judge, said all persons in custody of the court shall be admitted to bail as a matter of right.
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:38A
Bahrain postpones protesters' death penalty appeal
In the initial trial at the security court, more than a dozen health professionals were convicted and sentenced to prison terms of up to 15 years on charges of attempting to overthrow the monarchy. However, faced with rising international criticism,
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:38A
Sirhan Sirhan seeks prison release
The attorneys have filed new papers in court calling for Sirhan to be released from prison or granted a new trial. The 67-year-old is currently serving a life sentence for the 1968 shooting. The California Attorney General's office hasn't commented on
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:37A
Defense resumes in Connecticut home invasion sentencing
Komisarjevsky's trial starts Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in New Haven Superior Court, where he faces the death penalty on charges of killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters in a July 2007 home invasion in Cheshire, Conn. By Anonymous The Associated
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:33A
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