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Judge sets November trial for "Whitey" Bulger
Attorneys for Bulger said in court on Monday they would need more time to process the mountains of evidence in the case, including roughly 580000 pages of documents and 921 tapes of wiretaps. Upon setting the trial date, Magistrate Judge Marianne
Updated: 02/13/2012 04:44P
Part of BP investor case over Gulf spill dismissed
Feb 13 (Reuters) - BP Plc on Monday won the dismissal of part of a US shareholder lawsuit seeking damages related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. US District Judge Keith Ellison in Houston dismissed claims by purchasers of ordinary shares,
Updated: 02/13/2012 03:44P
Doctor in Ohio pill mill case claims innocence
Referring to himself as "V," Volkman made his argument in a 28-page handwritten document filed Monday in federal court in Cincinnati after he fired his attorneys earlier this month. "In fact, at trial there was no evidence or testimonials presented to
Updated: 02/13/2012 03:39P
Lehman Trustee, Barclays Continue Fight Over 'Margin' Money
In Friday filings with the US District Court in Manhattan, lawyers for Barclays and the trustee, James W. Giddens, traded their final written arguments ahead of a decision by Judge Katherine B. Forrest, the new judge in the case after Judge Richard J.
Updated: 02/13/2012 03:39P
Murder trial over 2003 honeymoon diving death
A undated photo provided by Townsville Coroners Court shows Gabe Watson (left) and his then-fiancee, Tina Thomas. Gabe Watson is accused of drowning his newlywed bride Tina Thomas Watson during a scuba dive in Australia just days after their wedding in
Updated: 02/13/2012 03:17P
Judge sets Nov. trial date for Whitey Bulger
5 trial date for reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in federal court in Boston. His defense attorney estimated it would take him at least a year to go through hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and hundreds of tape recordings prosecutors
Updated: 02/13/2012 03:16P
Competing snitches in 9 Ohio arson deaths retrial
More>> By THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - The defense for a man whose conviction in nine arson deaths was overturned over unreliable jailhouse snitches has its own newly found cellblock informant for a possible second trial,
Updated: 02/13/2012 02:52P
Sandusky can see most of his grandchildren, judge rules
(CNN) -- The former Penn State assistant football coach currently awaiting trial on child sex assault charges can visit with some of his grandchildren, a judge ruled Monday. The decision by Judge John Cleland eases some conditions of Jerry Sandusky's
Updated: 02/13/2012 02:19P
Bulger lawyer: defense needs a year before trial
Bulger's lawyers said in court documents filed Monday that a suggestion by prosecutors that a trial date should be set soon is "so unreasonable that it is frivolous." Bulger is accused of participating in 19 murders. The 82-year-old former leader of
Updated: 02/13/2012 02:18P
Jerry Sandusky Allowed to See Grandkids, Judge Rules
Judge John Cleland eased Sandusky's bail terms ahead of the trial, which is scheduled for May 14. At a hearing last week, Sandusky and his attorneys petitioned the court to ease his bail conditions, while the prosecution asked for stricter conditions,
Updated: 02/13/2012 02:09P
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