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London court seeks PH experts on Rep. Ignacio Arroyo's body
Alicia's counsel, Lorna Kapunan, told Judge Eleuterio Bathan of Regional Trial Court Branch 92 that they received information that the London court intends to consult with Philippine law experts. According to Kapunan, this intention for a video
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:36P
Leach attorney vows to fight on after Texas high court denies appeal in
Liggett believes Leach's case is one of those and pledged to take the case as high as the US Supreme Court. “We believe the doctrine of sovereign immunity has to be overturned,” he said. “We think it denies due process, right to trial.
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:35P
Panel affirms Chevron payment halt to Ecuador
Chevron has also appealed last February's ruling against it to Ecuador's top court. The California company inherited the case with its 2001 takeover of Texaco, which left Ecuador nine years earlier after three decades in the country.
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:34P
Mother, son trial in slaying of Detroit girl, 12, adjourned until March
Joshua Gordon told 36th District Court Judge Deborah Lewis Langston that he needed time to get up to speed on Joshua Brown's case. The 19-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder, assault with intent to murder and felony firearm for the
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:30P
'Spider-Man' Trial Over Script Royalties Scheduled for January
In court today, US District Judge Katherine Forrest scheduled a jury trial to start Jan. 7, to resolve Taymor's claim that she's owed money as co-author of the show. Yesterday, producers and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society announced a
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:30P
Digital Notes: New Charges, and More Details, in Megaupload Case
The new indictment, which was filed Thursday in Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., adjusts some numbers, apparently after a closer review of evidence: Megaupload had only about 67 million registered users, not the 180 million earlier claimed,
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:26P
Amy Senser fatal hit-and-run: Charges should stand, prosecutors say
23, 2011, prosecutors argued in a brief filed today in Hennepin County District Court. The exit ramp leading to the victim's vehicle "had no barriers, sandbags, construction barrels or any debris whatsoever," said the brief, a reply to a defense motion
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:18P
El Paso Mayor John Cook wins recall appeal
The court also ruled that County Court 3 Judge Javier Alvarez abused his discretion in denying Cook's request for an injunction. "The trial court was required to apply the law to the facts. We find the trial court failed to do so here," the order
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:17P
Stanford CFO Forged Boss's Name, Refused Reforms, Witness Says
“He called me at home at 11 or 12 one evening, and he was very mad,” Linda Wingfield, Stanford's former executive director of special projects, told jurors today at Stanford's criminal fraud trial in federal court in Houston.
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:06P
People &c. v. Mickey Cass, Index 13
The primary issue we address is whether the trial court properly admitted evidence of defendant's uncharged murder to rebut defendant's extreme emotional disturbance defense concerning the murder for which he was on trial. Although we have considered
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:05P
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