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Deepwater Horizon disaster: worst oil spill in US history gets its day in court
The civil trial, which opens before Judge Carl Barbier in a federal court in New Orleans on Monday, is expected to be epic by any definition, unmatched in scale or legal complexity. But there will be a crucial role for Robert Bea, a professor from the
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:37P
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi Gets New "Impartial" Judge for Trial
Breall issued a stay-away order for Mirkarimi, preventing him from seeing his wife, Eliana Lopez, and their two-year-old son, Theo, until after the trial, which starts today. Mirkarimi went back to court last month to fight the order, however Breall
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:36P
Bradley Manning defers plea at court-martial in WikiLeaks case
Manning has been held in pre-trial confinement for 635 days. The arraignment in a military court at Ft. Meade, Md., lasted 50 minutes and focused on legal housekeeping matters, such as setting a date for trial and requests by the defense for more
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:34P
Objecting to Secret Evidence Under FISA
Section 1806 provides that if the Attorney General attests "under oath that disclosure or an adversary hearing would harm the national security of the United States," then the district court must engage in an in camera and ex parte review of the very
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:33P
Jury in murder trial of teen walked through crime scene pictures
Hastings displayed the crime scene pictures and a map of the apartment on a large screen, and with the lights dimmed in the court room, Saunders described every item — an oval pattern of blood spatter on a bedroom wall, on a banister, on the front door
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:31P
Suicide student webcam case opens
A university student accused of spying on his gay roommate using a web cam was guilty of a "meanspirited, malicious and criminal" invasion of privacy, a US court was told yesterday. By Rosa Prince, New York Tyler Clementi, 18, killed himself a few days
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:29P
Court says rugby axe murder accused fit for trial
JOHANNESBURG: A South African court ruled on Friday that former Currie Cup rugby player Phindile Joseph Ntshongwana is fit to stand trial on charges of murdering three people with an axe last year. "The court finds the accused is fit to stand trial,"
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:26P
Mike Arroyo: Gloria 'aching' to visit Ignacio's wake; asks court for 3-day leave
Mike was hopeful the courts would grant the request of the former President and now Pampanga congresswoman considering that paying respect to the dead was part of Filipino culture. Pasay Regional Trial Court Branch 112 Judge Jesus Mupas granted
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:26P
Mike Arroyo: Gloria 'aching' to visit Ignacio's wake; asks court for 3-day leave
Mike was hopeful the courts would grant the request of the former President and now Pampanga congresswoman considering that paying respect to the dead was part of Filipino culture. Pasay Regional Trial Court Branch 112 Judge Jesus Mupas granted
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:26P
Mirkarimi's lawyer in domestic violence case requests change of trial judge
Assistant District Attorney Omid Talai said the district attorney's office "would have been confident with whatever judge this (case) was placed in front of." After the case was assigned in court to Judge Garrett L. Wong Friday morning, Stiglich and
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:24P
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