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News Corp. to Pay $952000 to Pop Star Over Phone Hacking
At a court hearing today in London, News Corp. lawyers said the company regularly harassed Church's family, put them under surveillance, hacked the phone of her father and acquired details of her mother's "complex medical history" and suicide attempt
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:13A
BP confirms delay in gulf oil spill trial
27 (UPI) — British energy company BP said it was working with plaintiffs in the Deepwater Horizon case to reach an agreement after a court date was delayed to March. BP confirmed a US District Court in New Orleans adjourned a start date for a trial one
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:12A
BP confirms delay in gulf oil spill trial
27 (UPI) — British energy company BP said it was working with plaintiffs in the Deepwater Horizon case to reach an agreement after a court date was delayed to March. BP confirmed a US District Court in New Orleans adjourned a start date for a trial one
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:12A
Baker Hughes falls, BP up after trial delay
BP (NYSE:BP) (LSS:UK:BP) rose 1.5% after it said US District Court adjourned the start of the civil trial by one week to allow more time to continue settlement discussions. The UK integrated oil giant is negotiating a $14 billion settlement of claims
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:10A
Former Spanish judge acquitted of abusing power
State prosecutors did not press charges in the case involving the Franco regime, but he was named in a private prosecution, as is allowed under Spanish law. It was led by a small civil servants union called Manos Limpias, or Clean Hands, which alleged
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:09A
Ex-army chief to be brought to court by force
An ?stanbul court ruled on Monday to order the police department to bring retired Gen. Ya?ar Bykan?t, a former chief of General Staff, to the court by force in order to give testimony as a witness in a trial concerning a plot to overthrow the Justice
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:08A
Trial to start for Shelby County woman charged with conspiring to kill ex-son
The trial of Barbara Louise Patterson is set to begin at 9 am today before US District Court Judge Abdul Kallon in Birmingham. Patterson, 64, of Columbiana, and her daughter, Kimberly McGuffie, were indicted on the conspiracy charge.
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:06A
Ex-Turkish army chief to be brought to court by force
An ?stanbul court ruled on Monday to order the police department to bring retired Gen. Ya?ar Bykan?t, a former chief of General Staff, to the court by force in order to give testimony as a witness in a trial concerning a plot to overthrow the Justice
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:03A
High court warns 'clock is ticking' in Gwinnett death penalty case
The high court declined Khahn Dinh Phan's appeal that his death-penalty case be thrown out because he has not been brought to trial in nearly seven years, in part because of delays caused by the state's financially strained indigent defense system.
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:02A
Monsanto (MON) Has Suit by Organic Growers Dismissed by Federal Court
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has officially dismissed a lawsuit brought by The Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) and dozens of other plaintiff growers and organizations against Monsanto Company (NYSE:
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:02A