Latest Trial Court News
Blagojevich owes a 'sorry' to state
Rod Blagojevich has asked a judge to cancel his spring retrial and immediately sentence him instead on the sole conviction from his first trial. The request comes in a motion filed in US District Court in Chicago early Wednesday March 9, 2011.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:27A
Doctors will continue to evaluate man charged in Viola Drath's killing
On Wednesday morning, he appeared at a hearing in DC Superior Court at which authorities discussed his mental state. In February, Judge Russell F. Canan ruled Muth temporarily mentally incompetent for trial after Muth went on a two-month fast that
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:27A
Stent Wars: Judge doubles down on $20M jury award to Boston Scientific in
After the jury's damages decision last year, Cordis asked Judge Susan Robinson of the US District Court for Delaware to over-rule the decision. Boston Scientific filed a series of motions asking the judge to award legal fees of about $4.7 million and
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:27A
Rowan Ford Case: Law agents testify
Jurors heard details about the condition of Rowan Ford's body and what was done to preserve evidence as several law officers took the stand during the second day of testimony in the Christopher Collings murder trial, now under way in
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:26A
Rowan Ford Case: Law agents testify
Jurors heard details about the condition of Rowan Ford's body and what was done to preserve evidence as several law officers took the stand during the second day of testimony in the Christopher Collings murder trial, now under way in
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:26A
Congolese warlord convicted in first ICC verdict
Congolese militia boss Thomas Lubanga sits in the International Criminal Court at the Hague as he waits for a verdict to be given on his trial for warcrimes on March 14, 2012. Lubanga was found guilty of crimes of conscription and enlisting children,
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:26A
Consumers Obtain Lemon Law Judgment Against Toyota Motor Sales, USA
BURBANK, CA, Mar 14, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Los Angeles County Superior Court enters judgment on a jury's verdict awarding consumers their money back after prevailing at a Lemon Law trial against Toyota Motor Sales, USA.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:22A
Congo warlord guilty on child soldiers
The International Criminal Court has convicted a Congolese warlord of using child soldiers, a verdict hailed as a legal landmark in the fight against impunity for the world's most serious crimes. Human rights advocates said the guilty verdicts against
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:22A
Historic verdict condemns Congo warlord
While welcoming the verdict against Lubanga, which may help set a precedent for other cases involving the recruitment of child soldiers, he added: "Those countries with political power and their allies have been shielded from the court.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:21A
Suit alleges 'sexual groping' at Windsor-Detroit border
"It was humiliating," said 33-year-old Leslie Ingratta of Windsor, who filed a claim in a US District Court in Michigan on Tuesday. She and two other Canadian women are suing female US border guards at the Detroit border crossing, for "sexual groping"
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:20A