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Denied Citigroup mortgage settlement has new life
The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan suspended the effect of Judge Jed Rakoff's decision to turn down the settlement between Citigroup and the Securities and Exchange Commission until it can fully study the case. It said there was a "strong
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:28P
7-year trial fails to decide if coffin held Jesus's brother
So many specialists came forward with conflicting claims that judge Aharon Farkash could not say whether it was forged, he told a court in Jerusalem, Israel. 'This topic is likely to continue to be the subject of research in the scientific and
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:23P
Rakoff Takes Mets-Related Case to Review 'Good Faith' Issue
Rakoff, who has about 280 Mets-related cases already, said he will remove the case from bankruptcy court to decide Picard's rights and obligations under non-bankruptcy law, according to a court order filed in Manhattan yesterday.
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:20P
Lubanga trial judges will not try Kenyan suspects
By WAHOME THUKU None of the three International Criminal Court (ICC) judges who convicted the former Congolese military leader Thomas Lubanga will sit in the trial of the four Kenyan suspects of the post election violence.
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:20P
Accused NY Brothel Keeper May Consider Plea, Lawyer Says
Justice Juan Merchan of state Supreme Court in Manhattan today accepted Greenwald as Gristina's new lawyer, while rejecting the attorney's request to lower her bail, which is set at $1 million in cash, or a $2 million bond. Gristina is being held at
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:19P
NS: Case of former Liberal accused in spending scandal heads to court
[HALIFAX, NS] — The case of a former Nova Scotia Liberal politician charged in the province's spending scandal is due in court in Halifax today. Russell MacKinnon was committed last month to stand trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust and uttering
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:19P
NS: Case of former Liberal accused in spending scandal heads to court
[HALIFAX, NS] — The case of a former Nova Scotia Liberal politician charged in the province's spending scandal is due in court in Halifax today. Russell MacKinnon was committed last month to stand trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust and uttering
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:19P
Landmark case collapse in trial of Louth man accused of IRA membership
In February the Supreme Court declared that section 29 (1) of the Offences Against the State Act (as inserted by section 5 of the Criminal Law Act 1976) was repugnant to the Constitution, as it had permitted a search contrary to the Constitution on
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:17P
Atty: I'll see if plea an option in NYC madam case
Her previous attorney offered to put up his apartment for her $2 million bond. But a judge said her lawyers need to complete official paperwork before he can consider the plan. The judge declined to lower the bond. Lawyer Gary Greenwald told a court
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:17P
Barge company ordered to pay $4.3M to crewman forced to work in Hurricane Katrina
LOUIS—A federal district court judge has told a barge company that ordered its crew to stay on board its Mississippi River towboat during the height of Hurricane Katrina to pay $4.3 million to a crew member. Judge David Herndon in the US District Court
Updated: 03/15/2012 03:15P
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