Latest Trial Court News
BoA board's US$20mil settlement 'inadequate'
Damages in the case could reach US$5bil, according to the plaintiffs in the case being handled in Delaware Chancery Court, the paper said. Larry Grayson, spokesman for BoA, declined to comment on the matter. Lawyers in the Delaware case complained that
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:31P
Oregon court system braces for additional layoffs
Multnomah County trial court administrator Doug Bray says the cutbacks are the worst he's seen since the state started funding circuit courts in 1983. He calls it a huge shock wave for the court and an enormous organizational change.
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:31P
Man acquitted of Air India bombing loses fight over court fees
On Friday, a BC Court of Appeal justice declined to reverse an earlier ruling saying Malik had abandoned his appeal of a court order to repay $6.3 million in legal fees. Malik repaid the BC government the money after he sold a Vancouver office building
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:15P
Proceedings | Highlights from the Law Blog
While a trial court threw out the lawsuit, a three-judge panel from the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court last week ruled that perception was enough to file a lawsuit. "If plaintiff can demonstrate that the discrimination that he claims
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:12P
John Edwards faces trial over '$1m spent to hide affair'
The disgraced former US Senator will appear in court in Greensboro, North Carolina, for the start of a six-week trial in which he is accused of illegally using almost $1m in unreported campaign funds in a fruitless attempt to keep his mistress,
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:07P
John Edwards faces trial over '$1m spent to hide affair'
The disgraced former US Senator will appear in court in Greensboro, North Carolina, for the start of a six-week trial in which he is accused of illegally using almost $1m in unreported campaign funds in a fruitless attempt to keep his mistress,
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:07P
Oregon court system braces for more layoffs
Multnomah County trial court administrator Doug Bray says the cutbacks are the worst he's seen since the state started funding circuit courts in 1983. He calls it a huge shock wave for the court and an enormous organizational change.
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:07P
One Crown Office Row | Brighton rock, Abu Qatada and the democratic deficit
Professor Helen Fenwick, also writing for UKHRB, sees this case as an example of a recent trend towards “appeasement” of governments (especially our own) in the Strasbourg Court's case-law. Director of JUSTICE, Roger Smith, writing in the Law Society
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:06P
One Crown Office Row | Brighton rock, Abu Qatada and the democratic deficit
Professor Helen Fenwick, also writing for UKHRB, sees this case as an example of a recent trend towards “appeasement” of governments (especially our own) in the Strasbourg Court's case-law. Director of JUSTICE, Roger Smith, writing in the Law Society
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:06P
Trial of John Edwards begins Monday
But hundreds of pages of court documents and hours of oral arguments in recent months offer insights into their likely strategies for the trial. Edwards also recently added two Greensboro lawyers to his team who represented Hunter in her two-year legal
Updated: 04/22/2012 07:00P