Latest Trial Court News
US FTC Loses Bid to Block Pay-for-Delay Drug Deals
A district court in Georgia dismissed the case before holding a trial. Affirming the district court's decision, the three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit acknowledged the frequent tension between patent and antitrust laws. To encourage drug development
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:35P
US FTC Loses Bid to Block Pay-for-Delay Drug Deals
A district court in Georgia dismissed the case before holding a trial. Affirming the district court's decision, the three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit acknowledged the frequent tension between patent and antitrust laws. To encourage drug development
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:35P
Lil' Lil Boosie's Rap Words To Be Used Against Him In Murder Trial
Rapper LIL' BOOSIE's rhymes are to be used against him in court as he fights charges he hired a hitman to kill a rival. The hip-hop artist, real name Torrence Hatch, is due in court in Louisiana next week (beg30Apr12) on a first-degree murder rap,
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:31P
Former altar boy testifies of sexual abuse at trial of two Philadelphia priests
Although jurors were told that Avery is no longer on trial, they have not been told that he pleaded guilty. His guilty plea does not require him to testify. Lynn's defense attorneys argued earlier this week before Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:30P
Teacher sues over Catholic school firing for using IVF
“The Supreme Court didn't give us a kind of neat little on-off test as to who's a minister and who isn't,” said Rick Garnett, associate dean and professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. In a similar case in Ohio, a federal judge last month gave the
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:23P
Alleged Werdesheim victim asks to drop charges
But Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Pamela White, who's overseeing the nonjury trial, told Ausby he didn't have a say in the matter. "It was not your decision whether to bring charges against the defendants, it's the state's decision," she said.
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:20P
Alleged Werdesheim victim asks to drop charges
But Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Pamela White, who's overseeing the non-jury trial, told Ausby he didn't have a say in the matter. "It was not your decision whether to bring charges against the defendants, it's the state's decision," she said.
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:20P
Mohamed Harkat deserves new hearing, federal appeal court rules
The appeal court, however, said Harkat deserved more since his right to a fair trial was compromised by the destruction of the original tapes. ``The summaries are the remnants of the destroyed originals. They are the problem, not the solution,'' said
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:17P
Mohamed Harkat deserves new hearing, federal appeal court rules
The appeal court, however, said Harkat deserved more since his right to a fair trial was compromised by the destruction of the original tapes. ``The summaries are the remnants of the destroyed originals. They are the problem, not the solution,'' said
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:17P
TD Bank Says Its Lawyer Wrongly Claimed Document Didn't Exist
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) falsely told a judge that a document didn't exist when investors suing over convicted conman Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme requested it, lawyers for the bank said in a court filing. The bank this week produced the document,
Updated: 04/25/2012 08:16P