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| High Court reserves tobacco decision Sky News Australia High Court reserves tobacco decision Updated: 14:15, Thursday April 19, 2012 A tobacco company's lawyer has brandished a packet of rat poison in the High Court to draw attention to the product's lack of health warnings compared with planned ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Supreme Court says torture victim law applies only to people, not organizations Washington Post The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a federal law that allows torture victims to sue their overseas assailants does not permit suits against corporations or political groups such as the Palestine Liberation Organization. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Appeals court hears ex-nurse's aiding suicide case Fox News The attorney for an ex-nurse who stalked online suicide chat rooms and was convicted of encouraging two depressed people to kill themselves told a Minnesota appeals court Wednesday that his client was exercising his right to free speech. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Europe court says radical cleric Abu Qatada appealing deportation from Britain Washington Post LONDON — Radical Islamist Abu Qatada has appealed to Europe's human rights court to challenge Britain's move to deport him to Jordan, a court spokeswoman said Wednesday. The move raised another potential hurdle to long-standing efforts to expel the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| In court, Zazi describes al Qaeda bomb training Reuters Najibullah Zazi, 27, a legal US resident from Afghanistan, testified for the second day against Adis Medunjanin, 28, a Bosnian-born US citizen on trial in Brooklyn federal court on charges of conspiring to kill US troops in Afghanistan, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| High court limits suits under torture victim law The Associated Press By MARK SHERMAN, AP – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that organizations may not be sued for claims they aided in torture or killings abroad under a law aimed at helping torture victims. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| High Court Limits Suits for Victims of Torture Wall Street Journal By JESS BRAVIN WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Palestine Liberation Organization and other foreign groups cannot be sued under a federal law intended to protect Americans who are tortured overseas. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Supreme Court of Canada Refuses to Hear Fibrek and Mercer Appeal MarketWatch (press release) MONTREAL, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products (NYSE:ABH) (TOR:CA:ABH) , today announced that the Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal by Fibrek Inc. (TOR:CA:FBK) and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Supreme Court says organizations can't be sued under law for torture victims Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that organizations may not be sued for claims they aided in torture or killings abroad under a law aimed at helping torture victims. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the court's opinion ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Canada's top court lets ex-mogul Black sue critics Reuters By Randall Palmer | OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Wednesday that former newspaper mogul Conrad Black is entitled to pursue libel suits in Ontario against the authors of a report that said he ran his US-based media company, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Supreme Court: PLO, corporations can't be sued under torture law Los Angeles Times Only individual perpetrators of such crimes can be held liable, the court said. The decision is a setback for human rights activists who have sought to extend American law to target inhumane conduct aboard. The justices said their decision was based on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Contempt of court case Pakistan Daily Times By Hasnaat Malik ISLAMABAD: Resuming the hearing of a suo motu case against Babar Awan, the Supreme Court (SC) said on Wednesday it had decided to first frame charges against the former law minister and then it would consider his unconditional apology. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Abu Qatada Can't Be Deported Before Rights Court Review BusinessWeek By Heather Smith and Robert Hutton on April 18, 2012 The Islamic cleric known as Abu Qatada can't be deported from the UK to Jordan to stand trial on terrorism charges until judges at the European Court of Human Rights decide whether to again take up ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Supreme Court limits suits under torture victim law Austin American-Statesman By Adam Liptak WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the family of a US citizen killed during a visit to the West Bank may not sue the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization under a 1991 federal law, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dispute over Pettitte testimony at Clemens retrial Yahoo! Sports By JOSEPH WHITE | AP – 6 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The ability to ''misremember'' made its inevitable first appearance at the perjury retrial of Roger Clemens on Wednesday and momentarily detoured the court from a tedious jury selection process that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pettitte's testimony in dispute at Roger Clemens' perjury trial SI.com Manuel Balce Ceneta/ AP WASHINGTON (AP) -- The ability to "misremember" made its inevitable first appearance at the perjury retrial of Roger Clemens on Wednesday and momentarily detoured the court from a tedious jury selection process that will extend ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Supreme Court Says Torture Victim Can't Sue Palestinian Authority Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- The family of a Palestinian American killed while in the Palestinian Authority's custody cannot sue the organization, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday morning. Azzam Rahim, a naturalized American citizen, was visiting the West Bank in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Court: Judges can consider new patent evidence BusinessWeek The Supreme Court says federal judges can review unsubmitted patent evidence when inventors challenge their rejection by the Patent and Trademark Office. Gilbert Hyatt asked for patents relating to a "computerized display system for processing image ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Supreme Court: torture law applies only to people Reuters By James Vicini | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority and PLO cannot be sued under a 1991 US victim protection law over the alleged torture of an American in a West Bank prison, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, holding that the law ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Black Wins Top Court Ruling, Reaches Settlement Over Libel Actions Wall Street Journal By Paul Vieira Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES OTTAWA (Dow Jones)--Canada's top court ruled Wednesday that Conrad Black could proceed with libel lawsuits against former business associates in the Canadian province of Ontario, but shortly afterward a lawyer for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Conrad Black Wins Court Ruling, Reaches Settlement Over Libel Actions Wall Street Journal By PAUL VIEIRA OTTAWA—Canada's top court ruled Wednesday that Conrad Black could proceed with libel lawsuits against former business associates in the Canadian province of Ontario, but a lawyer for the onetime newspaper tycoon said her client has ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Federal Court Temporarily Blocks NLRB's Union Posters Rule Reuters By Andrew Chow, JD at FindLaw.com A federal court issued a temporary injunction Tuesday, blocking the National Labor Relations Board's new rule to require posters about union activity in the workplace. The rule was set to take effect nationwide on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mercer International Announces That Supreme Court of Canada Denies Leave to Appeal MarketWatch (press release) U) ("Mercer") announced that the Supreme Court of Canada has denied Fibrek Inc.'s ("Fibrek") and Mercer's applications for leave to appeal the Quebec Court of Appeal's decision to maintain the cease trade order of the Bureau de decision et de revision ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| BP, some plaintiffs ask court to approve spill settlement Houston Chronicle ... between BP and thousands of plaintiffs claiming economic and medical damages from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill edged closer to resolution Wednesday as the parties filed a proposed class-action settlement in a New Orleans federal court. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dutch marijuana advocates face off with Cabinet BusinessWeek By TOBY STERLING and MIKE CORDER Dutch coffee shop owners went to court Wednesday in a last ditch bid to block a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands. Lawyers representing the coffee shops oppose what would be the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| High Court reserves decision on tobacco Herald Sun A TOBACCO company's lawyer has brandished a packet of rat poison in the High Court to draw attention to the product's lack of health warnings compared with planned requirements for cigarette packets. After more than two days of hearings, Chief Justice ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| New hurdle in British bid to deport cleric The Associated Press By GREG KELLER, AP – 1 minute ago LONDON (AP) — Radical Islamist Abu Qatada has appealed to Europe's human rights court to challenge Britain's move to deport him to Jordan, a court spokeswoman said Wednesday. The move raised another potential hurdle ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Court Adjourned: Pat Summitt steps down after illustrious career GoVolsXtra Summitt has two basketball courts named after her — one at Thompson-Boling Arena and the other at her alma mater, UT Martin. She also has a street named after her on both campuses. Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt monitors practice at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The most amazing Supreme Court chart. Maybe ever. Washington Post (blog) While browsing around the Pew polling site this morning — and, yes, we do a fair amount of that — we came across a chart on the Supreme Court that reminded us, for the billionth time, that assuming the average person follows the back and forth of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Norway Killer Breivik Obstinate Amid Probe of Militant Links BusinessWeek "Your intention is to try and sow doubt about whether the network exists," the 33-year-old Norwegian said in court in Oslo today. "That is the purpose right? I hope that you will try to ridicule me less." Breivik in July killed 69 people at a Labor ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Court: Medical marijuana law doesn't OK driving under influence Detroit Free Press By AP Michigan's medical marijuana law doesn't shield people from charges if they are caught driving after using the drug, the state appeals court ruled Wednesday in another significant decision involving the 2008 voter-approved law. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Admitted Norway killer boasts of 'spectacular political attack' CNN And he would do it again if he had the chance, "because offenses against my people and my fellow partisans are in many ways as bad," Breivik told the court on the second day of his trial. He planned his killings as a suicide attack, he said. See all stories on this topic » |
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