Recent Updates
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Court OKs ex-Guatemalan leader's extradition to US
Court Alerts 03/19/2010A Guatemalan court has approved former President Alfonso Portillo's extradition to the U.S. to face money laundering charges.Portillo does not face imminent extradition, however. Under Guatemalan law, he must first be tried at home in a separate corr...
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AstraZeneca wins 1st trial over alleged drug harm
Court Alerts 03/18/2010British drugmaker AstraZeneca wins the first trial brought by a patient alleging its psychiatric drug Seroquel caused harm.AstraZeneca says a jury in Middlesex County Superior Court in New Jersey ruled in favor of the drugmaker.The case was brought b...
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Judge rejects request to delay Blagojevich trial
Court Alerts 03/18/2010A federal judge refused Wednesday to postpone the June start of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, brushing aside defense attorneys' claims that they won't have enough time to prepare.U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel also dismissed def...
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Judge allows genetically engineered beet harvest
Court Alerts 03/17/2010A federal judge on Tuesday said farmers can harvest their genetically engineered sugar beets this year, ruling the economic impact too great and that environmental groups waited too long to request that the crop be yanked from the ground and otherwis...
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Feds urge judge not to delay Blagojevich trial
Court Alerts 03/16/2010Prosecutors urged a federal judge Monday to turn down ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request to delay his corruption trial, saying public interest in the case warrants a speedy resolution.Blagojevich's attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Jame...
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Law firm to investigate Broadview acquisition
Court Alerts 03/16/2010Robbins Umeda LLP, a California-based law firm, announced this week that it has launched an investigation into the recent acquisition of Broadview Security by Tyco International.According to a statement issued by the firm, the investigation will look...
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Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision
Court Alerts 03/12/2010A federal court has upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make channels they own available to satellite TV providers and other rivals on equal terms.Friday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia leaves in p...
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Former John Edwards aide returning to NC court
Court Alerts 03/12/2010A former aide to John Edwards is returning to court just days after a North Carolina judge nearly sent him to jail over his handling of a videotape purportedly showing the two-time presidential candidate in a sexual encounter.Superior Court Judge Abr...
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Female teacher in teen sex case appears in court
Court Alerts 03/11/2010A California middle school teacher who's reportedly wracked with guilt over an affair with a 14-year-old boy has been returned to jail following a brief court appearance.Amy Victoria Beck had arrived in court with her lawyer on Wednesday for her arra...
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Supreme Court accepts appeal over vaccine safety
Court Alerts 03/09/2010The justices Monday agreed to decide whether drug makers can be sued outside a special judicial forum set up by Congress in 1986 to address specific claims about safety. The so-called vaccine court has handled such disputes and was designed to ensure...
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Wisconsin man pleads guilty in triple homicide
Court Alerts 03/04/2010A central Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to killing his estranged girlfriend and two of their children.Shane Kettner cried as he entered the pleas Wednesday in Portage County Circuit Court to three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and en...
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Court rejects appeal in Reading day care death
Court Alerts 03/04/2010The state appeals court has upheld the involuntary manslaughter conviction of a woman in the June 2003 death of a baby in a Reading day care facility.Ann Power had challenged her conviction in the death of 3-month-old MacKenzie Corrigan of Stoneham, ...