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  • Austrian court: ex-Croatian general guilty of embezzlement

    Austrian court: ex-Croatian general guilty of embezzlement

    Lawyer Blogs 04/19/2017

    An Austrian court has found a former Croatian general guilty of embezzling millions of euros and sentenced him and an associate to two years in prison. The court in the southern city of Klagenfurt determined Wednesday that the ex-general, Vladimir Za...

  • Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick

    Dems force 1-week delay on panel vote on Supreme Court pick

    Lawyer Blogs 03/26/2017

    Senate Democrats on Monday forced a one-week delay in a committee vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, who remains on track for confirmation with solid Republican backing. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Comm...

  • Rolling Stone defamation case over rape story back in court

    Rolling Stone defamation case over rape story back in court

    Lawyer Blogs 02/10/2017

    Attorneys for Rolling Stone magazine are heading back to federal court to try to overturn a jury's defamation verdict over its botched story "A Rape on Campus." A judge is holding a hearing in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Thursday to consider Rollin...

  • Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution

    Court appeals temporarily delay Texas execution

    Lawyer Blogs 01/27/2017

    Texas prison officials temporarily delayed the scheduled Thursday night execution of a man convicted of a fatal robbery at a Dallas-area sandwich shop while the U.S. Supreme Court considered multiple appeals to keep him from lethal injection. Terry E...

  • Court: Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case

    Court: Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case

    Lawyer Blogs 12/06/2016

    A Chinese court says a star securities trader who was arrested following last year's stock market collapse has pleaded guilty to insider trading and manipulating share prices. The court in the eastern city of Qingdao said in a statement Tuesday that ...

  • Iraq's federal court rules against prime minister's reforms

    Iraq's federal court rules against prime minister's reforms

    Lawyer Blogs 10/13/2016

    Iraq's federal court ruled on Monday that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's move to abolish the largely ceremonial posts of the country's vice president and deputy prime minister is unconstitutional. Under Iraq's constitution, abolishing the posts wou...

  • Supreme Court rejects Whitey Bulger appeal

    Supreme Court rejects Whitey Bulger appeal

    Lawyer Blogs 10/03/2016

    The Supreme Court has turned away James "Whitey" Bulger's appeal of his racketeering convictions and life sentence. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place Bulger's convictions for playing a role in 11 murders and many other crimes. T...

  • High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads

    High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads

    Lawyer Blogs 09/10/2016

    Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a congressional subpoena that seeks information on how the classified advertising website Backpage.com screens ads for possible sex trafficking. The order came hours after Backpa...

  • Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court

    Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court

    Lawyer Blogs 08/26/2016

    A judge whose six-month sentence in the sexual assault case of a former Stanford swimmer has removed himself from handling criminal matters, but efforts to recall him remain. Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky requested that he be assigned to civi...

  • Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court

    Judge in Stanford swimmer case switching to civil court

    Lawyer Blogs 08/26/2016

    A judge whose six-month sentence in the sexual assault case of a former Stanford swimmer has removed himself from handling criminal matters, but efforts to recall him remain. Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky requested that he be assigned to civi...

  • Bahrain court more than doubles opposition leader's sentence

    Bahrain court more than doubles opposition leader's sentence

    Lawyer Blogs 05/31/2016

    A Bahraini appeals court on Monday more than doubled the prison term for the country's top Shiite opposition figure in a ruling that his political bloc blasted as "unacceptable and provocative." Sheikh Ali Salman now faces nine years behind bars, up ...

  • Cosby asks court to reseal testimony about affairs, drugs

    Cosby asks court to reseal testimony about affairs, drugs

    Lawyer Blogs 04/13/2016

    Bill Cosby's lawyers urged an appeals court Wednesday to reseal the comedian's lurid, decade-old testimony about his womanizing, but the panel of judges seemed to think the request was pointless, since the deposition has already made headlines around...

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