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U.S. court bars Vioxx lawsuits from Britain
Legal World 07/31/2007[##_1L|1021426973.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]An appellate court on Tuesday ruled that 98 people from the England and Wales cannot sue Merck & Co. in New Jersey for health claims arising from their use of the once-popular painkiller V...
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Man Extradited from India Due in Court Today
Legal World 07/30/2007A delivery driver extradited from India is due in court charged with the kidnap, rape and murder of Southampton teenager Hannah Foster. Hannah, 17, was killed as she walked home from a night out in the city with friends in March 2003. Her strangled b...
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Mulroney Vows To Fight Court Ruling
Legal World 07/27/2007Brian Mulroney has filed a motion to set aside a court ruling ordering him to pay $470,000 to former business associate Karlheinz Schreiber.The ruling, which caught Mulroney's lawyers off guard, came Thursday in a default judgment by the Ontario Supe...
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Court: Russia to Pay Chechens
Legal World 07/27/2007The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian government to pay damages of $196,000 to the family members of 11 Chechen civilians killed by Russian soldiers in 2000. The court, in a Thursday ruling, suggested that by not bringing the soldier...
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Cold-fX maker sued for $110-million lawsuit
Legal World 07/23/2007CV Technologies, the Edmonton-based makers of flu and cold remedy Cold-fX, has been hit with a $110-million consumer class-action lawsuit.Marking the latest setback for the besieged biotech company, the lawsuit was filed in Ontario Superior Court in ...
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Pakistan court reinstates top judge
Legal World 07/20/2007[##_1L|1365730790.jpg|width="110" height="88" alt=""|_##]The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Pervez Musharraf had no authority to suspend Pakistan's top judge and ordered him reinstated, a major blow to the standing of the general who ha...
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Russia vows response to UK expulsions
Legal World 07/17/2007A Kremlin spokesman has promised a "targeted" response to Britain's expulsion of four Russian diplomats, raising the stakes in a dispute over the murder probe of a former KGB spy.Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko briefed reporters in ...
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Holocaust Survivors' Kids File Class Action
Legal World 07/16/2007Raised on fear and depression, children of Holocaust survivors say the Nazi terror has crossed generations, and want the German government to pay for their psychiatric care.On Monday, Israelis who call themselves second generation survivors are filin...
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35 Sentenced to Life in Prison in Ethiopia
Legal World 07/16/2007A court sentenced 35 opposition politicians and activists to life in prison and denied them the right to vote or run for public office for inciting violence in an attempt to overthrow the government, a judge said Monday.The prosecution had called for...
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IT jobs cut as law firm outsources to India
Legal World 07/13/2007London-based law firm CMS Cameron McKenna is to make almost half of its IT staff redundant as part of plans to outsource more work to India.After embarking on a review of its IT operations at the end of last year, the law firm has now signed a £10m d...
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Wigs off for UK civil judges, chief justice says
Legal World 07/12/2007[##_1L|1111723476.jpg|width="120" height="107" alt=""|_##]The traditional wigs and gowns worn by judges and advocates for 300 years could be scrapped for civil and commercial trials under a review by the Lord Chief Justice. Lord Phillips of Worth Mat...
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Fujimori Wins Legal Round in Extradition Fight
Legal World 07/12/2007A Chilean Supreme Court judge ruled Wednesday that former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori should not be extradited to Peru to face charges of corruption and human rights abuses.The decision was not final -- lawyers for Peru's government have alre...