WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google, Twitter and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. But the justices sidestepped the big issue hovering over the cases, the federal law that shields social media companies from being sued over content posted by others. The justices unanimously rejected […]
Continue ReadingRelatives said Abdul Latif kept quiet about his terminal diagnosis because he didn’t want to ‘divert attention’ from Fawziyah Javed’s murder case. (SWNS) The grandfather of a pregnant lawyer who was pushed to her death from Arthur’s Seat did not tell his family he had terminal cancer because he didn’t want to “divert attention” from […]
Continue ReadingGwyneth Paltrow, US actor and head honcho of “wellness brand” Goop, is currently embroiled in a legal case after being accused of injuring a man by colliding with him in a “hit-and-run ski crash” seven years ago. The incident took place at the high-end resort of Deer Valley in Utah on February 26, 2016. Retired […]
Continue ReadingBy- Prasun Nabiyal INTRODUCTION On 14th January 2023, Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (hereinafter ‘ICICI’) Bank’s former MD Chanda Kochhar was charged with an aggravated form of “Criminal Breach of Trust” under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter ‘IPC’) She was accused of defrauding the ICICI bank of 1730 crores by […]
Continue ReadingAdnan Syed’s murder conviction has been reinstated in the latest developments in the prolonged case featured in the hit podcast Serial. At the age of 17, Syed was sentenced to life in prison in 2000 for the murder of 17-year-old Hae Min Lee, his former girlfriend and classmate. Ms Lee was strangled and buried in […]
Continue ReadingSanta Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies speaks during a news conference in Santa Fe, NM, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. Carmack-Altwies announced Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, that actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal 2021 film-set shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on the set of the Western film “Rust.” […]
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, NC (AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor said Thursday that campaign-related charges won’t be pursued further against Attorney General Josh Stein or his aides, one day after an appeals court ruled the political libel law her office was seeking to enforce is most likely unconstitutional. Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said that the […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s legal team Alex Kent/Getty Images Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents are seeking to compel one of his lawyers to testify about his work with Trump by suggesting those legal services were used in a crime, The New York Times and other news organizations reported Tuesday night. The […]
Continue ReadingJane Roberts, the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts, acknowledged having represented a wide variety of public officials — including senior Justice Department officials and Cabinet members — as they transitioned to jobs in the private sector, according to testimony in an arbitration hearing to resolve a lawsuit filed by an ex-colleague against her former […]
Continue ReadingAttorney Tom Girardi, left, with David Stow, center, Ann Stow, right, parents of beating victim Bryan Stow in 2009.MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images A former prominent Los Angeles attorney is facing two federal indictments related to wire fraud. Tom Girardi has been charged with embezzling at least $3 million from a settlement fund for crash […]
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