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WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme Court struck down part of an anti-gay marriage law, Justice Anthony Kennedy took pains in his majority opinion to say the ruling applied only to legally married...
View ArticleGay marriage ruling already in use in other cases
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the Supreme Court struck down part of an anti-gay marriage law, Justice Anthony Kennedy took pains in his majority opinion to say the ruling applied only to legally married...
View ArticleContracts, court rulings giving employers legal upper hand
When Jose Tadeo Gamez Flores realized that his employer had failed to pay him for all the hours he was working as a janitor, he did what many other employees might do in the same situation: He tried to...
View ArticleU.S. v. Windsor, Gay Marriage Ruling, Reaching Other Cases
Gay rights advocate Vin Testa waves a rainbow flag in front of the Supreme Court at sun up in Washington, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation)
(Source: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) In an unprecedented move aimed at promoting industrial harmony in the oil and gas industry, stakeholders on Wednesday at a meeting in the NNPC Towers,...
View ArticlePositive verdict handed down for state's criminal appeals overhaul
Court of Appeal president Chris Maxwell. Photo: James Davies A radical revamp of Victoria's criminal appeals procedures has resulted in a 73 per cent drop in the number of cases being heard by the...
View ArticleWisconsin Gov. signs strict abortion restriction bill that requires women to...
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed into law on Friday new abortion restrictions that opponents said could lead to the closing of two of the state's four abortion clinics. Opponents of the law,...
View ArticleHabre slams ‘judicial farce’
Dakar - Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre is refusing to recognise a tribunal set up in Senegal to try him for genocide over the deaths of up to 40 000 people during his eight-year rule, his...
View Article2Face, Annie sued over wedding pictures
Share Twitter Ghana News plugins View Comments 2Face and wife, AnnieA man identified as Emmanuel Okolo has sued 2face Idibia and his wife, Annie Macaulay for N120...
View ArticleJudges, lawyers already putting Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling to work...
WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court struck down part of an anti-gay marriage law, Justice Anthony Kennedy took pains in his majority opinion to say the ruling applied only to legally married same-sex...
View ArticleVenable Prevails for Client in Maryland Racial Profiling Case (Venable LLP)
(Source: Venable LLP) Maryland Board of Public Works approves $55,000 settlement in a case that Venable attorneys had litigated, pro bono, for more than two years Baltimore, MD (July 5, 2013) - The...
View ArticleBoko Haram gets Nollywood treatment as Nigerian films imitate life
Industry insiders say there is a growing trend for Nigerian films that take on controversial topics in current affairs Watch the trailer for Boko Haram, also titled Nation Under Siege It's a tried and...
View ArticleIn the courts they trust
A toxic property deal between John Tamihere's Waipareira Trust and his one-time property developer friend has sunk further into the legal mire, with liquidators claiming the taxpayer-funded trust...
View ArticleJose Thettayil files petition to quash rape case against him
Kochi: Former Kerala Minister and JD-S MLA, Jose Thettayil, embroiled in a sexual harassment case, on Thursday filed a petition in the High Court seeking to quash the case against him. The petition...
View ArticleGovt may move HC over tribunal order on cop
KOLKATA: The state government is planning to move Calcutta high court against the interim order of the central administrative tribunal, which had directed it not to take any action against IPS officer...
View ArticleLegal aid cuts will lead to more miscarriages of justice, top judges warn
Judicial Executive Board tells justice minister £220m cut to legal aid budget will mean best lawyers desert criminal law The most senior judges in England and Wales fear poor advocacy will transfer...
View ArticleAfter £1.7m and more than nine years of legal battles, Abu Qatada is...
Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the deportation of Abu Qatada, saying removing the terror suspect from the UK "was a priority for this govt", and that there was a "clear plan" and a "right...
View ArticleAfter £1.7m and nearly nine years of legal battles, Abu Qatada is deported...
Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the deportation of Abu Qatada, saying removing the terror suspect from the UK "was a priority for this govt", and that there was a "clear plan" and a "right...
View ArticleLegal bill raises $500k question
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