US District Court Judge Aleta Trauger ruled Wednesday that plaintiffs in a class-action suit against Primus Automotive Financial Services , a lending unit of Ford Motor Co. , has proved that the unit discriminated against black customers...
Her Majesty the Queen v. Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, British Columbia Supreme Court, Justice Ian Bruce Josephson, March 16, 2005 [finding the defendants not guilty in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people...
Schindler v. Schiavo, Florida Second District Court of Appeal, March 16, 2005 ....
The Handling of Detainees by UK Intelligence Personnel in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq, UK Intelligence and Security Committee, released March 10, 2005 [revealing that British intelligence officials warned the US about possible detainee abuse in 2002 after the British...
The US Judicial Conference Tuesday recommended a complete review of judicial security inside and outside the courtroom after recent high-profile killings of a Georgia state judge and a federal district judge's family members . In its...
The insurgency in Iraq is increasingly made up of organized crime and hired criminals, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers said Tuesday after visiting the country. Myers acknowledged that Saddam Hussein loyalists and insurgents from...
Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has filed a lawsuit against former Qwest Communications International Inc. CEO Joseph Nacchio and six other former executives alleging they filed false financial statements that led...
The number of federal appeals cases filed in 2004 was a new all-time high, according to a report released Tuesday by the Administrative Office of the US Courts . There were 62,762 appeals filed last...
AP is reporting that former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers has been convicted on all counts at his fraud trial.12:51 PM - Reuters now has a story here. The Manhattan jury found Ebbers guilty of fraud, conspiracy, and filing false...
Woo v. Lockyer, Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco, Judge Richard A. Kramer, March 14, 2005 . Excerpt:The state's...
