A federal judge ruled this week that a shareholder derivative lawsuit brought against the directors and officers of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial for misrepresenting its financial condition could proceed. The court held that the plaintiffs,...
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Federal court rules Countrywide shareholder suit can go forward
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South Africa court delays Zuma corruption trial
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Arizona appeals court strikes down school voucher program
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Ex-US soldier may raise insanity defense in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
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Federal appeals court enjoins Forest Service logging plan
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Arizona school voucher ruling [AZ CA]
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US convicts Afghan drug trafficker under narco-terrorism program
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US Marine to face court martial for 2004 Fallujah death
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ICTY transfers Kosovo war criminal to France prison
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SEC sues Broadcom officers for backdating stock options
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A South African court delayed the scheduled August corruption trial of South African politician Jacob Zuma Thursday after his lawyer filed an application to have the case declared unlawful. Zuma's lawyers blasted the prosecution's...
The Arizona Court of Appeals struck down a 2006 state program providing government funds for private and religious schools, ruling Thursday that it violated a ban in the state constitution on granting state benefits to private...
Former US Army Pfc. Steven D. Green may raise an insanity defense at his scheduled 2009 civilian trial for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court order denying an injunction against a US Forest Service plan to allow commercial logging in the Plumas National Forest ...
Cain v. Horne, Arizona Court of Appeals, May 16, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper...
A jury in the US District Court for the District of Columbia Thursday convicted an Afghan national originally held as an enemy combatant on charges of drug distribution and narco-terrorism. Khan Mohammed was charged...
US Marine Sgt. Jermaine Nelson will face a court martial later this year for murder, according to an order given by Marine Lt. Gen. Samuel T. Hellman . The murder charge, announced Wednesday, stems from an incident during...
Convicted Kosovo Albanian war criminal Haradin Bala has been transferred to a prison in France to serve out the rest of his 13-year sentence , the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil complaint in the US District Court for the Central District of California Wednesday against California-based microchip maker...
