The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. , the court heard arguments on whether whether s. 502(g)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) provides a district court discretion to award reasonable attorney's fees only to a prevailing party, and whether a [...]
Nigerian Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday charged Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Vincent Ogbulafor with a series of corruption and fraud allegations the day before an executive meeting to consider the 2011 PDP candidate. The formalization of charges creates a criminal case against the person with heavy influence over the next presidency. BBC [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed certification of the largest class action lawsuit in US history against Wal-Mart for allegedly discriminating against female employees. The 6-5 en banc ruling upholds a previous decision by the Ninth Circuit that the lawsuit could go to trial despite the large size of [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. , the court heard arguments on whether whether § 502(g)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) provides a district court discretion to award reasonable attorney's fees only to a prevailing party, and whether a [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed certification of the largest class action lawsuit in US history against Wal-Mart for allegedly discriminating against female employees. The 6-5 en banc ruling upholds a previous decision by the Ninth Circuit that the lawsuit could go to trial despite the large size of [...]
Chinese authorities have arrested a prominent Tibetan writer after he signed a letter critical of the Chinese government's relief efforts following the recent earthquake in the western Qinghai province, a family friend said Monday. Tra Gyal, who writes under the pseudonym Zhogs Dung, was reportedly arrested while working at the Nationalities Publishing House in the [...]
Lawyers for victims of the July 7, 2005 London transit bombings argued on Monday in the Royal Courts of Justice that UK authorities possessed information that could have helped them prevent the attacks. The theory for the case is built on intelligence that British security service MI5 and the London police had uncovered about the [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected the prosecutor's petition to appeal the court's February decision declining to confirm the charges against Darfur rebel chief Bahr Idriss Abu Garda . In a decision released Friday, the chamber recalled its earlier determination that the evidence presented by the prosecution was not of the appropriate severity to [...]
Chinese authorities have arrested a prominent Tibetan writer after he signed a letter critical of the Chinese government's relief efforts following the recent earthquake in the western Qinghai province, a family friend said Monday. Tra Gyal, who writes under the pseudonym Zhogs Dung, was reportedly arrested while working at the Nationalities Publishing House in the [...]
Lawyers for victims of the July 7, 2005 London transit bombings argued on Monday in the Royal Courts of Justice that UK authorities possessed information that could have helped them prevent the attacks. The theory for the case is built on intelligence that British security service MI5 and the London police had uncovered about the [...]
