The judgment against Debra Jenkins was the result of an unsuccessful federal lawsuit she brought against the city in connection with the death of her only child, who was unarmed when he was shot seven times by Jon Bartlett, one of five police officers who were later convicted in the notorious beating of Frank Jude [...]
Part one of Proposal 1 states that Michigan citizens will acknowledge marijuana as a prescription drug. Although not every voter agrees that marijuana can be used as an effective medicine, a majority of us do according to recent polls taken by the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press. Both polls showed over 60 percent [...]
BANKING GIANT Citigroup has taken action in the New York courts to salvage its cut-price deal to rescue Wachovia, the troubled lender which spurned Citi for an offer seven times higher from Wells Fargo, writes Arthur Beesley , Senior Business Correspondent, on Wall Street.
Citi said late on Saturday that it had secured a temporary order [...]
Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister, Mr Antoine Gizenga finally announced his resignation from his post last Thursday.
The event which was reported live on state television was unexpected although most of the national media outlets had been publishing big titles about the imminent resignation of the Prime Minister, any time.
But such big titles could be [...]
Attorneys for the state who examined a deal to end a county lawsuit over a San Diego redevelopment area said Monday that it appears the settlement is legal.
Earlier this month, State Sen. Christine Kehoe asked the Attorney General’s Office to investigate the June agreement regarding the Grantville redevelopment zone.
In turn, downtown redevelopment money would be [...]
Documents filed in the Federal Court in Victoria show childcare giant ABC is defending claims it broke an undertaking to off-load childcare centres in Western Australia.
The undertaking was made with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which took legal action in June this year. The dispute involved two WA centres that remained unsold following the [...]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill designed to expand the availability and effectiveness of construction insurance and limit an industry practice to force subcontractors to pay the full cost for legal defense in construction defect lawsuits.
Assembly Bill 2738 was authored by Dave Jones, a Sacramento Democrat, in response to subcontractor complaints about burdensome contracts [...]
TWO students from the University of Auckland Law School will represent New Zealand in an international ‘moot’ contest next year – a moot is a simulated court trial. That qualifies them for the prestigious Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC in March. It’ll be the second year in a row [...]
Storm chief executive Brian Waldron declined to discuss the matter yesterday but it is understood the club feels Bellamy’s comments on Saturday morning, in which he said he did not intend to question the integrity of the judiciary or match reviewers, repaired the damage.
Given the club’s stance, Bellamy and Waldron appear unlikely to apologise for [...]
There were a lot of uneasy residents Saturday night as an emergency meeting was held in Guadalupe. The town council got together to talk about taking legal action against Sheriff Arpaio and Maricopa County. This all stems from those controversial crime sweeps The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office conducted in Guadalupe and around the Valley this [...]
