Tag: Courts

A new ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court has cast serious doubt over the outcome of last November’s state ...

USA – Attorneys for Luigi Mangione Argue Death Penalty Push Is Politically Motivated

Attorneys representing Luigi Mangione are urging a federal court to prevent the U.S. government from pursuing the death penalty in ...

USA – Wyoming Abortion Access Grows Murkier as State Supreme Court Reviews Bans

Access to abortion in Wyoming, while technically legal, has become increasingly challenging due to a wave of new state laws ...

USA – Harvard Professors Sue Trump Administration to Block $9 Billion Federal Funding Review

A group of Harvard University professors has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s recent efforts to impose new policy ...

Canada – Foreign Worker in B.C. Awarded Over $115,000 After Paying $25,000 for Job Opportunity

A foreign worker from India has been awarded more than $115,000 by the British Columbia Employment Standards Tribunal following a ...

UK – Former Russian Minister Jailed in UK for Violating Sanctions

In a landmark ruling, a British court has sentenced a former Russian government official to 40 months in prison for ...

India – Supreme Court Rejects Adoption Claim, Upholds Daughters’ Right to Inherit Property

In a significant ruling reinforcing the rights of daughters to ancestral property, the Supreme Court has upheld a previous judgment ...

India – Tahawwur Rana Arrested Upon Arrival in India, Sent to 18-Day NIA Custody in 26/11 Terror Case

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pakistani-Canadian national accused of being a key planner in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left ...

China – Nine Sentenced in China for Orchestrating Telecom Scam That Defrauded Tens of Thousands in India

A Chinese court has handed down prison sentences to nine individuals involved in a sophisticated telecom fraud operation that defrauded ...

China – Ex-Employee of Chinese Military Research Institute Sentenced to Life for Espionage

China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has publicly revealed the sentencing of a former employee of a military research institute ...

AUS – Perth Man Sentenced to Life for Fatal Stabbing During Failed Drug Deal

A Perth man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the fatal stabbing of a teenager during a staged drug ...

AUS – Victorian Company Fined $3 Million in Landmark Workplace Manslaughter Case

A Victorian company has been hit with a $3 million fine after a court ruled it was responsible for the ...

AUS – Hervey Bay Landlord Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Tenant’s Death

A Queensland jury has found 60-year-old landlord Brett Gordon Williams guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of his ...

NZ – Ex-Auckland Funeral Worker Jailed for Deception and Mishandling of Human Remains

A former funeral worker in Auckland has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison for a series ...

NZ – Jimmy Heremaia Sentenced to Life for the Murder of Ariki Rigby

Jimmy Heremaia has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 murder of 18-year-old Ariki Rigby, with a minimum ...

Costa Rica – President Chaves Faces Corruption Charges Amid Intensifying Clash with Costa Rica’s Judiciary

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves is at the center of a mounting legal and political crisis following a formal corruption ...

Argentine – Argentine Congress Launches Investigation into $Libra Cryptocurrency Scandal Tied to President Milei

Argentina's lower house of Congress has voted to form an investigative commission to examine the controversial $Libra cryptocurrency project, which ...

Peru – Peru’s Congress Dismisses Rolex Scandal Case Against President Dina Boluarte

A year after a high-profile scandal known as "Rolexgate" shook Peruvian politics, the country's Congress has decided to shelve the ...

Mexico – Sheinbaum Fires Top Officials Over Corruption Scandal in State-Owned Pharma Company Birmex