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Jennifer Hudson set to become judge for American Idol season 13
Legal Industry News.NetWith Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson out, 'Idol' honchos have reached out to former contestant Jennifer Hudson to fill up a judge spot for season 13. Multiple sources have confirmed that the Oscar winner's deal with her former stomping ground to E! News. According to E!, the two remaining spots are also intended for 'Idol' alumni, Kelly Clarkson and either Adam Lambert or Clay ...
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UN human rights office urges trial to be decided on merits after Guatemalan court overturns Roos Montt conviction
Legal Industry News.Net24 May 2013 150 The United Nations human rights office today said it was "concerned" about the legal rights of Guatemalans after a high court overturned the 80 year prison sentence against former military leader, Efrain R237;os Montt. "Amid continued legal uncertainty about what the ruling of the Constitutional Court annulling the verdict on the R237;os Montt case means in practice, we are ...
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Srinivasans rise testifies Indian communitys contributions to US
Legal Industry News.NetIndian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has hailed Indian-American Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan's Senate confirmation as a top US judge as yet another proof of the Indian community's "sterling contributions to the US society and India-US relations". Srinivasan's confirmation as a judge on the powerful appeals court for the American capital, "considered among the most important positions in the US judiciary, ...
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1984 anti-Sikh riots Delhi High Court reserves judgement on Sajjan KumarUpdateSajjan Kumar
Legal Industry News.NetThe Delhi High Court on Friday reserved judgment on Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with an anti-Sikh riots case in Sultanpuri. The court heard the arguments of both sides. Riot victims' lawyer HS Phoolka argued that criminal conspiracy be also added to the existing charges. Earlier this month, Kumar was acquitted of all charges in another case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. ...
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HSBC could face criminal prosecution as deal on money laundering charges stalls
Legal Industry News.NetHSBC's controversial 1.9 billion-dollar settlement deal with American authorities over money laundering charges, has been stalled after a row between the Department of Justice and the judge overseeing the case. The deal - known as a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) - would have exempted HSBC from prosecution and triggered a storm of criticism, reports the Guardian. Judge John Gleeson is now ...
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Rajiv Shukla Jaitley meet Sibal call for quick anti-fixing law
Legal Industry News.NetIndian Premier League Governing Council Chairman Rajiv Shukla and BCCI vice-President Arun Jaitley met Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday, and demanded the enactment of a strong anti-fixing legislation at the earliest. " Today, Arun Jailtely and me met Kapil Sibal and asked him to come up with strongest possible law to curb fixing," Shukla told reporters after the meeting. "We want ...
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Judge Arizona sheriff’s office targets Latinos
The Seattle TimesSheriff Joe Arpaio relied on racial profiling and illegal detentions to target Latinos, using their ethnicity as the main basis for suspecting that they were in the country illegally, a federal judge ...
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Judge finds Sheriff Arpaio’s agency engaged in racial profiling www.privateofficer.com
Private Officer NewsThe Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has engaged in racial profiling and must not use Hispanic ancestry as a factor when making law-enforcement decisions, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow issued the ruling Friday, more than eight months after a seven-day trial on the subject concluded. The trial examined longstanding allegations that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's ...
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Judge steps aside in Tupta killing
Tribune ReviewCrawford, 56, of North Union, is accused of fatally stabbing Lisa Faye Tupta, 49, in her North Union home on Jan. 28. He is charged with homicide, aggravated assault and burglary.
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Judge dismisses cops’ lawsuit against ‘Express’
Trinidad ExpressA LIBEL lawsuit, which was filed against the Express by nine police officers following the publication of three articles and an editorial in 2008 and 2009, was yesterday dismissed by a High Court ...
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Did military judge’s comments taint trials Hearing planned
The Seattle TimesWASHINGTON - A former Marine Corps judge who reportedly called those accused of sexual assault "scumbags" who deserve to be "crushed" is at the center of a widening inquiry into the impartiality of his court-martial rulings. Convictions or sentences in at least 10 trials face challenge because of the comments attributed to Marine Lt. Col. Robert Palmer. As lawmakers urge more ...
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Rare confirmation of Obama pick prompts Supreme Court talk
MSNBCRachel Maddow reports on the overwhelming approval by the Senate of Sri Srinivasan to the Washington, D.C. District Court judgeship, a potential sign that a nomination of Srinivasan for Supreme Court Justice would also pass the ...
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Court upholds most ‘kids for cash’ judge’s convictions
Tribune ReviewHARRISBURG -- All but one of the convictions of a former county judge in the "kids for cash" juvenile justice scandal in northeastern Pennsylvania were upheld Friday by a federal appeals ...
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Federal Judge Finds Violations of Rights by Sheriff Joe Arpaio
New York TimesJoe Arpaio and his deputies had violated the constitutional rights of Latinos by targeting them during raids and traffic stops here and throughout Maricopa County.
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N.Y. attorney general targets banks over mortgage payments
Denver PostBank of America, Wells Fargo and other large banks are dragging their feet in processing homeowners' requests for lower monthly payments under the $25 billion national mortgage settlement, said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a letter obtained Friday by The Washington Post. Earlier this month, Schneiderman threatened to sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America for violating the ...
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