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Reputed al-Qaida supporter taken from NY courtroom
NEW YORK AP - A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist and reputed al-Qaida supporter punctuated the first day of her attempted murder trial Tuesday by shouting that the prosecution's first witness was lying, prompting her to be pulled from the courtroom.Aafia Siddiqui is charged with trying to kill U.S. military officers and FBI agents in an Afghanistan police station after grabbing a U.Wachovia Bank Agrees to Pay $160 Million in Deferred Prosecution Agreement
Wachovia Bank has agreed to pay $160 million to the federal government to resolve a charge that the bank willfully failed to effectively monitor for potential money-laundering activity in hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions with Mexican currency exchange houses, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Prosecutors said more than 20,000 kilograms of cocaine were seized from aircraft bought by drug-trafficking organizations with money wired through Wachovia bank accounts.Court: Employer Can Force Women to Wear Makeup
In an opinion likely to raise the ire of civil rights and feminist groups, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Tuesday that a woman who was fired from her job as a casino bartender for refusing to wear makeup cannot sue for sex discrimination.Dewey & LeBoeuf Mulls Options in Wake of Job-Cuts Notice
With its employees now on notice that they could be terminated, the firm is still exploring a variety of options for alliances with other law firms, a consultant hired by the firm said yesterday. Operating on its own is a tougher possibility, he added.View more book results for the query "White Case"
The Judiciary Committee's Star Turn
Next week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, now upgraded for the chief justice seat, promise to be as theatrical as Congress gets. But the telegenic John Roberts Jr. will, in some respects, be a supporting actor, sharing the stage with 18 senators who view the hearings as their own star vehicle.Amicable Departure From Firm Turns Sour for Top Divorce Lawyer
United States v. Contents of Two Shipping Containers
In this civil forfeiture action dealing with property seized from the claimant during a criminal investigation and his arrest for narcotics and currency violations, the government's motion for summary judgment and forfeiture of the contents of two shipping containers is granted where the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars him from relitigating the source of the funds used to purchase the property and, given the illegal source of the property, the statute of limitations for the action is equitably tolled.Arbitration and firms: a very delicate dance
A recent wave of lawsuits against law firms brought by their attorneys has some firms looking to mandatory arbitration as a way to gain control over such disputes. But even as the use of mandatory arbitration has grown among employers in general that want to better manage employment feuds, many law firms apparently have yet to embrace the strategy commonly used by their own clients.Trending Stories
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