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WEBA Ukrainian company is suing the Russian Federation in a California court under the Uniform Foreign-County Money Judgments Recognition Act for over $275 million it is owed following a Ukrainian court ruling in its favor for the "unlawful expropriation" of their industrial chemical production complex by Russia in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Dallas Cowboys owner settles contract suit with woman who says …
WEBJul 23, 2024 · Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones arrives at the federal courthouse in Texarkana, Texas, Monday, July 22, 2024. (Jason Janik/The Dallas Morning News via AP) TEXARKANA, Texas (CN) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones abruptly settled his $1.6 million breach of contract federal lawsuit Tuesday against ...
Voter fraud trial against former Milwaukee elections official begins
WEBMar 18, 2024 · MILWAUKEE (CN) — The trial of a former high-ranking Milwaukee elections official facing voter fraud and misconduct charges got underway Monday, kicking off an exceedingly rare prosecution of someone said to have defrauded an election. Kimberly Zapata, 47, is suspected of using fake voter information to fraudulently request three …
Former Los Angeles County deputies charged in $37 million …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · LOS ANGELES (CN) — Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced charges Monday against ex-law enforcement and military officers accused of using threats and violence in an effort to extort an Irvine man for nearly $37 million. The four men charged are accused of entering the unnamed victim’s Irvine residence in 2019 and detaining the …
California defends one-gun-a-month law at Ninth Circuit
WEBSAN DIEGO (CN) — The state of California told a Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday that a ban on buying more than one gun in a 30-day period doesn’t violate people’s Second Amendment rights, it just controls the pace they can acquire them to try to prevent criminals from buying guns in bulk. “Do arms traffickers buy two at a time?
Colorado elections clerk guilty on most charges over voting …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · The Mesa County Justice Center was built in 2000, without a raise in taxes or debt (Amanda Pampuro / Courthouse News). GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CN) — After just four hours of deliberation, a Colorado jury on Monday unanimously found former Mesa County clerk-recorder Tina Peters guilty of four ...
Donald Trump loses civil rape trial, ordered to pay $5 million
WEBMay 9, 2023 · Donald Trump loses civil rape trial, ordered to pay $5 million. Jurors took less than three hours to hand down their verdict after a fast-paced trial where the former president offered no defense case. Roberta Kaplan escorts her client, E. Jean Carroll, out of federal court on May 9, 2023, following a verdict awarding Carroll $5 million in her ...
Montana Supreme Court finds parental consent law unconstitutional
WEBAug 14, 2024 · A woman holds a sign during an abortion rights rally in The People's Park in Annapolis, Md., on June 24, 2022. (Brian Krista/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File) (CN) — The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday found Montana’s law requiring parental consent for a minor's abortion violates the right to privacy when making medical decisions.
Details of voting equipment breach emerge in Dominion security …
WEBJan 12, 2024 · ATLANTA (CN) — During the fourth day of trial Friday in the lawsuit over the security of Dominion voting machine systems in Georgia, details surrounding a hack coordinated by co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Peach State's election subversion case took center stage. The copying of confidential election data …
Milwaukee judge sentenced to 9 years in prison on child …
WEBDec 22, 2021 · MADISON, Wis. (CN) — A former Milwaukee County Children’s Court judge on Wednesday was sentenced to nine years in prison for distributing child pornography, a punishment falling in between recommendations from federal prosecutors and the judge’s defense attorney.
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