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It is necessary to deter others ... It is necessary to prevent you from resuming terrorist activities.
Plaintiffs simply cannot get around the fact that Parmalat, by means of the transactions complained of, raised and spent millions of euros for corporate purposes ... The actions of its agents in so doing were in furtherance of the company's interests even if some of the agents intended at the time they assisted in raising the money to steal some of it.
It’s extremely troublesome to contemplate the possibility of a case of this nature being delayed by sequestrationMore quotes »
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Bin Laden son-in-law wants to hire lawyer facing indictment
court in Manhattan by an activist lawyer who is himself under criminal indictment.Sulaiman Abu Ghaith told U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan that he wanted Stanley Cohen, best known for resisting the extradition of Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk to Israel to Read more »
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Judge Grudgingly Lets Donziger’s Lawyers Out Of Chevron Case
A skeptical federal judge in New York allowed lawyers to withdraw from defending Steven Donziger in a civil racketeering suit Chevron Chevron brought against him. But in so doing, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a point-by-point refutation of the from Forbes Blogs Read more »
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NY judge warns Osama's son-in-law that chosen lawyer could end up in prison
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan told Sulaiman Abu Ghaith that he could cause himself problems by hiring Stanley Cohen to defend him against the charges imposed on him as al-Qaida's chief spokesman. According to Fox News, Cohen was indicted last year from New Kerala Read more »
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NY judge to bin Laden kin: Lawyer might be trouble
A judge warned Osama bin Laden's son-in-law Wednesday that a lawyer he hired to represent him on charges he conspired to kill Americans could end up in prison himself. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan told Sulaiman Abu Ghaith that he could cause himse from The Seattle Times Read more »
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Argument to Overturn Detainee’s Conviction Cites Years in Custody Without a Trial
A lawyer for the only terrorist detainee to be held at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and then tried in the civilian court system asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to overturn his conviction, on the grounds that his long detention from The New York Times Read more »
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Judge rules AIG, not N.Y. Fed, owns fraud claims vs Countrywide
If there was any federal judge in America who would not hesitate to wipe out billions of dollars in claims against Countrywide in a single ruling, that would be U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer of Los Angeles. Pfaelzer, who is presiding over consolid from Thomson Reuters News & Insight Read more »
