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Court

A court is a body, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes and dispense civil, criminal, or administrative justice in accordance with rules of law.In common law and civil law jurisdiction, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all persons have an ability to bring their claims before a court. Similarly, those accused of a crime have the right to present their defense before a court.

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JPMorgan sued over employee retirement plan losses

By Reuters UK

JPMorgan Chase & Co <JPM.N> has been hit with a lawsuit brought on behalf of employees whose retirement holdings fell in value after the largest U.S. bank revealed a surprise $2 billion trading loss earlier this month. (10:00 am)

MORE TOPICS: JPMORGAN CHASE, NEW YORK, LAWSUIT, INVESTMENT

Drugs
London Olympics: Is Drug Use Cheating? Professor Sam Shuster Claims Ban is 'Unjustifiable'

By IBTimes UK

Professor Sam Shuster of the University of Newcastle claims in BMJ there is "no acceptable proof" that drugs improve performance. (9:30 am)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, LONDON

Nupur Talwar
Aarushi-Hemraj Murder Case: Court Likely To Frame Charges Against Talwars

By IBTimes IN

The Ghaziabhad Court Wednesday is likely to frame charges against the Talwars in the double murder case of Arushi and Hemraj (7:17 am)

MORE TOPICS: LAWYER

Aaron English, 23, Justin McDonald, 22, and Demi Dearie, 19, have been accused of engaging in an assault on Manzoor Ahmed, 67, who later died in hospital of a heart attack.
Schoolgirl Disfigured in Camp Fire Files Lawsuit vs Government

By IBTimes AU

A former Mac Robertson Girls' High School female student in Melbourne whose face was disfigured in a camp fire filed a lawsuit against the federal government of Australia, the school and the Victorian government. (6:40 am)

MORE TOPICS: AUSTRALIA, SUPREME COURT, LAWSUIT

SEC dealt blow in financial-crisis case

By Reuters

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was dealt a setback in its cases tied to the financial collapse when a federal judge dismissed large parts of its case against former executives at failed mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp. (5:42 am)

MORE TOPICS: FREDDIE MAC, FANNIE MAE, SEC, CALIFORNIA, LAWYER, LAWSUIT

A screen grab of Australian miner Lynas Corp's website, after it was hacked and replaced with a fluttering Malaysian flag in the background and the words "Stop Lynas, Save Malaysia! Do not hurt my country!" February 26, 2012. Thousands rall
Make or Break? Fate of TOL on Lynas Malaysian Rare Earths Plant Out in 2 Weeks

By IBTimes AU

The fate of whether to release or not the highly controversial temporary operating license (TOL) that Lynas Corp. needs to fire up its beleaguered rare earths processing plant in Malaysia has been committed to be known in the next two weeks. (5:40 am)

MORE TOPICS: RARE EARTH

Gupta jury hears competing views of Rajaratnam ties

By Reuters

Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was once on hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam's "important people" list but excluded from a fantasy football celebration helicopter trip to Atlantic City with other corporate high-flyers. (1:14 am)

MORE TOPICS: GOLDMAN SACHS, LLOYD BLANKFEIN, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, MANAGEMENT, LAWYER

Yahoo under Levinsohn seen shifting to content, advertising

By Reuters

With two of its most distracting conflicts resolved in the past week and a half, Yahoo Inc hopes its new interim chief executive can focus on the biggest challenge of all: turning the company into a digital entertainment destination that wins back the advertising dollars flowing elsewhere. (1:00 am)

MORE TOPICS: NETFLIX, RUPERT MURDOCH, FACEBOOK, ADVERTISING, NEW YORK, VIACOM

Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi
Tunisia Irks Human Rights Advocates By Extraditing Ex-Libyan Prime Minister

By IBTimes

Tunisia announced Tuesday that it intends to extradite former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi back to his home country after detaining him for eight months. (11:43 pm)

MORE TOPICS: HUMAN RIGHTS, LIBYA, ALGERIA, TUNISIA, MALI, LAWYER

Vice president of SAP Thomas Langenbach would visit Target stores and post his own barcodes over those already on Lego boxes. He would then purchase the Lego boxes at an extreme discount, and then sell the Legos on eBay for thousands of dollars. His scam
Thomas Langenbach: SAP Executive Arrested In False Barcode Scheme, Resold Stolen Lego Boxes on eBay

By IBTimes

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary when Thomas Langenbach, the vice president of SAP -- a top maker of business management software solutions based in Palo Alto, Calif. -- was found scanning boxes upon boxes of Lego toys before purchasing them. (11:26 pm)

MORE TOPICS: GERMANY, MANAGEMENT