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  • Court: New health law doesn't infringe on religious freedom

    Court: New health law doesn't infringe on religious freedom

    Ethics 07/13/2015

    The federal health care law doesn't infringe on the religious freedom of faith-based nonprofit organizations that object to covering birth control in employee health plans, a federal appeals court in Denver ruled Tuesday. The case involves a group of...

  • Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage

    Ousted Egypt leader's lawyers protest court cage

    Ethics 02/18/2014

    Lawyers for Egypt's ousted president and his co-defendants walked out of court on Sunday to protest the soundproof glass cage in which defendants are held during proceedings, state TV reported. It said judge Shaaban el-Shamy ordered a recess after th...

  • IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe

    IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe

    Ethics 05/21/2013

    International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister. The court he...

  • Japan whistleblower sidelined despite court ruling

    Japan whistleblower sidelined despite court ruling

    Ethics 07/11/2012

    An employee at Japanese medical equipment maker Olympus said Wednesdaythat his humiliating treatment has not changed despite a Supreme Courtruling that his demotion for whistleblowing was illegal.Masaharu Hamada said he is still isolated in the offic...

  • Guilty plea in NY 'mini-al Qaida' cell case

    Guilty plea in NY 'mini-al Qaida' cell case

    Ethics 06/19/2012

    A New Yorker accused of trying to start what prosecutors called "a mini al-Qaida cell" pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of conspiracy and providing material support to a terrorist organization. An indictment had alleged that Wesam El-Hanafi p...

  • Ex-Va attorney convicted in law firm embezzlement

    Ex-Va attorney convicted in law firm embezzlement

    Ethics 09/08/2011

    A former attorney has been convicted of embezzling at least $450,000 from the law firm where she worked. Henrico County Circuit Judge L.A. Harris Jr. on Friday found Kyle C. Leftwich guilty of eight counts of embezzlement in a scheme to divert funds ...

  • NY lawyers: Affair with boss led to inside trades

    NY lawyers: Affair with boss led to inside trades

    Ethics 06/13/2011

    Lawyers for a woman blamed by an insider trading co-defendant for using pillow talk to get inside secrets faulted her boss on Monday, saying he bullied her during a 20-year affair to make her get illegal secrets for him. The lawyers, seeking leniency...

  • SD Supreme Court disciplines circuit judge

    SD Supreme Court disciplines circuit judge

    Ethics 05/18/2011

    The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that Circuit Judge A.P. "Pete" Fuller of Rapid City must retire or undergo a six-month suspension followed by strict probation for misconduct that involved mistreating lawyers, court personnel and others. The ...

  • California teachers call for week of budget protests

    California teachers call for week of budget protests

    Ethics 05/08/2011

    Facing the threat of mass layoffs, larger class sizes and the elimination of myriad programs, thousands of California teachers are expected to take part in a weeklong series of rallies and sit-ins at the Capitol and throughout the state to protest po...

  • Conn. high court to hear immigrant benefits case

    Conn. high court to hear immigrant benefits case

    Ethics 11/28/2010

    The Connecticut Supreme Court will be hearing arguments in a case where state lawmakers voted to end medical benefits for some impoverished legal immigrants. The justices are set to hear the case Tuesday. A Hartford Superior Court judge ruled in Dece...

  • Investors Take Madoff to Bankruptcy Court

    Investors Take Madoff to Bankruptcy Court

    Ethics 04/18/2009

    A small group of investors took Bernard Madoff to bankruptcy court onMonday, saying the disgraced financier bilked them out of nearly $64million. A Manhattan judge cleared the way for the newly filed Chapter 7petition last week by granting a request ...

  • NM Claims Retirement Center Abused Patients

    NM Claims Retirement Center Abused Patients

    Ethics 03/19/2009

    The State of New Mexico claims Dr. Ali Ghaffari and his pharmacist wife owned and operated the substandard and abusive Buena Vista Retirement Center in Clovis, and bilked the state through Medicaid fraud. The state also sued Dr. Ali Ghaffari Sr., and...