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| Judge Dismisses Last of Filegate Suits Against Clinton White House | A federal district judge ruled today that there was no intentional misconduct on the Clinton administration's part in its acqusition of hundreds of FBI background files on former White House staffers and dismissed the last two "Filegate" cases. Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said the plaintiffs failed to prove that the files obtained were a part of a White House conspiracy, the Blog of Legal Times reported. The case was spearheaded by Larry Klayman and his conservative Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group Judicial Watch back in 1996. Politico notes that Klayman was… |
| Murder Defendant Wants Trial Delayed to Get Post-Census Jury Pool | A Georgia man accused of killing two people in a 2001 home invasion says his constitutional rights would be violated if he is tried by a jury drawn from 2000 Census figures. Floyd Wayne Williams Jr., who is black, is to be tried in South Atlanta's Clayton County, the Associated Press reports. The county has seen a surge of black residents since the 2000 Census: In 2000, the black population was 50.6 percent, and it had jumped to 64.5 percent by 2007. In Clayton County, jury pools are drawn from voter registration lists, driver's license data and utility records and… |
Google legal news
| | Legal fallout continues from Coyotes bankruptcy - The Associated Press | |
| Florida $650 Million Land Bond Faces Financial, Legal Challenge - BusinessWeek | |
Jurist
| | UN rights experts urge civilian trials for 9/11 suspects | [JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin [official website] on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to hold civilian trials for accused 9/11 conspirators, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [JURIST news archives]. Scheinin called [Reuters report] the |
| China, India agree to non-binding climate accord | [JURIST] China and India agreed Tuesday to endorse the non-binding Copenhagen Accord [text, PDF], which calls for self-imposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions [JURIST news archive]. Some 100 countries have already agreed [NYT report] to be associated with the non-binding accord, which arose |
Google law
| | Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from election - Seattle Times | |
| Frontier Disappointed with Illinois Administrative Law Judge Draft Order - MarketWatch (press release) | |
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