A High Court judge has sentenced a former student activist to three months in jail after finding him guilty of ignoring a court injunction that was issued to help the police clear the streets in Mong ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
Opposition leaders branded Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro a "dictator" on Thursday after the Supreme Court took over the functions of Congress and pushed a lengthy political standoff t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
A South Korean court has approved a warrant to arrest ousted president Park Geun-hye, the country's first democratically elected leader to be thrown out of office, on accusations of bribery and abuse ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
... ankruptcy Court of New York on Wednesday, it said. The move came after Westinghouse incurred billions in cost overruns related to four nuclear reactors it is building in the southeastern US, the Wall ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
... n federal court with obstruction of justice and making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Claiborne appeared before a magistrate judge with her lawyer, David Bos, but both declin ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
... you leave court with your client's appreciation warming your ears because he knows that everything that could have been done on his behalf had been done and done with professional skill and determinat ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-29
... istrates' court on Thursday. It is expected their cases will be transferred to the District Court, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The source told RTHK that the nine people were among 48 who w ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-29
... appear in court on Thursday. The timing of the action on the pro-democracy activists is curious to say the least, given that it came as CE-elect Lam was talking about the need for reconciliation in so ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-28
A Singapore court on Monday handed jail sentences to a local couple who pleaded guilty to starving their domestic worker from the Philippines. Finance trader Lim Choon Hong was jailed for three weeks ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-28
... istrates' court. Chu's arrest came one day after former chief secretary Carrie Lam won the chief executive election on Sunday and coincided with similar moves on several leaders of the 2014 Occupy mov ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-28
... People's Court. The judge ruled that Yu had not been in a life-threatening situation despite being held down and dismissed his plea of self-defense. On Feb. 17, Yu was sentenced to life in prison. Th ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
... itutional court upheld this month a parliamentary impeachment. Park has been accused of colluding with a friend, Choi Soon-sil, to pressure big businesses to donate to two foundations set up to back t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
... rnational Court of Justice to rule on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. In July 1996, the ICJ issued an advisory opinion, with two key conclusions. First, “the threat or use of nuc ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
A Chinese court has overturned a ruling against Apple over iPhone patents, marking an important victory for the US-based tech giant in one of its key markets. The Beijing IP Court ruled on Friday that ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) has filed a case before the High Court to contest a government decision barring online news media reporters from gaining access to the chief executive elec ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
... S Supreme Court ruled the company was an illegal monopoly. Standard Oil was split into several dozen smaller companies, including ExxonMobil. At about the same time, Rockefeller decided to hand over t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
... he US Tax Court rejected a variety of IRS arguments, and found that on several occasions the agency abused its discretion, or acted arbitrarily or capriciously, Reuters reports. Amazon's ultimate tax ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a 23-year-old activist to two years in jail after finding him guilty of conspiracy to commit arson in relation to a 2015 incident outside the Legislative Council buildi ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. has pleaded guilty in US federal court for conspiring to violate US sanctions against Iran by illegally shipping US goods and technology to the country. The g ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
... ired High Court judge Woo Kwok-hing. The broad popular appeal of Tsang, who bears the nickname "Mr. Pringles" thanks to his resemblance to the potato chips mascot, is largely the result of deft image ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-22
