... an out-of-court settlement with tycoon Bernard Tapie. But they said her failure to contest the award to him of about 400 million euros (US$417 million) was negligent and led to a misuse of public fund ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
... day. The courtroom in the High Court in Admiralty was packed with journalists, the elderly wanting to escape the heat and humidity, his friends and family. Against the advice of his counsel, Harold h ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... d highest court this week, its general counsel Bruce Sewell and chief financial officer Luca Maestri told Reuters in an interview at the company's global headquarters in Cupertino, California. The iPh ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... e Eastern Court on Thursday, Fung, 22, pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal intimidation and disorderly conduct in a public place, but admitted that he requested access into the building as a mem ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
A 67-year-old man pleaded guilty to operating an unregistered hire vehicle, known in the industry as "pak pai", and illegally ferrying a foreign woman from the airport to the city. At a court hearing, ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
... to go to court to get out of the deal if it is not repriced, citing a material adverse effect, said the people familiar with the matter. No court in Delaware, where Yahoo is incorporated, has ever fo ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
A 45-year-old man pleaded not guilty in a Hong Kong court Wednesday after he was charged with indecent assault on his foreign domestic helper. The defendant, who bears the surname Wong and is a driver ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
... istrates' court heard Wednesday that Or was caught taking an indecent video at MTR's Sham Shui Po Station on May 12 this year. A girl, aged 22, was filmed up her skirt as she was riding an escalator. ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
A court in eastern China on Wednesday sentenced a former Communist Party chief of Nanjing city to twelve-and-a-half years in jail after finding him guilty of corruption. The Ningbo Intermediate People ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
... e English Court of Appeal judges who ruled that Parliament must vote on whether or not to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of the Lisbon. The Telegraph, Daily Mail and Daily Express truly exposed thems ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-14
A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 22 years in jail by a Hong Kong court on Monday for attempting to send a large amount of methamphetamine through a courier delivery service. A judge pronounced the ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
... r Supreme Court approval before he decides to push the button. Nor does he need to consult anyone, not even his cabinet, before he makes that final decision. Before the Nov. 8 presidential election, a ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
... t Supreme Court judges to overturn the landmark court decision known as Roe v. Wade. His words have raised a great deal of concern among women's rights groups, which fear that American women's right t ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
... itutional Court must decide whether to uphold the motion, a process that could take up to 180 days. Park's duties were immediately assumed by Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on an interim basis. Park, 64 ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
NBA great Michael Jordan has claimed a legal victory in China. The high court ruled that a Chinese sportswear company can’t sell merchandise using his name in Chinese characters, the Wall Street Journ ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
... Hong Kong courts surely could have dealt with the issue themselves – under the “one country, two systems” framework, Hong Kong is assured an independent court system, in addition to the right to elect ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
... istrates’ court on Wednesday. He has been suspended from the service. His lawyer asked the court for leniency, saying the defendant was not accustomed to his new post at the time and was looking for ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
... s about a court ruling that spared student leaders Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow immediate jail terms despite the Occupy disruptions. The youth activists were let off lightly, feels Peaker, wh ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
... means the court is going to rule on their legitimacy sooner or later, with or without the government's legal initiative. Besides, the government also owes the public an explanation as to how it is goi ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
... itutional court takes as many as 180 days to review the move. If the court agrees, a presidential election would be held in 60 days, with the prime minister serving as interim leader. The impeachment ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
