SYDNEY—Australia’s highest court overturned on Wednesday a ruling that had found Google engaged in defamation by supplying a link to a contested newspaper article, throwing the spotlight again on how online libel cases are handled in the country. The seven-judge panel of the High Court of Australia voted 5-2 to throw out an earlier finding…
Apple’s $30 Million Settlement Over Employee Bag Checks Gets Court Approval
A federal judge in California has signed off on Apple Inc.’s $30.5 million settlement in a nearly decade-old lawsuit claiming the company shortchanged 15,000 retail workers by not paying them for time spent in security checks after their shifts. U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco approved the settlement in the 2013 class action…
Juror Ignores Judge’s Rules and Posts on Facebook During Major Trial
August 3, 2022
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When empaneled jurors make social media posts during a trial, they risk opening Pandora’s box—a recurrent issue in courtrooms throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. The current case of a woman called “Juror X” in a Cincinnati federal court illustrates how jurors invite scrutiny and possibly jeopardize a verdict when they choose…
First Televised Sentencing at English Court Makes Legal History
Television cameras have been allowed in an English court for the first time following a change in the law that will allow broadcasters to film judges’ sentencing of serious crimes. Judge Sarah Munro QC made legal history on Thursday as she sentenced 25-year-old Ben Oliver to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 10 years…
Griner’s Lawyers Tell Russian Court She Was Prescribed Medical Cannabis
KHIMKI, Russia—Lawyers defending U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner told a Russian court on Friday she was prescribed medical cannabis in the United States for a chronic injury, a Reuters journalist at the courtroom reported. Griner pled guilty to drugs charges which carry a prison sentence of up to ten years after she was detained at…
How a Colonial Court Case Inspired the Establishment of The 4th Amendment
July 6, 2022
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In the 1750s, American merchants commonly smuggled goods to avoid excessive British taxes and restrictions, which created a major financial problem for the Crown. To address this problem, the British Parliament approved the use of writs of assistance against the colonists. A writ of assistance was a general search warrant that granted constables and any…
US Supreme Court Again Nixes Bayer Challenge to Weedkiller Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected another Bayer AG bid to dismiss litigation alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer as the German pharmaceutical and chemical giant tries to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages. The justices turned away a Bayer appeal and left in place a lower court decision upholding an $87…
Japan Top Court: Government Not Responsible for Fukushima Disaster
TOKYO—Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government is not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, dismissing thousands of evacuees’ demands that the state, not just the utility, pay compensation for damage to their lives. The ruling was the first by the top court on government responsibility for the Fukushima disaster in four compensation…
Russian Court Fines Google $260,000 for Breaching Data Rules
June 17, 2022
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A Moscow court on Thursday said it had fined Alphabet’s Google 15 million rubles ($260,000) for repeatedly failing to comply with a Russian law requiring technology companies to localize user data. Russia has issued multiple fines to foreign technology companies in recent years over a range of infringements, in what critics say is Moscow’s attempt…
‘He Did Nothing’: Top Court Releases Reasons for Restoring Foster Dad’s Conviction
The Supreme Court of Canada has released written reasons for its decision to uphold the conviction of a foster father in the starvation death of one child and the near death of her sister. Both were in the care of Kevin Goforth and his wife. The high court restored Goforth’s 2016 convictions of manslaughter and…
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