Category: trial

Apple, Broadcom Win New Trial in $1.1 Billion Caltech Patent Case

A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected a jury verdict ordering Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. to pay $1.1 billion to the California Institute of Technology for infringing its Wi-Fi technology patents, and ordered a new trial on damages. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the January 2020 award by the…


Death Penalty Trial for Florida School Gunman Cruz Delayed Until April

A judge on Wednesday delayed until April proceedings to determine the sentencing of the gunman who has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school in 2018. Jurors during the phase that had earlier been scheduled to start later this month will hear testimony from scores of witnesses to help them…


BC’s Legislature Deputy Clerk Told to Trust Advice on Retirement Payment: Trial

VANCOUVER—The former deputy clerk of the British Columbia legislative assembly told a trial that before she returned a retirement allowance she had received assurances from government officials that it was a valid claim. The $258,000 retirement allowance that her then-boss, former clerk Craig James, received in 2012 is the largest among several payments that are…


Japan’s Shionogi Starts Phase III Clinical Trial in Vietnam for COVID-19 Vaccine

TOKYO—Japan’s Shionogi & Co. Ltd announced on Monday that phase III of its clinical trial for a new COVID-19 vaccine has begun in Vietnam. The pharmaceutical company has already conducted clinical trials in Japan, but had said previously they will conduct multiple trials globally as well.


Scott Peterson’s Sister: ‘Justice Has Been Served’

The sister of Scott Peterson said “justice has been served,” a day after Peterson was re-sentenced to life in prison for the 2002 killing of his wife. Anne Bird said that Scott appeared “vacant and emotionless” as she watched a live stream of the court proceedings. Peterson was resentenced to life without parole Wednesday during…


Trial Begins for Ex-Cop Kim Potter Who Killed Daunte Wright

A former suburban Minneapolis police officer who has said she meant to use a Taser instead of a handgun when she fatally shot Daunte Wright in April went on trial on Wednesday. Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center Police officer was identified in April as responsible for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Wright, whose death…


LIVE: Trial of Former Minneapolis Officer Kimberly Potter Begins

Opening statements are due to begin in the manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the white former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb in April.


Colorado Supermarket Shooting Suspect Incompetent for Trial

DENVER—A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to be treated at the state mental hospital to see if he can be made well enough to face prosecution. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 22, is accused…


Jury for Officer’s Trial in Daunte Wright Death Reaches 10

MINNEAPOLIS—Jury selection moved forward Thursday in the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s shooting death, with a 10th juror seated ahead of opening statements next week. Kim Potter, 49, is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 shooting of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist, following a traffic…


LIVE: Judge Announces Verdict in Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial