Premier League club West Ham United are raided by tax fraud investigators, part of a wider investigation into fraud spanning other parts of England and France.
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26Apr/17
Tag Archives: Law
07Apr/17
Report South Africa or risk impotence, ICC told
ICC prosecutors dismiss South Africa’s arguments and urge judges to report Pretoria for non-compliance with the court.
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25Dec/16
Nokia sues Apple for infringing patents, industry back on war footing
Nokia Corp files a number of lawsuits against Apple Inc for violating 32 technology patents, striking back at the iPhone maker’s legal action targeting the one-time cellphone industry leader a day earlier.
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10Dec/16
Suspect in SC church shooting told police “I had to do it”
Jurors in the South Carolina church shooting trial are shown video of accused shooter Dylann Roof’s confession to police.
25Feb/16
Cook: Unlocking is “bad for America”
Apple CEO Tim Cook said he would take his fight with the FBI over privacy all the way to the Supreme Court. Fred Katayama reports.
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31Jul/15
US cites fair trial considerations in Zimbabe lion killing extradition request
In the wake of a request by Zimbabwe for the extradition of a US citizen accused of killing Cecil the Lion, U.S. State department says that all extradition requests take into account the ability of a country to provide a fair trial and other “humanitarian” considerations.
03Jul/15
Florida judge and former classmate have emotional courtroom reunion
A Florida judge and a former classmate come face to face for the first time since they were children in an emotional courtroom reunion.
13Jun/15
Shots fired from van at Dallas police headquarters, explosive device found
Dallas Police Chief David Brown says a motive for the attack on police headquarters in which shots were fired from what was described as an armored van is not yet known.
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26May/15
White House: Iraqi lack of will to fight ‘a problem’ in past
White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Iraqi troops’ lack of will to fight Islamic State militants, an issue cited by the Pentagon chief over the weekend, has been a concern. In the wide-ranging briefing, Earnest also tells reporters the Obama administration has no backup plan if the U.S. Congress fails to act on legislation that would extend certain provisions of the USA Patriot Act.
23May/15
U.S. Senate votes spell uncertain fate for domestic surveillance program
A bill to end U.S. spy agencies’ bulk collection of Americans’ telephone data, called the “USA Freedom Act”, is blocked in the United States Senate. A follow-up vote to extend for two months the current “USA Patriot Act” program which authorizes the collection of so-called telephone “metadata” also fails to pass.