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Russia rejects Dutch court ruling to hand $5 BILLION of taxpayers’ cash to ex-oligarchs over collapse of Yukos oil & gas empire

The office of the country’s Prosecutor General said on Thursday that it does not acknowledge the validity of the decision,…

3 years ago

‘You are bemoaning reality’: Man. City make case in UK court after UAE deals reportedly allow club to outspend rivals by $825MN

In a lengthy Twitter thread, Sportingintel's Nick Harris explained how it had become common knowledge to the press earlier in 2021…

3 years ago

‘Fascism spread to courts’: Erdogan’s spokesman berates top EU court for allowing employers to ban headscarves in workplace

The ruling passed this week by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) is “wrong” and “an attempt to lend legitimacy…

3 years ago

US court rules that ban on handgun sales to adults 18-20yo is unconstitutional, striking down age limit that was enacted in 1960s

“We refuse to relegate either the Second Amendment or 18- to 20-year-olds to a second-class status,” Judge Julius Richardson wrote…

3 years ago

George Galloway: Here’s why I’m going to court to challenge a rigged election – words I never thought I’d write about Britain

“George was matching Labour vote for vote, at one point he moved ahead of them. Then a whole slew of…

3 years ago

US granted permission to appeal UK court decision blocking Julian Assange’s extradition

The US government has received "limited permission" to challenge the UK decision not to send Assange to the United States…

3 years ago

Hong Kong court hands US lawyer 4-month jail sentence for assaulting policeman during citywide unrest in 2019

Samuel Phillip Bickett, a former compliance director at the Bank of America, was sentenced to four months and two weeks…

3 years ago

US Supreme Court refuses to hear LGBTQ rights case involving businesses that refuse to cater for same-sex weddings

Declining to consider the appeal brought by a Washington state florist, the Supreme Court on Friday deferred to earlier state…

3 years ago

Supreme Court upholds controversial Arizona voting measures, says they’re not racially discriminatory

Arizona’s Republican-backed new rules are aimed at combating ballot harvesting and fraud by requiring voters to submit provisional ballots to…

3 years ago

Supreme Court punts on transgender bathroom case, handing victory to trans student

The court decided on Monday to ignore the case, which had pitted a transgender student, Gavin Grimm, against the Virginia…

3 years ago