The ICC’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan said the probe was suspended after the Philippine government filed a request to defer the case earlier this month, according to court documents cited by Reuters on Friday. “The prosecution has temporarily suspended its investigative activities while it assesses the scope and effect of …
Read More »Elon Musk’s tweets land Tesla in court
The complaint, filed in a Manhattan federal court on Monday, alleges that Tesla sold warrants to JPMorgan in 2014, which were to be paid off if their strike price, or guaranteed fixed price, was below Tesla’s share price upon the warrants’ expiration in June and July 2021. Tesla’s share price …
Read More »EU court upholds decision to fine Google €2.4bn
Google went to the EU General Court after the European Commission ruled in 2017 that the company was squeezing out rival shopping services on its search engine and slapped a huge fine on it. On Wednesday, the Luxembourg-based court backed the decision by the EU’s executive body. “By favoring its …
Read More »White House tells Americans to IGNORE court hold on vaccine mandate
“People should not wait. They should continue to go — move forward and make sure that they’re getting their workplace vaccinated,” deputy White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at a briefing on Monday, when asked about the pending case before the Fifth Circuit court of appeals. The remark …
Read More »Federal court FREEZES Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses
Biden’s mandate says companies with 100 or more employees must require their workers to either get the Covid-19 vaccine or be tested weekly. Numerous Republican states and companies, such as conservative outlet Daily Wire, have already presented legal challenges to Biden’s controversial mandate before the United States Court of Appeals …
Read More »Dutch Supreme Court backs Russia over Yukos oligarchs in $57 billion arbitration case
“Today the Supreme Court quashed the appeal court’s final judgement as well as the court’s preceding judgement,” the Supreme Court said in a statement on Friday, noting that the case would be referred to the Amsterdam Court of Appeal for “renewed judgement.” The judges contended that Russia had acceptable grounds …
Read More »Prince Andrew asks US court to dismiss sex assault lawsuit by Epstein accuser Giuffre, or provide ‘more definitive’ allegations
The prince filed the motion in the District Court in Manhattan on Friday, arguing that Giuffre’s civil suit fails to “state a claim upon which relief can be granted” while calling on the judge to scrap the case. Should the court decline to do so, Prince Andrew requested an order …
Read More »US appeal hearing to extradite Julian Assange concludes in UK High Court with no immediate ruling
If extradited to the US, the WikiLeaks co-founder faces up to 175 years in prison if found guilty on charges that he violated the Espionage Act. Assange has been held in prison in London since 2019, with protesters highlighting his poor treatment while in confinement, where his health has reportedly …
Read More »Julian Assange’s supporters hold rally outside London court as US launches extradition appeal (VIDEOS)
Assange, who has been held in the maximum-security Belmarsh prison since 2019, was ruled ineligible for extradition to the US in January this year over concerns for his mental health. However, Washington is appealing that decision. Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the court on Wednesday. They held aloft assorted placards …
Read More »Assange ‘wincing in pain’ on court video link as IFJ takes full page ad in Times calling for his ‘immediate release’
The IFJ, which represents journalists’ unions worldwide, condemned his persecution by the UK and US governments, as well as the recently revealed “credible accounts of plans” by the CIA to assassinate or kidnap him. “This week, the US will try to extradite Julian Assange, threatening him with a 175-year sentence. …
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