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Study shows judges' backgrounds matter in high court selection
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 18, 2009 |
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Some federal judges are tossing out civil cases based on their own opinions, a disturbing trend that makes background checks even more important in the search for a new associate justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, a University ...
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Appeals court orders new trial in Brocade case
Aug 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal appeals court has tossed out the criminal conviction of the first Silicon Valley executive to go to trial in a stock options scandal that triggered charges against at least a dozen executives.
Trial beginning over New Orleans' crime cameras
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Jury selection is under way in the civil trial over New Orleans' problem-plagued crime camera system.
Gender and demographic differences are poor predictors of juror satisfaction
Jun 25, 2008 |
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Communication Theory explored the impact of gender, demographic differences, and emotion on the experience of jury deliberation. Researchers found that neither gender nor demographic characteristics affected juror satisf ...
Trial set to begin in Mass. music downloading case
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Lawyers are to begin formally presenting their case in a music downloading lawsuit filed by the recording industry against a Boston University student.
Rare economic espionage case ends in jury deadlock
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked.
Lawyer: Song swapper on trial doing `what kids do'
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Boston University graduate student was "a kid who did what kids do" when he swapped songs through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, his lawyer said Tuesday as his copyright-infringement trial began.
Report warns of jury service 'trauma'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 19, 2009 |
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A new report by psychologists at the University of Leicester warns of the dangers of jurors facing trauma because of their exposure to harrowing and gruesome evidence.
Openings begin in Broadcom backdating case
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A jury was set Friday to hear opening statements in the federal trial of former Broadcom Corp. Chief Financial Officer William Ruehle, who faces conspiracy and fraud charges in an alleged scheme to backdate stock ...
Rare economic espionage case going to trial
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints - and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband - are becoming the first defendants charged with economic espionage ...
Industry wants to ban Minn. woman from downloading
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again.
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