4 h. ago Appeals court backs contempt finding against Apple, but reopens a door for iPhone app fees

A federal appeals court on Thursday backed a ruling that held Apple in civil contempt for brazenly defying an order designed to open its iPhone app store to other payment systems besides its own, but the decision also reopened a door for the company to collect commission from the rival options

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48 h. ago Supreme Court hears Alabama's appeal to execute a man found to be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court is taking up an appeal from Alabama, which wants to put to death a man who lower federal courts found is intellectually disabled and shielded from execution

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63 h. ago Dominican court orders new trial for Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco in sexual abuse case

An appeals court in the Dominican Republic has ordered a new trial for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco,

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3 d. ago Supreme Court declines to hear Texas book ban appeal in case watched by free speech groups

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal on a Texas free speech case

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4 d. ago Lambeth axes Country Show to save Brockwell Park festivals after dropping court appeal

The council has scrapped its flagship free event and abandoned a legal fight to keep major Brockwell Park festivals running in 2026

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5 d. ago Tower of London reopens after apple crumble thrown at crown jewels display

Four people arrested after civil-resistance group Take Back Power protest against inequality in the UKPart of the Tower of London was temporarily closed to visitors on Saturday after food was thrown at a display case containing the crown jewels in a protest against inequality in the UK.Four people were arrested after the action, which was claimed by Take Back Power – a self-described non-violent civil-resistance group. It said custard and apple crumble was flung at the case, which contained the imperial state crown. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago UK Supreme Court dockets Iran’s appeal over London building confiscation

UK Supreme Court dockets Iran’s appeal over London building confiscation  Press TV

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6 d. ago Nikita Hand breaks silence as Conor McGregor denied appeal in civil assault case

The Supreme Court in Dublin refused to hear appeals from mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor and James Lawrence in relation to the civil case brought by Nikita Hand, who was awarded nearly £215,000 in damages

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6 d. ago US appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt grants for school mental health workers

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring it to release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools

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7 d. ago Conor McGregor has bid to appeal civil rape case rejected by Supreme Court

McGregor was sued over an incident in which he was alleged to have "brutally raped and battered" a woman

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1 week ago Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba serving unlawfully as US attorney, says appeals court

Habba disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, appeals court saysDonald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom his administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeals court said Monday.A panel of judges from the third US circuit court of appeals sitting in Philadelphia sided with a lower court judge’s ruling after hearing oral arguments at which Habba herself was present on 20 October. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Another legal loss for Trump as appeals court disqualifies Alina Habba as top prosecutor in New Jersey

Judges across the country have challenged the appointments of Trump loyalists serving as U.S. attorneys

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1 week ago Now 3rd Post Office accounting system in spotlight as subpostmaster conviction sent to appeal court amid evidence it 'could cause errors'

Gareth Snow previously pleaded guilty to false accounting in July 2001 after admitting falsifying documents to cover losses of more than £57,000 at his branch in Denbighshire.

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2 w. ago Trump and Alina Habba ordered to pay $1M for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against Hilary Clinton, appeals court rules

An appointee of George W. Bush wrote that Trump’s committed “sanctionable conduct” by filing the suit.

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2 w. ago Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of illegal campaign financing in failed 2012 re

Former French president only released from prison earlier this month in connection with separate convictionThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted of illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid, after the country’s highest court rejected his final appeal.Sarkozy, who was the country’s rightwing president between 2007 and 2012, was convicted of hiding illegal overspending for his unsuccessful re-election campaign that was shaped by vast American-style rallies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Save our LTNs!' £100,000 crowdfunded battle to save three low traffic neighbourhoods in east London reaches Court of Appeal

Campaigners say it would cost £2.5m for Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman to axe the schemes

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2 w. ago More migrant woe for Shabana Mahmood as Epping council vows to continue fight against Bell Hotel

Epping Forest District Council lost a High Court bid to have the Bell Hotel closed - but now councillors have agreed to attempt a further challenge in the Court of Appeal.

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2 w. ago Council to seek appeal against High Court ruling over Epping asylum hotel

Epping Forest District Council will continue with legal action over the Bell Hotel after councillors voted over the move on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Graham Linehan 'proud to stand up to trans activists' after he's cleared of harassment but guilty of phone damage

Linehan is expected to appeal against his criminal damage conviction, his lawyer told the court

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2 w. ago Graham Linehan: 'Angry and fed up' TV writer cleared of harassing trans activist but guilty of phone damage

Linehan is expected to appeal against his criminal damage conviction, his lawyer told the court

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