30 h. ago Alex Jones begs Supreme Court to hear his appeal so he doesn’t have to pay Sandy Hook families $1.4 billion

‘There is no legitimate basis for the U.S. Supreme Court to accept this last gasp from Alex Jones and we will oppose it in due course,’ a lawyer for the Sandy Hook families said.

Economics

48 h. ago Alex Jones asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the $1.4 billion judgment a Connecticut jury and judge issued against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax

Economics

65 h. ago Appeals court hears from US military contractor ordered to pay $42M to former Abu Ghraib detainees

An appeals court is set to hear oral arguments from a U.S. military contractor ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago

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2 w. ago Epping hotel's bid to appeal ruling to stop housing asylum seekers will be heard by court in days

It comes amid ongoing anti-migrant protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers

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2 w. ago Court hearings in Scotland to be live streamed in bid to improve transparency

Cases heard at the Criminal Appeal Court will be shown online from Friday.

Sport

3 w. ago Crystal Palace seek increased security for volatile meeting with Nottingham Forest

Fans angry at opponents’ perceived role in Uefa demotionPalace talking to representatives of Met police and ForestCrystal Palace are in talks with Nottingham Forest, and the Metropolitan police, over the provision of increased security for Sunday’s Premier League game between the teams at Selhurst Park.Palace supporters are understood to be planning a protest at the fixture over Forest’s perceived role in getting them demoted to the Conference League, with Nuno Espírito Santo’s side replacing Palace in the Europa League after they were found by Uefa’s Club Financial Control Body [CFCB] to have broken multi-club ownership rules due to their former shareholder John Textor’s ownership of the French club Lyon, who also qualified for the latter competition. Forest wrote to Uefa with their observations about the alleged breach and sent their legal team to attend Palace’s appeal hearing at the court of arbitration for sport, which upheld the CFCB’s decision last week. Continue reading...

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