3 d. ago Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment

Former staff likened offices of video game company in Paris to ‘boys’ club above the law’Three former executives at the video game company Ubisoft have been given suspended prison sentences for enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassment in the workplace at the end of the first big trial to stem from the #MeToo movement in the gaming industry.The court in Bobigny, north of Paris, had heard how the former executives used their position to bully or sexually harass staff, leaving women terrified and feeling like pieces of meat. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Inmate fatally shoots North Carolina officer before being caught in stolen vehicle, sheriff says

Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen vehicle before being captured in another county

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9 d. ago South Carolina lawmakers won't get paid while justices determine whether their raise was legal

South Carolina lawmakers won't get paid for their expenses while they aren’t in session as the state Supreme Court sorts through a lawsuit from one of their members that legislators improperly gave themselves an $18,000-a-year raise

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9 d. ago Ousted Bangladesh leader’s defence lawyer removed over social media post demanding her execution

State-appointed lawyer is sacked after Sheikh Hasina’s son accuses interim government of legal malpractice

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2 w. ago Russian oil tycoon accused of cheating with secret second family faces jail for not paying legal fees in multi

Mikhail Kroupeev, the non-executive chairman of energy company Gulfsands appeared at the High Court in London today following the collapse of his 36-year marriage.

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2 w. ago A conversation can be better than a court case in executry disputes

Stephanie Hepburn calmly outlines the advantages of mediation

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3 w. ago South Carolina prepares for its 6th execution in 9 months with a man serving 2 death sentences

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders is scheduled to die by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months

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3 w. ago Oklahoma court clears the way for execution of a man convicted in a Tulsa woman's killing

An Oklahoma appeals court has ordered a stay of execution for a man on death row to be lifted, clearing the way for him to receive a lethal injection

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3 w. ago Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate ask a court to stop his execution

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are heading to federal court to argue that the state is not properly carrying out executions

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3 w. ago Drunk couple decapitate and stab dog to death to 'avenge' dead cat

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: The couple 'brutally' executed their Argentinian mastiff after drinking heavily, a court in Auxerre, France heard

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4 w. ago Supreme Court to hear Alabama appeal in push to execute intellectually disabled man

The inmate killed a man by beating him to death with a hammer and saw.

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4 w. ago Supreme Court will hear Alabama appeal in bid to execute man found to be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled

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