14 h. ago Sarah Palin tells defamation trial jury that Times editorial 'kicked the oomph' out of her

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has testified at a defamation trial that an editorial in The New York Times in 2017 was a game changer in her life that “kicked the oomph” out of her

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42 h. ago Sarah Palin’s defamation suit retrial against the New York Times raises first amendment concerns

She lost the first trial in 2022, but she gets ‘second bite of the apple’ due to a judge’s procedural errorsWhen Sarah Palin arrived at a federal court on Monday, her appearance promised little in the way of legal fireworks.Palin was in downtown Manhattan for a retrial in her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times. She lost her first trial against the newspaper in 2022 and the legal basis of Palin’s civil claim – that an incorrect editorial unlawfully smeared her – remains the same. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Just Stop Oil activists say trial 'tainted by jury misconduct' in Heathrow protest conviction appeal

Just Stop Oil activists say their trial was ‘tainted’ by jury misconduct

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6 d. ago Sarah Palin makes libel claims against The New York Times to a new jury

Sarah Palin's defamation claims against The New York Times are being heard by a Manhattan jury after they were revived by an appeals court

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6 d. ago Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York

Weinstein is being retried on two charges from his original trial, which ended with a rape conviction but was later overturned The last time a New York City jury sat in judgment of Harvey Weinstein, the ex-movie studio boss was convicted of rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison.Five years later, that landmark #MeToo verdict is gone – wiped away on appeal – and Weinstein is set to go on trial again, beginning Tuesday with jury selection. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Sarah Palin’s defamation case against the New York Times returns to trial

‘The case is, in many respects, an old-school media libel action resurrected into a newly complicated defamation landscape,’ one legal expert said about the new trial

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8 d. ago Diddy's infamous 'freak off' videos likely to be SHOWN to jury in upcoming court trial

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' infamous 'freak off' videos could possibly be shown to the jury during the upcoming trial which begins next month.

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9 d. ago Diddy’s lawyers want potential jurors to face questions on sex, drugs and violence

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs want a judge to let prospective jurors at his upcoming sex trafficking trial be questioned about sex, drugs and violence

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1 week ago Wendy Williams DENIED dinner with niece and new lawyer as her conservatorship hits third year

The 60-year-old presenter 'will demand a jury trial' if the Manhattan judge - who declared legally incapacitated last August - doesn't end her conservatorship

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1 week ago Jury in trial of former prison governor Kerri Pegg retires to consider verdicts

Pegg, who is accused of being in a relationship with a gang boss, was charged with misconduct in a public office and possession of criminal property

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2 w. ago Jury discharged in trial of mum accused of murdering daughter, 2, as new trial date set

A new trial date has been set for January 13, 2026

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2 w. ago Leicester park murder trial jury sent home after judge falls ill

Jurors have heard more than a month of evidence about the death of 80-year-old Bhim Kohli, who died from a spinal cord injury.

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2 w. ago Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands

Verdict marks end of the first trial of 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years ago, alleging firm’s projects destroyed the regionsChevron has been ordered to pay more than $744m in damages for destroying parts of south-east Louisiana’s coastal wetlands over the years.The ruling, which came in the form of a civil jury verdict on Friday, marks the conclusion of the first trial among 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years earlier which alleged that the company’s oil and gas projects have led to the degradation of the region’s wetlands. Among other things, the wetlands play a key role in offering the area a measure of protection from hurricanes. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Convicted child killer Lori Vallow Daybell tells jurors their job is to ‘protect’ her at new murder conspiracy trial

The ‘Doomsday mom’ is on trial again, this time acting as her own attorney, as she faces charges in the 2019 death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow

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2 w. ago Boy’s actions ‘appalling’ but he is ‘not a murderer’, trial jury told

A teenage boy accused of attacking an 80-year-old man as he walked his dog did not intend to kill him, his barrister has told a murder trial jury.

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3 w. ago What's going on behind the scenes with Diddy's lawyers that could lead to a dramatic trial twist

Sean 'Diddy' Combs should seriously consider a plea deal, but is that even on the table? A legal expert weighs in on The Trial of Diddy podcast.

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3 w. ago Mixed verdict for 3 Philadelphia detectives in perjury trial involving a 2016 murder exoneration

A jury has reached a mixed verdict in the trial of three long-retired Philadelphia detectives who were accused of lying about evidence in a 1991 homicide case that later ended with an exoneration

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