Tag: ruling
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US court dismisses appeal by Irish businessman Sean Dunne and ex-wife Gayle Killilea over €18m damages ruling
[ad_1] Former husband and wife Gayle Killilea and Sean Dunne. A US appeals court has dismissed appeals by the Irish businessman Sean Dunne and his former wife, Gayle Killilea, against a jury finding that Mr Dunne fraudulently transferred millions of euro in assets to Ms Killilea, including a mansion on Dublin’s Shrewsbury Road. The 2019…
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Polish opposition, led by Donald Tusk, seeks coalition after ruling party loses majority, in possible shift to EU
[ad_1] Three opposition parties that vowed to restore democratic standards in Poland together won over 54 per cent of the votes in the nation’s weekend parliamentary election, putting them in a position to take power, according to a complete ballot count reported on Tuesday. The conservative Law and Justice party, which has governed the country…
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Polish opposition leader Tusk declares win after exit poll shows ruling conservatives lose majority
[ad_1] WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk declared the beginning of a new era for his country after opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election to oust the governing nationalist conservative party. That party, Law and Justice, has bickered with allies and faced accusations of eroding rule…
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Court stays ruling overturning California ban on high-capacity magazines
[ad_1] The American debate over the legality of modern gun laws was again on display this week in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, where a panel of 11 judges hit pause on a decision overturning California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Last month, a lower federal court judge overturned that ban as unconstitutional.…
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What to Know as the U.K. Appeals a Ruling on Its Rwanda Asylum Policy
[ad_1] The British government began its appeal on Monday of an earlier court decision that determined a policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, opening the latest chapter in a legal saga that has played out since the highly contentious plan was announced in 2022. The policy, which Britain’s Conservative government has maintained…
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Poland’s Ruling Party Uses Germany as Boogeyman as Tough Election Looms
[ad_1] Amid rising alarm this summer in Poland and the Baltic States over a possible military attack from the east, the Polish Embassy in Lithuania requested an urgent meeting with the head of Germany’s diplomatic mission. Polish embassies in other European countries made similar requests. What the Polish diplomats wanted to talk about, however, was…
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Ruling Against Trump Cuts to the Heart of His Identity
[ad_1] Nearly every aspect of Donald J. Trump’s life and career has been under scrutiny from the justice system over the past several years, leaving him under criminal indictment in four jurisdictions and being held to account in a civil case for what a jury found to be sexual abuse that he committed decades ago.…
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Trump Fumes at ‘Un-American’ Court Ruling That Finds He Committed Fraud
[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump claimed that a New York judge is “deranged,” while denouncing an “un-American” court ruling that deemed he committed fraud. Judge Arthur Engoron on Tuesday ruled that Trump, his adult sons, The Trump Organization and several other New York business entities associated with the ex-president were civilly liable for fraud in…
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Major win for Black voters—Supreme Court won’t block ruling requiring new Alabama congressional map
[ad_1] The Supreme Court delivered a major victory for Black voters on Tuesday when it rejected a request by Alabama Republicans to keep their gerrymandered congressional map in place for 2024, after a lower court found that the map likely violated the Voting Rights Act. The high court’s decision paves the way for the lower…
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Gloves off, as Polish ruling party fights for power
[ad_1] Poland’s ruling party has swerved even further right as elections approach, auguring badly for EU relations. In its latest campaign stunt, the Law and Justice (PiS) party turned against Ukrainians in order to appeal to nationalist and rural voters. Polish social services have been taking care of some 1.5m Ukrainian refugees, fuelling tension with…