US court rejects J&J bankruptcy strategy for thousands of talc lawsuits
By Tom Hals, Mike Spector and Dan Levine
A US appeals court on Monday shot down Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to offload tens of thousands of lawsuits over its ...
Abortion opponents call for stricter bans at first post-Roe Washington march
Thousands of abortion opponents rallied in Washington on Friday for the 50th annual “March for Life,” marking a new chapter for a movement that has organized for decades around overturning ...
‘Important progress’ towards judicial reform
Justice Minister Stephie Dracou hailed on Wednesday another important step towards judicial reform as she received the study for the establishment of the courts service.
“The progress achieved so far ...
New copyright law in Cyprus sets an excessive threshold
By Aylin Zeybek
The Intellectual Property Right and Related Rights Law of 1976 (59/1976) was amended in October 2022. The amendments introduce necessary implementing provisions for compliance with the World Intellectual Property Organisation ...
Trump’s company sentenced to pay $1.61m penalty for tax fraud
A New York judge on Friday sentenced Donald Trump’s namesake real estate company to pay a maximum $1.61 million criminal penalty after it was convicted of scheming to defraud tax ...
Adidas loses NY trial against Thom Browne over three-stripe design
A Manhattan jury on Thursday said Adidas AG (ADSGn.DE) had failed to show luxury brand Thom Browne Inc’s use of stripes on its clothing infringed the sportswear giant’...
Tackling the ‘enemies of justice’
Masood Ahmed, Associate Professor at the School of Law of the University of Leicester, who was in Cyprus last month, answers questions on the updated Civil Procedure Rules that have ...
Sentence of man who killed father reduced
The Supreme Court has agreed to an appeal reducing the prison sentence of a man who killed his father in Lefkara from 16 years in jail to 12.
The decision, published on ...
Slipping over Mexico border, migrants get the jump on US court ruling
Even before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday opted to keep in place a measure aimed at deterring illegal border crossings, hundreds of migrants in northern Mexico were taking ...
Dangerous acts causing the death of another
By Alexandros Clerides
In any case where the death of a person results from an act of another person, there is a question as to how much this act will ...
Border restrictions on migrants to stay says US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday said Covid-era restrictions at the US-Mexico border that have prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum should be kept in place for ...
FIFA, UEFA rules compatible with EU competition rules, court adviser says
UEFA and FIFA’s rules giving them the right to block clubs from joining a breakaway league and penalise players who do so are compatible with EU antitrust laws, an ...
Inadequate investigation by police authorities
By Alexandros Clerides
The background of the discussion is the fact that a police interrogator should act in a manner that excludes the possibility of fabricating testimony and his impartial ...
Biden signs marriage equality act to tune of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘True Colors’
US President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on at a jubilant celebration that featured U.S. singer Cyndi Lauper performing “True Colors” in front of ...
The route to getting out of prison early
How the Parole Board in Cyprus works
By Alexandros Clerides
After well-known European and Cypriot decisions, the Parole Board was introduced through legislation and specific articles found in the Prisons ...
New Zealand bans future generations from buying tobacco under new laws
Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that passed parliament on Tuesday and are among the most ...
Emotions run high as Brussels bombing trial opens
The largest trial in Belgian history kicked off on Monday with 10 men accused of involvement in Islamist suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016 that killed 32 people and injured over 300.
Set to ...
Cyprus Bar Association to stage a two-hour protest on Thursday (updated)
The Cyprus Bar Association is set to stage a two-hour protest on Thursday outside the Supreme Court to voice its opposition to regulations aimed at speeding up cases that have ...
The scope of jurisdiction of the Cypriot Admiralty Court
Accident occurred ‘in the management or administration’ of a ship?
By Andreas Christofides
In a relatively recent case, the Admiralty Court considered whether an action, omission or negligence that occurred ...
Registration of institutions in Cyprus
Definition of institutions and acquisition of legal personality
By Eleni Louka
The term institution is defined by The Societies and Institutions and other related Matters Law of 2017 (104(I)/2017) as the ...
Former Spanish king renews bid for immunity in UK harassment case
Former Spanish king Juan Carlos asked a London court on Tuesday to block part of a harassment case brought against him by his ex-lover, arguing allegations made by her against ...
Swiss prosecutors appeal against acquittals of Blatter and Platini
Swiss federal prosecutors have filed an appeal to overturn the acquittals of former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing great Michel Platini on corruption charges, they said on Thursday.
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Neymar tells court did not participate in Barcelona transfer talks
Brazil football star Neymar Jr told a court on Tuesday he did not participate in negotiations over his transfer to “childhood dream” club Barcelona from Santos in 2013, but had signed ...
Neymar arrives at Barcelona court, trial starts over 2013 transfer
Paris St Germain and Brazil football star Neymar Jr. and eight others went on trial in Barcelona on Monday charged with fraud and corruption over the player’s transfer to ...