Yesterday, BP Plc has lost its bid for a full appeals court in New Orleans to reconsider its argument that the claims administrator of its $9.2 billion Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement misinterpreted on paying for economic losses claims, Bloomberg reported.
A group of 20 lawyers have made an appearance for the 15 crew members of the doomed Sewol ferry in Mokpo recently, with one torn over fulfilling his obligation and the resignation on the belief that lawyers cannot do much for the sake of justice, the Sydney Morning Herald said.
According to a report by the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime, there are no steps yet to ban or at least curb the sale, distribution and use of 348 legal high drugs, which appeared in the last five years.
A jury of eight men and four women unanimously agreed that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was guilty on all 11 counts of terrorism charges, some of which linked to a kidnapping of US nationals in Yemen, BBC News reported.
