This ride-sharing startup is succeeding in South Korea where Uber failed, by making the taxi union happy

Edit Quartz 28 Sep 2016
While Uber failed in South Korea, one ride-sharing startup is succeeding—by providing buses to take late-night revelers home ... at night is an ordeal in Seoul....

Medicinal cannabis trial to enrol first patients soon (UNSW - The University of New South Wales)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Sep 2016
A world-first clinical trial led by UNSW to assess whether medicinal cannabis can enhance the quality of life for patients with advanced cancer will enrol its first patients in the coming months ... The trial, announced by NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Medical Research Pru Goward last year, will be conducted by a research team led by UNSW Conjoint Associate Professor Meera Agar, from the South Western Sydney Clinical School....

Finally, Tunda gets a defence lawyer

Edit The Times of India 28 Sep 2016
A trial against Tunda is pending here in TADA court in connection with Jaipur tiffin serial blast in September 1993. The hearing in this case was started as the file has been returned by the Supreme Court ... The trial against Tunda and others were pending in the court as the main file went to the Supreme Court. But now as the file has been returned, trial has been restarted against the remaining accused ... Recommended By Colombia ....

Supreme Court tells HDK, wife to face trial in 2 cases

Edit The Times of India 28 Sep 2016
Former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy and wife Anitha will face criminal trial for alleged misuse of official position in granting lease to a mining firm and allotting 80 acres of land to a private cooperative society, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday ... "You should face trial," a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and PC Pant said, rejecting the contention that the case was a result of political vendetta ... Recommended By Colombia ....

Secaucus attorney's attempted murder trial ends in hung jury, again

Edit NJ dot com 28 Sep 2016
Superior Court Judge Mark Nelson has accepted another hung jury in Secaucus attorney's attempted murder trial ... The jury told Superior Court Judge Mark Nelson it could not unanimously find Todd Gorman guilty or not guilty of stabbing his girlfriend Stefanie Schwartz after she kicked him out of her Harmon Cove home in 2011. The first trial on the charges ended with a hung jury in February....

‘Amanda Knox’ Review: Gripping True-Crime Doc Separates Facts From Hype

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 28 Sep 2016
for a crime to grab headlines around the world — as the grisly, opaque, and bizarre story of Knox’s ordeal did — parts have to be played and, in some cases, vigorously sold ... says wonders about the murk of perception and facts at work, and “Amanda Knox” delivers its own justice by covering all the complexities of its ever-fascinating true crime tale....

Mock Trial Team Hits The Road for Five Fall Semester Events (McGeorge School of Law)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Sep 2016
Professor Cary Bricker's 2016-17 mock trial team will tackle an ambitious nine-event schedule that features a busy fall campaign ... In addition, The McGeorge team will make its regular stops at the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice event hosted by UC Hastings College, the 30-school Buffalo-Niagara tourney, Loyola Law School's National Civil Trial event, and Fordham University's Judge Kelly Invitational ... National Civil Trial Nov....

Accuser’s lawyer wants Derrick Rose to settle $21M rape case

Edit New York Post 28 Sep 2016
SEE ALSO ... .0. OAKLAND, Calif ... “I’m optimistic that he’s going to come to us before trial for sure,” said Waukeen McCoy, the 30-year-old woman’s attorney ... “We men ... He said at practice Tuesday that he’ll have no problem staying focused on his game despite the looming trial ... .0 ... On Thursday a California federal court judge will reconsider a prior ruling that requires the woman to use her real name during trial ... 4 for the eight-day jury trial. ....

Ex-CEO Greenberg defends reputation during AIG trial

Edit New York Post 28 Sep 2016
AIG trial witness testifies he flagged fraud to ex-CEO ... AIG trial witness testifies he flagged fraud to ex-CEO ... Fraud trial of AIG boss Hank Greenberg finally gets under way ... Fraud trial of AIG boss Hank Greenberg finally gets under way ... Among the observers in Justice Charles Ramos’ courtroom was Greenberg pal Ken Langone, the billionaire co-founder of Home Depot, who sat in the front row surrounded by the insurance mogul’s lawyers....

Federal government open to shark cull on NSW north coast

Edit The Guardian 28 Sep 2016
Josh Frydenberg says he puts ‘human safety first’ after teenage surfer mauled by a great white at Ballina. The federal government has signalled it would consider a shark cull on the New South Wales north coast after a teenage surfer was mauled by a great white. It comes as the NSW government announces a new three-month trial of shark-spotting drones for the area, and additional drum lines off the coast....

Amnesty slams Hungary’s treatment of refugees

Edit Press TV 28 Sep 2016
Hungary’s sustained attack on the rights of refugees and migrants,” the rights group recounted the ordeals of sick and miserable refugees stranded in Hungary with no hope of a better future. “Beatings, kicking and chasing back with dogs and unlawful returns (or ‘push backs’) to Serbia” constitute routine behavior by Hungarian law enforcement personnel toward refugees, the report said ... (By AFP)....

Taylor Phinney to join Boulder-based Cannondale-Drapac in 2017

Edit Denver Post 28 Sep 2016
In 2012 at the London Olympics, he finished fourth in the road race and the time trial, just missing medals ... At the Rio Olympics, Phinney dropped out of the road race to save himself for the time trial to win a medal ... The team said Phinney would focus on the northern classics, with a major goal being the opening Tour de France time trial in Düsseldorf, Germany....

Thailand: A culture of torture under the military (Amnesty International Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Sep 2016
Since seizing power in a 2014 coup, Thailand's military authorities have allowed a culture of torture and other ill-treatment to flourish across the country, with soldiers and policemen targeting suspected insurgents, political opponents, and individuals from the most vulnerable sections of society, a new report by Amnesty International said today. The report, 'Make Him Speak by Tomorrow' ... 'Make him speak by tomorrow'....
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