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Court Rules in Favor of Jakarta Residents in Landmark Pollution Case

September 16, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

An Indonesian court ruled on Thursday that President Joko Widodo and six other top officials failed to protect and fulfill the citizens’ right to clean air, Bloomberg reported. In the landmark ruling, the Central Jakarta District Court panel voted 3-0 …

Thai Court Shelves Banning of “False Messages” Dissemination

August 6, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A civil court in Thailand ordered on Friday the suspension of the government’s directive to criminalize the dissemination of “false news” or stories that could prompt public panic. The ruling came after several media groups decided to file a petition …

U.S. Charges 22 People for Creating Fake Businesses to Steal from Payment Protection Program Fund

July 23, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The U.S. Justice Department said that it has charged a total of 22 individuals for their involvement in a fraudulent scheme to acquire about $11.2 million from the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and use it to buy vehicles, jewelry …

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Sex Trafficking Trial Delayed

May 4, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A United States judge has postponed until autumn the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell on charges of trafficking teenage girls for late financier Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan on May 3 has granted Maxwell’s request to delay …

Paris Court Punishes French Pharma Firm Servier for Selling Deadly Weight-Loss Pill

March 29, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The drug-maker was found guilty of manslaughter, involuntary wounding and aggravated deception for permitting the drug to be prescribed and sold as a weight loss medication, despite the risks and its deadly consequences.s blamed for the deaths of hundreds of …

Court Employee in Waterloo, Iowa Embezzles More than $100K

March 3, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A juvenile court employee has been arrested upon allegedly embezzling more than $100,000. The Black Hawk County Sheriff’s department arrested Nicole Sue Foelske, 36, on Tuesday for ongoing criminal conduct, first-degree theft and felonious misconduct in the office. She received …

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Court Rules in Favor of Jakarta Residents in Landmark Pollution Case

Thai Court Shelves Banning of “False Messages” Dissemination

U.S. Charges 22 People for Creating Fake Businesses to Steal from Payment Protection Program Fund

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Sex Trafficking Trial Delayed

Paris Court Punishes French Pharma Firm Servier for Selling Deadly Weight-Loss Pill

Court Employee in Waterloo, Iowa Embezzles More than $100K

Swedish Court Sentences Russian Man and Woman to Prison for Hammer Attack on Chechen Leader’s Critic

Vietnamese Court Jails Three Bloggers over Anti-State Propaganda

British Court Blocks WikiLeaks Founder Assange’s Extradition to U.S.

South Korean Prosecutors Request Nine-Year Prison Term for Samsung Scion