Judge rejects honours injunction
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The Guardian is at the centre of a new legal row as it publishes a story on the cash-for-honours inquiry.
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A federal judge Thursday rejected the federal government's request to block Oracle's  (ORCL) &#36;7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for software rival PeopleSoft (PSFT), removing a major hurdle to one of the biggest mergers in Silicon Valley history.
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A senior judge questions why a leading loyalist was not arrested after breaching a bail condition.
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A federal judge in Dallas rejected a US$6 million settlement proposal on Friday in a securities class-action lawsuit against the Halliburton Co, expressing concern that it was neither fair nor adequate.
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Former President Nelson Mandela and his foundation won an injunction Friday prohibiting a South African company from importing or selling gold coins bearing his name and image.
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A federal bankruptcy judge in New York yesterday denied Enron Corp.&#39;s request to block a lawsuit by a federal agency seeking to take control of the company&#39;s pension plans.
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A court in Malaysia rejects an attempt by a Hindu woman to stop her husband divorcing her in an Islamic court.
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Sumitomo Trust &amp; Banking Co against a Tokyo High Court decision on Aug 11 lifting a ban imposed by the Tokyo District Court on UFJ including its trust bank unit in the merger talks.
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The Church of England has rejected a call for an emergency debate on Prince Charles' wedding.
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Appeal court judges reject compensation claims for alleged abuse from former Nazareth House residents.
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Media & professional: House of Lords rejects Mail on Sunday's request for leave to appeal in Prince Charles diaries case.
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A U.S. District Court judge yesterday declined to address a petition by Google that asked the government to extend its antitrust oversight of Microsoft.
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A judge on Tuesday denied the Federal Election Commission's request that she temporarily set aside a ruling striking down several government rules on political fund raising.
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A judge handling James Brown's contested fortune refused Friday to remove himself from the case despite an argument from the late soul singer's former trustees that he forced them to resign.
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The Delaware judge overseeing the legal wrangling there between PeopleSoft (Profile, Products, Articles) and hostile suitor Oracle (Profile, Products, Articles) rejected on
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A military judge at a pre-trial hearing in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal has denied a motion to suppress as evidence the photographs that first brought attention to it.
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A judge refused Thursday to impose a gag order in the case of a man accused of dragging his girlfriend to death behind a vehicle, despite defense claims that heavy publicity could prevent a fair trial.