Lawyers debate blame over '93 WTC attack
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The agency that owns the World Trade Center was itself a victim in the 1993 bombing on the building and shouldn't bear the brunt of the blame, a lawyer told an appeals court.
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NEW YORK, December 7  - A federal court ruled yesterday that the destruction caused by the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center constitutes two separate events.
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The case of a U.S. defense lawyer  charged with aiding terrorism is a troubling matter for a jury  that may be split into supporters of President Bush and those  who think his anti-terrorism policies threaten civil rights.
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The US agency that owns the World Trade Centre site and lost 84 employees in the September 11 attacks is suing Saudi Arabia. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement on Friday it was
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: The lead attorney defending an accused helper of the Sept. 11 suicide pilots at his Hamburg retrial was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident, his office said today, throwing into question how the trial will proceed.
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A hearing this week just blocks from the World Trade Center site is aimed at determining whether the federal government will extend its terrorism property insurance program that is due to expire at the end of the year.
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The accused terrorist's lawyers hope to use a competency hearing to show alleged mistreatment.
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(New York-WABC, December 6, 2004) _ - A federal jury decided Monday that the destruction of the World Trade Center was two events for insurance purposes, meaning leaseholder Larry Silverstein can collect twice from companies because separate planes hit
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KARLSRUHE, Germany, Nov. 16 -- A Moroccan man was convicted of being an accessory to murder in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as a German appeals court ruled Thursday that evidence showed he knew that the plotters planned to hijack and crash planes.
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As debate about the future of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay heats up, a leading defense lawyer questions whether closing Gitmo would make any difference as to the rights of the detainees.
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Federal officials re-created a floor system of the World Trade Center and conducted a fire test on it Wednesday as part of an investigation into the towers' collapse on Sept. 11, but results didn't immediately provide clear answers.
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Companies facing higher costs after jury rules Sept. 11 attacks can be treated as separate events. PARIS  - European insurers could appeal a US jury decision that treats the 2001 hijacked plane attacks
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The brother of a prominent Pennsylvania attorney who was among three people killed in a small plane crash questioned whether insufficient runway lighting contributed to the accident.
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U.S. military lawyers on Thursday   challenged President George W. Bush's plan to try terrorism   suspects including the accused September 11 mastermind, as   Democrats accused the White House of election-year   fearmongering.
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A federal jury said yesterday that the destruction of the World Trade Center constituted two separate attacks, entitling the developer Larry A. Silverstein to collect up to $2.2 billion
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Nearly three years to the day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, lawyers for more than 800 "Ground Zero" rescue and clean-up workers announced Monday a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against owners of the World Trade Center for exposing the workers to allegedly toxic conditions.
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Fresh from ruling that World Trade Center dust did not kill a police detective, a medical examiner offered the man's relatives other reasons Friday for his death, an explanation the family found "not acceptable," their lawyer said.