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US court reinstates conviction of 'Serial' podcast subject Adnan Syed

After Syed's conviction was vacated, Baltimore prosecutors had 30 days to decide whether to retry him. They announced their decision to drop the charges eight days before the deadline was up — while an appeal from the Lee family was pending

Paid time off is not part of workers' 'salary,' US court rules

The case marked the first time that a US appeals court was asked whether paid time off counts as part of an employee's salary. The question is important because salaried workers can become eligible for overtime pay if employers make deductions from their wages

Relatives of Boeing 737 MAX crash victims face off aviation giant in US court

The families are challenging the DOJ's deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Boeing, which required the aviation giant to pay $2.5 billion in fines and restitution in exchange for immunity from criminal prosecution for charges it defrauded the government during the certification of the MAX

First female Sikh judge takes oath of office in US court

A trial lawyer for 20 years, Manpreet Monica Singh has been involved in numerous civil rights organizations at the local, state, and national levels

Transgender woman's scheduled execution to be the first in US

Amber McLaughlin, 49, is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003

Ghislaine Maxwell's guilty verdict in sex trafficking case bad news for Britain's Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew wasn’t on trial in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case, but her conviction is bad news for the man who is ninth in line to the British throne

MBS denies sending hit squad to kill ex-top Saudi official in Canada, claims sovereign immunity in US

Sovereign immunity is a legal doctrine that holds sovereign states and heads of state as immune from prosecution. It is meant to protect foreign leaders from being subjected to laws that are not their own

Amazon could be held liable for defective products sold by third parties rules US court

Amazon earned about $11 billion in revenue from services it provided to third-party sellers for the quarter ended in March

Antiques owned by Nirav Modi likely to go under hammer: Nirav used PNB money to buy personal assets, claims court-appointed trustee

At least, twenty-two antique statues, mostly from the 3rd Century Gandhara period owned by fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, is likely to go under the hammer in the ongoing bankruptcy proceeding in the US court. These statues, that have substantial value in the international market, were brought from Christie's Auction House in March 2010 and recovered from Firestar Diamond office in New York.

US district court in California dismisses visa fraud lawsuit against Infosys, Apple

A US district court in California has reportedly dismissed lawsuit filed against Apple and Infosys alleging visa fraud by both the companies