International Business News - Case http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A federal appeals court agreed Friday to hear arguments that a reputed Ku Klux Klansman's conviction in the abductions of two black teenagers found slain in 1964 should not have been overturned. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/us-appeals-court-to-hear-1964-klan-killings-case.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:59:44 EST A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for the worst single case of loan fraud at the U.S. Small Business Administration, a scheme to use federally guaranteed financing to buyers of gas stations, convenience stores and restaurants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/mich-man-gets-10-yrs-in-federal-loan-fraud-case.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:17:15 EST A Dutch court convicted two men Wednesday for attempting to infect 14 victims with HIV in a bizarre sex case. The Groningen District Court found the two guilty of severe assault for injecting semiconscious men with HIV-infected blood at sex parties between January 2006 and May 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/dutch-court-sentences-2-men-in-hiv-injection-case.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:54:26 EST A member of a gang of drifters was sentenced Monday to 55 years in prison for helping to kill another woman in the group and torturing the woman's 11-year-old son. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/drifter-gets-55-years-in-wis-torture-slay-case.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:20:37 EST The Supreme Court has turned aside a legal newspaper publisher's challenge to court decisions sealing an entire case from public view. The justices did not comment Monday on their order denying the appeal of The New York Law Publishing Company. It had sought access to a case that involved a woman who claimed her employer fired her because she had an abortion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/court-turns-down-appeal-in-sealed-case.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:36:05 EST In a decision that could reshape the way banks and high-tech firms protect their intellectual property, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a man's business concept was too vague for patent protection. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/court-limits-business-method-patents.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:50:14 EDT Months after a 1999 murder conviction was overturned by DNA evidence, a Colorado district attorney says a review of thousands of convictions yielded not one case in which new DNA technology would change the outcome. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/163395-murder-case-reopened.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/colo-da-new-dna-testing-unnecessary-in-old-cases.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/colo-da-new-dna-testing-unnecessary-in-old-cases.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:31:08 EDT A Lebanese mother and her child who fled to Britain to avoid being separated under their country's Islamic law and should be allowed to remain in the U.K., Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/woman-who-fled-islamic-law-granted-asylum-in-uk.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:33:29 EDT The first person released from prison in Colorado because of DNA evidence is suing police and prosecutors who worked to put him behind bars. Lawyers for Tim Masters filed suit in federal court Tuesday, claiming hundreds of documents and expert opinions that pointed toward his innocence in a murder case were withheld from his lawyers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/man-freed-on-dna-evidence-sues-cops-prosecutors.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:59:45 EDT Chemical and plastics maker Eastman Chemical Co. said Tuesday it received a favorable federal court decision in a patent infringement case that will allow it to continue to produce certain resins at its Columbia, S.C., plants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/eastman-chemical-gets-favorable-patent-ruling.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:18:15 EDT Lawyers for a reputed Klansman argued Monday that prosecutors are citing an irrelevant civil case in their efforts to reverse his acquittal in the abductions of two black teenagers slain in 1964. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/defense-reputed-klansman-acquittal-should-stand.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:34:46 EDT A girl who survived an infamous Massachusetts end-of-life case will not be called to testify against the man accused of beating her into a coma and injuring her brain, according to a notice filed Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/girl-with-brain-injury-wont-testify-in-abuse-case.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:31:55 EDT A city council in South Texas on Monday unanimously voted to remove a registered sex offender as mayor, hours after the man was released from jail on new child sex charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/south-texas-town-ousts-sex-offender-mayor.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:16:55 EDT John and Jamie Petree couldn't believe their luck. The home they bought in this Columbus suburb was near family and quality schools. Its huge backyard promised years of afternoon fun for their 2-year-old daughter and about-to-be-born son. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/141320-foreclosure-stalking-case.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/couple-say-homes-ex-owner-tried-to-scare-them-out.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/couple-say-homes-ex-owner-tried-to-scare-them-out.htm Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:29:32 EDT The mayor of a South Texas town who is already required to register as a sex offender has been indicted on three new charges related to indecency with a child. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/mayor-in-texas-charged-with-more-sex-offenses.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:04:23 EDT Prosecutors asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to reconsider the acquittal of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman who was serving a life sentence for the abductions of two black teenagers slain in 1964. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/136954-cold-case-appeal.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/feds-ask-rehearing-of-reputed-klansmans-acquittal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/feds-ask-rehearing-of-reputed-klansmans-acquittal.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:42:35 EDT After years of professing their parents' innocence, the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are acknowledging that their father was a spy. The about-face came after their father's co-defendant, Morton Sobell, admitted for the first time that he and Julius Rosenberg stole nonatomic military and industrial secrets for the Soviet Union. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/rosenberg-sons-acknowledge-their-father-was-a-spy.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:45:03 EDT The lawyer for an 86-year-old suburban Seattle man accused of being part of a Nazi death squad in World War II has asked a federal judge to throw out the government's attempt to revoke his U.S. citizenship. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/elderly-wash-man-denies-role-in-nazi-crimes.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:33:35 EDT A reputed Ku Klux Klansman recently acquitted in the abductions of two black teenagers slain in 1964 is a flight risk and should remain in prison while the government considers appealing the ruling, federal prosecutors argued Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/prosecutors-say-reputed-klansman-is-flight-risk.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:40:02 EDT A former congressional aide accused of helping an Iraqi spy agency while Saddam Hussein was in power is mentally unfit for trial, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska announced her finding late Monday in the case of Susan Lindauer, who was arrested in 2004 on charges including conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi intelligence service. The charge carries a potential prison sentence of up to 25 years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/judge-woman-in-iraqi-spy-case-unfit-for-trial.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:17:28 EDT