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Freezing assets of terror suspects ruled unlawful by High Court
Anti-terrorism legislation was condemned as poorly thought-out by a senior High Court judge yesterday as he declared that the Treasury’s powers to freeze suspects’ bank accounts were unlawful.

UK High Court rules terror suspect asset freeze orders unlawful
[JURIST] The High Court in London ruled Thursday that the British Treasury Department [official website] may not freeze the assets of suspected terrorists without going through Parliament first...

Proving Forfeiture is an Ass - et: Feds Seize Couples $400,000 Lifetime Savings After Small Amount of Pot Found
In light of the recent hearing on mandatory asset freezing and restitution, Congress should look at the on-going controversy over an asset forfeiture in Lima Ohio. Luther and Meredith Ricks were victims of a break-in at their home by two burglars...

Students 'intoxicated' by terror freed on appeal
Students 'intoxicated' by terror freed on appeal"Five young men, including four students, jailed on terror charges after being "intoxicated" by extremist propaganda have been freed by the Court of Appeal"...

Gordon Brown's Terrorist Asset Freezing bureaucracy - petty, incompetent and illegal
On Thursday, the High Court made a Judgment in the case of 5 anonymous people who have been subjected to the Treasury's bureaucratic nightmare of financial asset freezing. Read the text of the Judgment on the British and Irish Legal Information Institute website: Neutral Citation Number: [2008] EWHC 869 (Admin) Case No: PTA 13, 14, 15, 17 & 19/2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COURT Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL 24 April 2008 B e f o r e : Mr Justice Collins ____________________ Between: A, K, M, Q & G Applicants - and - H...

Freezing Assets Offshore
With the unfortunate rise in ponzi schemes and frauds on investors such as in the Madoff matter, victims are searching for ways to recover their losses. If assets can be located in English common law jurisdictions, there is a remedy--asset....

Unlawful Retaliation for Sexual Harassment Claim
Title VII retaliatory discharge retaliation requires proof of participation in protected activities

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Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.

SunTrust HELOC Loan Termination
SunTrust HELOC allegedly violated clients contracts by decreasing, freezing, or terminating HELOC loans.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.