A man convicted of colluding with the Mafia, who was a close friend of Silvio Berlusconi, said on Thursday he was moved to tears by the late Italian prime minister's decision to bequeath him 30 million euros ($32.7 million).
Family members of a deceased person cannot sue for wrongful death if the death occurs more than three years after the injury that caused it, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Thursday, upholding the dismissal of claims against tobacco giants Philip Morris USA Inc and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Litigation-focused law firm Reid Collins & Tsai said Thursday that it has hired a commercial trial partner in New York from much larger firm Crowell & Moring.
Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain have asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to open proceedings against Iran over the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020 that killed all 176 people on board, legal filings showed on Wednesday.
Four people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting on Monday night in Philadelphia, and a suspect was taken into custody, local news media outlets reported, citing police.