Yvonne Nelson announced as judge on 2013 Miss Universe pageant

Judge Resigns After Video Shows Him Sleeping During A Trial

A Russian judge has resigned after a video apparently showed him asleep during a trial that ended with him sentencing the defendant to five years in a penal colony, Russian media reported on Friday.

Russian justice system has a notoriously high conviction rate, and the critics of the system were outraged when the video purporting to show Judge Yevgeny Makhno sleeping through a defense…

Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti joins Nigerian Idol as a judge

Femi Kuti who is known to be very conservative, TV shy and rarely leaves the Shrine save for few select performances in Nigeria and world tours, has agreed to be a judge on Nigerian Idol.

“I am honoured to be part of Nigerian Idol, a show that discovers talents across the country in music. Saying I…

Judge overturns ban on Samsung tablet #thecircuit

Apple, Samsung: Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District Court of California has overturned a Samsung tablet sales ban, Ars Technica reported. The ban, put into place before the companies’ summer legal battle, dealt with the Galaxy Tab 10.1. A jury found that the Samsung tablet did not infringe on the design of the iPad.

In a separate filing, Samsung also added claims about the iPhone 5…

Judge gives instructions to Apple-Samsung jury before closing arguments

After three weeks of arguments, the jury in the high-stakes patent dispute between Apple and Samsung has finally been given its instructions on what, exactly, jurors should be deciding in the high-stakes case.

A ruling for Apple could ban imports of certain Samsung products and force the Korean company to change its designs or pay licensing fees to the Cupertino, Calif.-based firm. A ruling for Samsung, on the other hand,…

Judge Denies Usher’s Request To Delay Hearing In Custody Battle

Usher’s bitter custody battle with his ex-wife Tameka Foster will resume on August 13, despite the singer’s request to postpone the hearing following his stepson’s death last month.

Foster challenged her former husband’s stall plea, insisting his call for sympathy was “bogus” – and the judge overseeing the case has agreed there’s no need to hold up proceedings.

In court papers filed this week, Usher…

As Apple and Samsung vie over tablet patents, judge at center of a tech storm

As Apple and Samsung escalated a multibillion-dollar war over one of the hottest consumer gadgets of our time, the tablet computer, a little-known judge did for Apple what the company couldn’t do on its own: She shut down the competition.

The stunning move by U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh to temporarily order Samsung’s tablets off the shelves last month rippled across the tech industry because…

$16 Million Contract Puts Britney Spears On TV’s Top Paid List – Behind Judge Judy

3. Driver arraigned for attempting to kill judge

A 33-year-old commercial driver, Quadri Kasali, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court, Tinubu, Lagos, for attempting to kill a Lagos High Court Judge, Justice Adebanji Adebajo, on March 1, 2012.

The accused was said to have been driving a commercial Vanagon bus at about 2.20pm along Moloney Street,…

3. Judge to rule on Mubarak case on June 2

(Reuters)—Egyptian anti-Hosni Mubarak demonstrators pose in front of a mock gallows whilst riot policeman provide security outside the court in Cairo – AFPThe verdict in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, charged with ordering the killing of protesters in the uprising that swept him…