Elon Musk and Tesla suffered a pair of legal setbacks on Monday after federal judges in California and Maryland certified separate class action lawsuits against the carmaker and its CEO personally. The rulings open the door for broader litigation over Tesla’s marketing of its self-driving technology, and Musk’s alleged role in efforts to defund the…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s national security trial has been adjourned until Monday after judges expressed concerns about his heart issue that arose shortly before closing submission proceedings. The Apple Daily founder’s health condition was brought to the attention of West Kowloon Court on Friday, just as the three presiding High Court…
The Hong Kong government has strongly condemned “smear campaigns” by foreign forces and anti-China media companies in relation to the national security law trial of former newspaper boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who returns to court on Thursday. Prosecutors and defence lawyers will make their final oral arguments in his high-profile trial. The closing submissions procedure…
The Hong Kong government has strongly condemned “smear campaigns” by foreign forces and anti-China media companies in relation to the national security law trial of former newspaper boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who returns to court on Thursday. Prosecutors and defence lawyers will make their final oral arguments in his high-profile trial. The closing submissions procedure…
President Donald Trump issued a warning to courts that might stand in the way of his tariffs policy. Trump said Friday that it would be “impossible to ever recover, or pay back” the “money and honor” brought in by tariffs, if a “Radical Left Court ruled against us at this late date,” warning that it…
A woman in China has been sentenced to 11 years in jail for causing the intentional injury of her boyfriend after she banged his head against a wall, causing his death. The woman, identified by the alias Ajuan, said she beat her boyfriend after he asked to hurt him in a bid to save their…
An estranged couple from southwestern China became embroiled in a dispute over 29 chickens during their divorce proceedings. After telling them to split the batch of birds evenly, a judge advised them to eat the extra one as a “farewell meal” before finalising their divorce. The idea was not only practical but also reflected traditional…
A Hong Kong court has cleared a 42-year-old coach of molesting a former player on the city’s women’s football team on two occasions in 2021 by highlighting inconsistencies in the complainant’s evidence. West Kowloon Court on Thursday found Wong Chi-wai not guilty of two counts of indecent assault and highlighted “crucial” discrepancies between the written…
The father of a wanted Hong Kong activist has denied handling his daughter’s financial assets in breach of the domestic national security law. Merchant Kwok Yin-sang, the father of US-based activist Anna Kwok Fung-yee, pleaded not guilty before West Kowloon Court on Wednesday. The 68-year-old defendant is the first person to be charged with a…
A Hong Kong court has blocked an intended judicial challenge by a public housing tenant against an eviction order after finding it reasonable for authorities to conclude that she was not living in the flat. The High Court on Wednesday handed down a written judgment declining to give permission for violin teacher Tang Wai-yin to…