Matthew Barakat

A judge on Friday ordered a retrial over allegations that a Virginia-based military contractor contributed to the abuse and torture of detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago.

Courts |
Judge orders retrial of civil case against contractor accused of abuse at Abu Ghraib

June 14, 2024 at 4:25 p.m.

A judge on Friday ordered a retrial over allegations that a Virginia-based military contractor contributed to the abuse and torture of detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades...

Bob Good is fighting a two-front battle to hold his seat in Virginia's 5th Congressional District. And that doesn't even count his opponent in the June 18 GOP primary, state Sen. John McGuire.

Virginia Politics |
Republican Party rifts on display in Virginia congressional primary pitting Good and McGuire

June 13, 2024 at 8:55 a.m.

Bob Good is fighting a two-front battle to hold his seat in Virginia's 5th Congressional District. And that doesn't even count his opponent in the June 18 GOP primary, state...

The plea deal also bars Envigo RMS, as well as parent company Inotiv, from breeding or selling dogs in the future.

Virginia News |
Company that bred beagles for research in Virginia pleads guilty to neglect, ordered to pay record $35M fine

June 3, 2024 at 7:10 p.m.

The plea deal also bars Envigo RMS, as well as parent company Inotiv, from breeding or selling dogs in the future.

The antitrust case set to go before a jury in Alexandria, Virginia, in September is one of two major lawsuits the Justice Department has brought against Google. While the Virginia case focuses on advertising technology, an ongoing case in the District of Columbia focuses on Google’s dominance as a search engine.

Virginia News |
Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia

May 17, 2024 at 5:07 p.m.

The antitrust case set to go before a jury in Alexandria, Virginia, in September is one of two major lawsuits the Justice Department has brought against Google. While the Virginia...

A trial is underway in Virginia that will determine whether state law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that can be divided up and assigned a monetary value.

Virginia News |
Virginia judge to decide whether state law considers embryos as property

May 9, 2024 at 7:32 p.m.

A trial is underway in Virginia that will determine whether state law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that can be divided up and assigned a monetary value.

The government and Google are making their closing arguments in a high-stakes antitrust trial to a federal judge in Washington who must now decide whether the tech giant’s search engine constitutes an illegal monopoly.

Business |
Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly

May 3, 2024 at 12:56 p.m.

The government and Google are making their closing arguments in a high-stakes antitrust trial to a federal judge in Washington who must now decide whether the tech giant’s search engine...

A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago.

National News |
Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners

May 2, 2024 at 4:31 p.m.

A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to...

The eight-person civil jury in Alexandria has now been deliberating for more than a week, longer than the trial itself.

National News |
Trial of military contractor accused of helping mistreat detainees in Iraq prison might not reach verdict, judge says

May 2, 2024 at 7:55 a.m.

The eight-person civil jury in Alexandria has now been deliberating for more than a week, longer than the trial itself.

A jury rejected a woman’s lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars from Virginia’s largest school system over allegations that she was raped multiple times as a middle schooler.

Virginia News |
Jury rejects Virginia woman’s lawsuit accusing school system of ignoring her sexual assault claims as a middle schooler

April 25, 2024 at 7:30 a.m.

A jury rejected a woman’s lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars from Virginia’s largest school system over allegations that she was raped multiple times as a middle schooler.

A lawyer for the military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told jurors Monday that the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people.

National News |
Jury deliberating in Iraq Abu Ghraib prison abuse civil case; contractor casts blame on Army

April 22, 2024 at 4:37 p.m.

A lawyer for the military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told jurors Monday that the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people.

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