The Department for Communities and Local Government, joint defendants with Barnwell Manor Wind Energy, had withdrawn from the case before the Administrative Court by letter to all the parties.

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According to the Gibson update, not only does the Amnesty program release cooperating applicants from potential criminal liability, it prevents civil plaintiffs from recovering treble damages and protects civil defendants from joint and several liability.

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Yasser El-Malawny and Hassan Heikal, EFG Hermes joint chief executive officers, are among the other defendants in the case.

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The series of linked trials involving 20 defendants has been the biggest-ever joint prosecution of a gang over a killing.

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"No other venue offers immediate access to the evidence of liability that will come from the defendants in this case, " Transocean said in court papers filed Tuesday with the Joint Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in Washington D.

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