Rory Collins, co-director of Oxford University's clinical-trials service unit (which demonstrated the efficacy of aspirin against heart disease) has managed to piggy-back on a commercial trial in order to test the notion that folic acid, a food-supplement commonly given to pregnant women, may also prevent heart attacks.
Jurors selected are supposed to represent a cross-section of the general population in order to promote a fair trial.
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The decision to order a separate trial was criticised by both prosecutors and defence lawyers.
The hearing was not without its lighter moments as Judge Pauly must decide whether to order a new trial.
Consequently, they are asking Virginia's Prince William County Circuit Judge LeRoy Millette Jr. to toss out Muhammad's conviction or order a new trial.
Since a strict Supreme Court ruling in 1976, there is only one comparable instance of a court issuing a gag order on a newspaper to ensure a fair trial.
Prosecutors are asking the high court to throw out the acquittals of American Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, and order a new trial.
The decision by Italy's highest criminal appeals court to overturn the acquittals of American student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, and order a new trial in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, is once again raising concerns both at home and abroad about how justice works in Italy.
Unlike a trial, where a judge maintains order and the rules of evidence often limit what can be introduced, the hearings of Congress can be wildly unpredictable.
Google may choose to take some of these suits to trial in order to clarify a principle.
The judge in that case, Harry Hanna, has since imposed a gag order on everyone involved, citing the risk of endangering a fair trial.
The order, issued by a trial court in New Delhi, follows a decision by India's Central Bureau of Investigation in December to register initial charges of criminal conspiracy and misconduct against Bharti, other companies and individuals.
In order to perform a field trial with a regulated article, a researcher must apply to USDA for a permit and submit a huge amount of data, which makes genetically engineered plants extraordinarily expensive to develop and test.
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Other members of the organisation faced a similar trial before the 1995 election, in order, it seemed, to put them safely out of the running.
They argue the leak violated a gag order and could weaken the credibility of those officials if they are called to testify in a trial.
The defense argues the leak violated a gag order and could weaken the credibility of those officials if they are called to testify in a trial.
Isis needs one in order to start a large and expensive clinical trial testing its drug in patients who have high cholesterol that is not caused by a genetic defect.
In order to design and run a successful clinical trial, it is crucial for the actual investigators to collect the data themselves and not rely on information gathered by other groups.
Holmes' lawyers say the leak violated a gag order and jeopardized Holmes' right to a fair trial.
Last month, the company began a trial program in that city to let restaurant and hotel guests order a taxi from a mini-kiosk called the Taxi Butler.
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The clinical trial followed a total of 842 patients until 608 of them had died in order to get statistical power.
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The Klebnikov trial was closed to the press and the public, with all participants under a strict gag order imposed by the judge.
New York State Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolub granted a temporary restraining order Monday that blocks the photos' publication until the issue gets settled at trial.
She said in an order that the AP's request for a decision in its favor before any trial had been granted, "with one exception" that she did not specify.
And in that same year, Judge Hastings was convicted of lying under oath and removed by the Senate even though he had already been acquitted in a criminal trial. (It is generally recognized that an act need not be criminal in order to be impeachable.) As these examples illustrate, perjury is and historically has been a sufficient cause for conviction and removal.
But a similar order last time did nothing to stop Mr Edwards from holding news conferences regularly during his trial.
During the trial the court heard that from the age of seven Carly was made the subject of a care order and raised by foster parents.
These included a risk that the accused would not appear for trial, the prevention of further offences and the preservation of public order, she said.
Outside researchers running the trial for Merck set this number high in order to maximize the trials' chances of showing even a slight difference in heart attack rates between Zetia and placebo.
"We made a promise to have a fair trial based on the law of the land and we wanted this historical trial to be just and fair in order to give the rights to its true owners, no matter what the sentence will be, " he said.
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