Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged trouble for the country's stuttering economy.

Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and controversial figures nearly two decades after being ousted in a 2006 military coup.

Looming ‘lese majeste’ court ruling holds royal reckoning for Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

A court in Thailand dismissed a royal insult case on Friday against influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, clearing the first hurdle in a series of high-stakes court rulings involving the powerful Shinawatra political dynasty.

A Thai court has dismissed a royal insult case against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, marking a significant legal victory for the influential political figure. The case was based on the lese-majeste law,

The fate of suspended Thai Prime Minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, will be declared by the Constitutional Court on Aug. 29, which has the potential to trigger another round of leadership change while the country’s all powerful military is confronted by conflict on three fronts.

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared Friday of royal defamation charges, relieving one of the threats to his embattled dynasty, which has dominated Thai politics for two decades."I still believe that Thaksin Shinawatra will remain active in Thai politics,

Thailand's suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is in court over an alleged ethical breach during a border dispute call with Cambodia. This charge could result in her removal from office. The controversy stems from her interaction with Cambodia's Hun Sen,