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The legal world is a busy place. Here are a few stories we didn't get to this week that we thought you might be interested in. A new law took effect in Iceland Monday, making it the first country to require equal pay for women. A court in Banglad (More)
Former Brazil presidents charged with running criminal organization
Brazil's Attorney General Rodrigo Janot announced Tuesday that former Brazilian presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, along with other senior members of the Worker's Party, were being charged with leading a criminal organization (More)
Former Brazil president convicted of corruption
Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva was convicted Wednesday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to almost 10 years in prison. Lula da Silva, who was president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, was charged with obtaining USD $1.1 million (More)
Former Brazil president testifies on graft charges
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva appeared in Court on Wednesday and gave a four-hour deposition on the graft charges he faces. In the deposition, da Silva< a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-lula-idUSKBN (More)
Brazil top court postpones president's trial
Brazil's top court, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) , on Tuesday suspended the trial of President Michel Temer who is accused of receiving illegal donations during his 2014 campaign. Following former president Dilma Rousseff's removal from of (More)
Brazil prosecutor requests 83 new investigations into Petrobras scandal
Brazil's top prosecutor has asked the country's Supreme Court to open 83 more investigations into politicians in connection to the Petrobras scandal . The list of names has sent to the court not been released . However, anonymous reports made to Braz (More)
Brazil Supreme Court justice dies in plane crash
Brazilian Supreme Court justice Teori Zavascki died in a small plane crash Thursday. Also aboard the plane were Alberto Filgueiras, a longtime friend of Zavascki and owner of the aircraft, as well as the pilot, a personal massage therapist for Filg (More)
Brazil: head of jail dismissed following the death of 56 inmates during riot
The Govenor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas on Tuesday dismissed the official in charge of the prison where 56 inmates died during a riot on New Year's Day. The dismissal came as a reaction to the news that, weeks before the killings, two inmate (More)
Brazil approves amendment to freeze spending for 20 years
The Senate of Brazil on Tuesday approved a measure to limit growth in federal spending to the rate of inflation for the next 20 years. The austerity measure, known as PEC 55 establishes a tax regime that limits the amount on expenditures based on (More)
Brazil lawmakers pass anti-corruption law with controversial changes
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of Congress, passed a measure on Wednesday that would permit defendants to seek criminal consequences for prosecutors and judges if the officials abuse their powers, a change that many believe woul (More)
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