Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, March 25.Today is Good Friday, and most UN, EU and many US government offices and courts are closed for the holiday.The US Senate...
The Austrian Justice Ministry has dropped its case against a former Nazi psychiatrist accused of killing children at a Vienna clinic after he was ruled unfit for trial. The government said Wednesday that Heinrich Gross, 89, suffers...
A French appeals court on Thursday affirmed a 2002 conviction of investor George Soros for insider trading, including a $2.9 million penalty. The court ruled that Soros' 1988 purchase of French bank Societe Generale SA ...
Canadian citizens may be subjected to expanded "control measures" such as house arrests currently being developed for use against immigrant terror suspects, Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has said. The proposed detention rules are meant to expand...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, March 24.The US Senate and US House are in recess until April 4.American University Washington College of Law will hold a...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 23.The US Senate and US House are in recess until April 4.The European Council session continues today, with...
The Justice Department and tobacco industry representatives have begun settlement negotiations in the government's racketeering case against the industry, an anonymous source involved with the case said Tuesday. The two sides have met at least once...
In issuing new mercury emissions regulations last week, the Environmental Protection Agency failed to include conflicting data from a study sponsored by the agency, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. EPA officials emphasized that the mercury...
AP is reporting that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that Syria will completely withdraw its military forces from Lebanon. Last week, Annan had demanded a withdraw in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1559 . AP has...
A UK court on Tuesday granted Home Secretary Charles Clarke more time to decide on a US request to extradite three British bankers indicted on fraud charges stemming from the Enron scandal. A court ruled last fall...
