The Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld the tax claim keeping former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky in exile and released his business partner Platon Lebedev . Lebedev’s release came four months early, with the remainder of his sentence considered time served. Khodorkovsky was released from prison following a pardon in December from Russian President [...]
The European Commission released its semi-annual Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report on Romania Wednesday, warning the nation to end political pressure on the judiciary amid continuing concerns over corruption. When Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007 the EU established a special “cooperation and verification mechanism” to address shortcomings in judicial reform, corruption [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Paroline v. United States , the court is considering whether a causal relationship must exist under 18 USC § 2259 between a defendant’s conduct and the victim’s harm in order for the victim to recover restitution. Doyle Paroline was convicted of possessing child [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in the case of Medtronic v. Mirowski Family Ventures reversing the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit . While the Supreme Court held that the Federal Circuit had subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case, it found that the Federal Circuit improperly placed the burden of persuasion [...]
Judge Lucy Koh of the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of Apple on Tuesday in its patent case against Samsung. Koh partially granted Apple’s motion for summary judgment, finding that no reasonable jury could fail to find that Samsung infringed upon Apple’s “word recommendation” patent. The remaining claims, [...]
Six same-sex couples and the Equality Florida Institute filed a lawsuit in a Florida state court on Tuesday seeking to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage marriage. The lawsuit argues that Florida’s marriage laws violate the US Constitution by denying same-sex couples the legal protections and equal dignity that having the freedom to marry [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday accused the US of undermining efforts to try the Syrian government and its president Bashar al-Assad in the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In its World Report 2014 , HRW said the US focused too much on peace talks with Syria rather than putting “real pressure” on Assad’s regime [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay issued statements Tuesday urging Ukrainian protesters to use restraint and calling on both the government and protesters to work towards constructive dialogue to diffuse the rising tension and violence that has gripped the nation. Protests began in November after the Ukrainian government abandoned [...]
The Supreme Court of Virginia on Tuesday declined to reconsider the court’s 2013 overturning of a wrongful death verdict against the commonwealth stemming from the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech . The attorney for two of the victims Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde informed the Associated Press that he received the court’s order Tuesday. The [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist John Beggan, Stetson University College of Law Class of 2015, analyzes the implications of liability claims surrounding the September 11th attacks…
