Two men who served as revolutionary symbols during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution were referred to trial on Thursday for charges of participating in an illegal protest and allegedly assaulting policemen. The first hearing for the two men, Ahmed Douma and Ahmed Maher, will be held on Sunday. Douma and Maher are now the first activists [...]
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Thursday announced that it transferred two prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the government of their native Algeria. Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane and Bensayah Belkecem were transferred to Algerian custody despite their claims that they would likely face persecution in their home country. The DOD said on Thursday that [...]
A group of UN human rights experts on Tuesday urged the Kenyan government to reject legislation that would impose severe regulations and limitations upon non-governmental organizations (NGOs). As an amendment to Kenya’s Public Benefit Organization Act of 2012, the law would allow the government to deny registration of such organizations, cap foreign funding at 15 [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that employers can require their employees to sign an arbitration agreement prohibiting them to pursue claims in courts or in a class action. The ruling overturned a prior decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) which held that requiring employees to sign [...]
A judge for the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled Tuesday that the city of Detroit is eligible to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 9 of the US Bankruptcy Code , marking the largest municipal bankruptcy in the nation’s history. In an oral ruling, Judge Steven Rhodes authorized the bankruptcy filing, [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the district court’s denial of a writ of habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainee Abdul Razak Ali. Ali, who was captured in 2002 during an 18-day stay at a Pakistan guesthouse with al Qaeda-associated terrorist leader Abu Zubaydah and other terrorist trainers, [...]
Lawyers for two Guantanamo detainees, arguing before the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday, accused Poland of serving as a secret torture site for the Central Intelligence Agency‘s (CIA) extraordinary rendition program . The case involves 48-year-old Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national facing terror charges in connection with the al Qaeda attack on [...]
The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday fined eight international financial institutions €1.7 billion for having engaged in illegal cartels. They were all involved in cartels relating to interest rate derivatives. Some participated in a cartel that was denominated in euro currency while some participated in a cartel that was denominated in Japanese yen. Still others, [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Northwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg the court must decide on the scope of preemption under the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 (ADA) . Section 41713(b) provides that states “may not enact or enforce a law, regulation or other provision having the force and effect [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a forum-selection clause may be enforced by a motion to transfer under 28 USC § 1404 but may not be enforced by a motion to dismiss under 28 USC § 1406(a) or Rule 12(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The unanimous opinion in Atlantic Marine Construction [...]
