Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was convicted Monday on charges of underage prostitution and abuse of power. The Milan court sentenced Berlusconi to seven years in prison and barred him from public office for life. A panel of three judges found Berlusconi guilty of paying then 17-year-old dancer Karima “Ruby” El Mahroug for sex [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Sabrina Ramirez, Barry University School of Law, Class of 2014, discusses the new immigration reform and the Hispanic vote’s impact on the reform… The Immigration Bill Immigration reform, a highly politicized topic, polarizes the country in two factions; those that support freer immigration policies versus those that want a more restrictive approach. [...]
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday that the government plans to put Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason. Sharif did not officially declare that the government was filing charges , stating that the federal government would first consult with other political parties “so that the collective will and wisdom of the people of Pakistan [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday released two opinions that narrow the scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , holding that an employer will only be held vicariously liable for an employee’s discriminatory conduct if the employee’s behavior ends in a tangible employment action against the victim; and that employees [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday in United States v. Kebodeaux that the federal government can compel a convicted sex offender to register with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006 (SORNA) even if the offender completed his sentence before SORNA was enacted. In an opinion by Justice Breyer, the court found [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the conviction of Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam , rejecting his argument that wiretap evidence was used improperly to convict him. Rajaratnam was convicted in 2011 on 14 counts related to insider trading and sentenced to 11 years in prison, as well as [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday in Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. v. Bartlett that generic drug design defect claims that turn on the adequacy of a drug’s warnings are preempted by federal law under PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing . Justice Samuel Alito delivered the opinion of the court, which reversed the US Court of [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-1 Monday in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin that the appeals court did not apply the correct standard in upholding a ruling for the university in an affirmative action challenge. Petitioner Abigail Noel Fisher, a Caucasian student, was denied undergraduate admission to University of Texas at Austin (UT) [...]
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review the president’s recess appointment power . In NLRB v. Noel Canning , the court will decide: (1) whether the president’s recess-appointment power may be exercised during a recess that occurs within a session of the Senate or is instead limited to recesses that occur between enumerated sessions [...]
The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution to strengthen efforts to end impunity for sexual violence affecting not only large numbers of women and girls, but also men and boys. The resolution emphasizes more consistent and rigorous investigation and prosecution of sexual violence crimes as a central aspect of deterrence, and [...]
