The District Court of The Hague on Wednesday ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics against Apple in a patent infringement case. All About Phones reported that the court held Apple liable for infringing upon one of the Korean company’s four patents, a 3G patent . The court dismissed the remaining three patent claims against Apple [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Tuesday struck down a portion of the Chicago Firearms Ordinance , saying the standard was unconstitutionally vague. Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan struck down a section of the act which prevents firearm purchase by individuals who have “been convicted by a court in [...]
The Constitutional Court of Kuwait on Wednesday held that this year’s election for the new parliament was unconstitutional and the previous parliament of 2009 should be reinstated, state agency Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported. The court’s decision to nullify the current parliament came only two days after Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah suspended the [...]
US Congressman Ben Quayle (R-AZ) on Monday introduced a bill aimed at blocking the Obama adminstration’s decision last week to stop deporting many illegal immigrants. President Barack Obama’s administrative action will temporarily stop deporting many illegal immigrants under the age of 30 who were brought to the US as children. Quayle’s “Prohibiting Back-door Amnesty Act [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that the Supreme Court’s recent refusal to hear appeals from detainees at Guantanamo Bay represents a significant step away from the rights secured for them in Boumediene v. Bush…
JURIST Guest Columnist Wael Lafee, an LL.M. student at the Univeristy of Pittsburgh, is the author of the twelfth entry of a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He explains Palestine’s unique legal history and reviews how that history has impacted the formation of regular courts in [...]
A former candidate in Egypt’s presidential election and several non-government organizations filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging Egypt’s interim constitution, which was put in place by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) . SCAF amended the constitution on Monday, adding a provision which will transfer power to the newly elected president by the [...]
The War Crimes Chamber of the Belgrade District Court on Tuesday sentenced four former police officers for crimes committed during the Serbo-Croatian War in which around 20,000 people lost their lives. The four paramilitaries have been accused of killing at least six non-Serb civilians in the eastern Croatian town Beli Manastir in 1991. The presiding [...]
The Fair Elections Legal Network and three other rights groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit on behalf of several Florida citizens and organizations challenging the state’s purging of voter rolls. The suit is the third lawsuit filed against Florida seeking to end the controversial practice; similar suits have been filed by the American Civil Liberties [...]
Two leaders of the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday sent a letter to Chief Justice Roberts of the Supreme Court asking that the court consider televising a live broadcast of its decision regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . The Supreme Court is expected to deliver its opinion [...]
