A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday declined to issue a preliminary injunction against Samsung Electronics , as requested by Apple . District Judge Lucy Koh’s ruling against Apple is the latest decision in a legal battle, which began in April when Apple filed a complaint against [...]
A three-judge panel for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) accepted a request by prosecutors on Friday to reduce the number of crimes they intend to prove against former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic from 196 to 106. The panel declared that the prosecution’s request for a reduction in [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Danielle Gorman, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Class of 2013, is a Staff Editor for the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. She writes on the need for a revised opinion in the Yves Saint Laurent v. Louboutin case that would allow for the future protection of certain single color marks [...]
The Australian Labor Party Saturday officially amended its platform to support same-sex marriage. The ruling party’s decision to support same-sex marriage followed emotional debate and speeches from both sides of the issue at its national conference in Sydney, where 400 delegates voted to amend the party’s platform while accepting Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s call for [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Niccolò Pons, Assistant Legal Officer of the Pre-Trial Chambers of the International Criminal Court, says that there are many obstacles for the Lebanese court both in obtaining and carrying out a trial in absentia, but that it can still be an effective tool in furthering international justice and accountability…
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted in an emergency session Friday to adopt a resolution strongly condemning the recent violence in Syria. The UNHRC resolution sets the stage for action by other UN bodies and international institutions, calling for the appointment of a special human rights investigator on Syria, the suspension of Syrian security [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Jason Hart, Lecturer at the University of Bath, argues that violations of Palestinian children’s rights by Israeli authorities pose risks to both the children and the organizations serving them…
JURIST Guest Columnist Nicholas Bala of Queen’s University Faculty of Law says the recent ruling in British Columbia holding that Canada’s criminal prohibition of polygamy is constitutionally justified despite violating the guarantee of freedom of religion is strong and should prevent the spread of polygamy in Canada… The recent ruling of Chief Justice Robert Bauman [...]
Sudanese-born Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik was removed from the UN Security Council Al Qaeda Sanctions List (1267 List) on Thursday. Abdelrazik was added to the list while being held in Sudan in 2006 based on suspected ties to al Qaeda . He was seized while visiting Sudan in 2003 on a request from the Canadian [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation into crimes against humanity committed by the Syrian government. Pillay said that during the eight-month uprising the death toll in Syria has surpassed 4,000 with tens [...]
