Office of Fair Trading v. Abbey National PLC, et al., Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, November 25, 2090 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on legal issues surrounding UK banks.

Biros, et al. v. Strickland, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, November 25, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the death penalty.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called for the UK to investigate allegations that government officials were complicit in the torture of British citizens in Pakistan from 2004 to 2007. The announcement followed the release of a report alleges that Pakistani security agents tortured prisoners and then transferred them to British government officials for questioning. [...]

Eugene O'Donnell : "One of the paradoxes of crime reporting is that statistics sometimes decline when there is little expectation that law enforcement will treat a crime report seriously. Thus, the reported crime rate in some of the nation's largest cities may well be higher than officially reported due to lack of public confidence in [...]

The US State Department (DOS) stated Tuesday that the US will not be signing the treaty to ban the use of anti-personnel landmines. The announcement comes a week before the Second Review Conference the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction is set to [...]

A US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that a school district's policy prohibiting the performance of religious holiday songs does not violate the First Amendment Establishment Clause . Plaintiff Michael Stratechuk argued that the policy of the School District of South Orange and Maplewood in New Jersey, which prohibits the [...]

Stratechuk v. Board of Education, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, November 24, 2009 . – Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on First Amendment rights.

The American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU), the Constitution Project (CP), and the Rutherford Institute filed amici curiae briefs Tuesday backing a challenge to a federal law that prohibits providing material support to terrorism. The groups supported a Humanitarian Law Project (HLP) argument that the law defines "material support" too broadly. In a press release that [...]

Argentina's Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill that would decriminalize defamation, bringing the government's policies more in line with the American Convention on Human Rights and garnering praise from international human rights groups. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner proposed the bill in September, but the Senate must pass the bill before it can [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague began proceedings on Tuesday for the trial of two Congolese nationals believed to be responsible for the killings of more than 200 men, women, and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2003. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui both pleaded not guilty to [...]