Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday that Ireland will accept two detainees being released from the US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay . The detainees will not be admitted as refugees, but rather with permanent residency rights , allowing them to work and move freely. Ahern said: During my time as Minister for Foreign [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit against Iran over the 1984 assassination of former chief of the Iranian armed forces Gholam Oveissi in France by Hezbollah may proceed. The suit was brought by Oveissi's grandson, who alleged that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the [...]

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad on Tuesday called on the US District Court for the District of Columbia to sign off on the release of their client, claiming Afghanistan is ready to repatriate him. The lawyers say that prosecutors in the case have admitted that they do not have military justification to hold [...]

Bank of America (BOA) announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with Parmalat SpA in litigation stemming from the 2003 collapse of the Italian dairy giant. Under the terms of the settlement, BOA will pay Pamalat USD $100 million, which includes both cash and non-cash components. The settlement resolves a $10 million lawsuit filed [...]

The US House Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday approved the Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act , which would restrict the way in which executives for publicly-traded companies can be compensated. Committee members say the bill would discourage executive compensation packages that emphasize short-term gains over long-term stability, which they say helped to [...]

The substantive portion of the civil trial of Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum , accused of illegally downloading seven songs , began in Boston on Tuesday. On Monday, jury selection was completed, and, in a significant setback for the defense team, led by Harvard professor Charles Nesson , Judge Nancy Gertner of the US [...]

Sotomayor confirmation hearing materials, US Senate Judiciary Committee . Read the full text of the materials. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Sonia Sotomayor.

US detention centers for illegal immigrants have failed to meet basic standards for the treatment of those held at the facilities, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Immigration Law Center and two other groups. The groups said that immigrants being held in the US are often denied adequate visitation, telephone, recreation, legal [...]

Amnesty International on Monday called on Nicaragua to end its total ban on abortions , saying that the lack of an exception for the mother's health has caused numerous deaths. AI also called for the country to eliminate severe criminal punishments for those who seek or perform abortions, saying that the penalties would often prevent [...]

Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of Iran, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, July 28, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here.