The Obama administration may create a special unit of interrogators to handle certain terror suspects, the Wall St. Journal reported Saturday, citing unidentified government officials. In creating the unit, the administration would reduce the role of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in interrogating suspects as the CIA has faced criticism for its interrogation techniques during [...]
American Academy, et al. v. Napolitano, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, July 17, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Tariq Ramadan case.
Sharif v. State, Supreme Court of Pakistan, July 17, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Nawaz Sharif.
Saki Bacha v. Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, July 17, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Mohammed Jawad.
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday in favor of three organizations that had challenged the denial of a visa to a controversial Swiss Muslim scholar, reviving their claim. Tariq Ramadan had been invited to teach at the University of Notre Dame in 2004, but the government denied his visa, citing [...]
Chinese officials from Beijing's Civil Affairs Bureau on Friday shut down the legal research center of the Gongmeng human rights group. Officials confiscated computers and other equipment, telling staff that the center was not properly registered . A lawyer for Gongmeng said that the research center was part of Gongmeng, which is properly registered. A [...]
Finance expert William Brodsky on Friday called for the merger of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) . Brodsky and others testified before the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services to discuss Obama administration proposals for financial regulatory reform. The Chicago Board Options Exchange CEO maintained [...]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday acquitted opposition leader Nawaz Sharif on charges of hijacking a plane carrying General Pervez Musharraf in 1999. The conviction had barred Sharif from running for office, although the court lifted the ban in May. It was alleged that then-prime minister Sharif ordered Musharraf's return flight to the country [...]
Former Boeing engineer Dongfan "Greg" Chung was convicted Thursday of stealing corporate trade secrets related to the US Space Shuttle program and turning them over to China in the first ever trial under the Economic Espionage Act . Chung, a native of China, was tried in the US District Court for the Central District of [...]
The US Senate approved a bill Thursday that would expand hate crimes law to include crimes motivated by sexual orientation or gender. The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act would provide federal assistance to state and local authorities to prosecute hate crimes and would allow the federal government to prosecute such crimes that state or [...]
