US President Barack Obama interrupted a press briefing Friday to speak about the retirement of Justice David Souter . Speaking about the nearly two decades of service and dedication that Justice Souter had given to the court, Obama said that he had thanked him on behalf of the American people. Obama then spoke to the [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Ed Richards of Louisiana State University Law Center says that in the midst of current concerns about the spread of the H1N1 virus (popularly known as "swine flu"), passing more and stricter public health laws will neither strengthen the public health system nor effectively contain the spread of disease… As this is [...]
The Swiss Federal Office of Justice on Friday announced that it has filed a brief in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida arguing that a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeking information on 52,000 UBS account holders suspected of tax evasion [...]
The Criminal Court in Liberia on Friday acquitted former interim president Gyude Bryant of embezzlement charges. The former leader was charged with the embezzlement of $1.4 million during his interim presidency, which lasted from October 2003 to January 2006. The charges stemmed from an audit conducted by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday denied a stay of deportation for accused Nazi prison guard John Demjanjuk . Last month, the court granted a stay of deportation to consider Demjanjuk's appeal of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals that denied his emergency stay of deportation . Demjanjuk [...]
The Supreme Court of India on Friday ordered the formation of five special courts to hear cases stemming from the 2002 Gujarat riots . The court did not move the cases outside of Gujarat however, as the National Human Rights Commission had requested , instead ordering that the courts be set up in the Ahmedabad, [...]
The Maine Senate voted 21-14 in favor of a bill that would allow same-sex marriage in the state. The vote split mainly along party lines, with only one Democrat voting against the measure. The bill will now go before the Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday, where it is expected to pass . The bill [...]
The Japanese government on Thursday pledged to donate USD $4.17 million to assist the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , the tribunal set up to try former members of the Khmer Rouge . The funding comes at an opportune moment for the ECCC, which projected a $4.3 million dollar shortfall for 2009. [...]
Justice David Souter of the US Supreme Court will retire at the end of the 2008 term in June, according to Thursday reports . Souter has not issued a a public statement and no formal announcement has been made by the Court, but the White House was reportedly informed of Souter's decision. There has already [...]
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) on Thursday added Canada to its Priority Watch List of 12 countries that are not adequately protecting intellectual property rights . In its 2009 Special 301 Report , the USTR also elevated Algeria and Indonesia to the list and removed South Korea. Canada has been added to [...]
