The state of New York Thursday began a probe into alleged antitrust violations by computer chip giant Intel for possible anticompetitive practices directed at rival chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) . New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced the investigation into possible breaches of both state and federal law, saying that his office has [...]
The Chicago City Council signed off Wednesday on a $19.8 million agreement to settle torture allegations by four former death row inmates against the Chicago police . Labeling the allegations a "black eye," city officials said that they hoped a settlement will help to mend relations between the community and the police, who allegedly committed [...]
A federal judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri held Tuesday that the distribution of Bibles at elementary schools by religious organizations is unconstitutional in violation of the First Amendment , ruling that a permanent injunction against the practice will be ordered on final judgment after related counts are resolved. [...]
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing over 100 court cases against landowners along the US-Mexico border who have refused to allow construction of a 670-mile border fence on their properties, DHS officials said Wednesday. DHS sent 135 letters to hold-out property owners last month threatening court action if they did not comply, [...]
The Constitutional Court of Korea on Thursday approved a special investigation of South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak over fraud allegations relating to stock price-rigging by a former business partner. Lee, who takes office on February 25, is now subject to a 40-day investigation set to begin next week. The conservative former Seoul mayor has denied [...]
Jose Rodriguez, the former head of the US CIA's clandestine branch who ordered the destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects , has told Congress that he will not testify about the videotapes without a grant of immunity, a lawyer for Rodriguez said Wednesday. The US House Select Committee on Intelligence last month [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that amidst the recent feting of Libyan leader Muamar Ghadaffi in European capitals, part and parcel of his larger political rehabilitation in the West, his regime's role in atrocities in Liberia and [...]
Max Croes : "On December 31, 2007, President Bush, with unanimous support from Congress, signed the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act into law. The law is a landmark establishment of standards for policies of targeted divestment from Sudan. The operative provisions are fourfold. First, the law authorizes states and local governments to adopt policies of [...]
A Palestinian doctor detained in Libya for eight years after being accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) against Libya Wednesday, alleging he was tortured during his detention. Decisions by the UNHRC are not binding, but it could ask that Libya [...]
UK prosecutors Wednesday dropped charges against Dennis Pasquill, a civil servant in the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office who was accused of leaking secret documents about CIA rendition flights to the New Statesman and the Observer newspapers in violation of the Official Secrets Act . Pasquill's lawyer said the decision to drop charges showed that [...]
