A court in South Korea ruled Thursday that a Buddhist temple located in the nation may keep a statue taken from Japan in 2012. The statue of Buddha was one of two artifacts stolen from a Japanese temple and taken to South Korea. The court found that the statue, created in the fourteenth century, had [...]
Technology giant Apple on Wednesday announced two lawsuits against Qualcomm in Beijing’s Intellectual Property Court. The lawsuits , similar to the one filed in a US district court last week, allege a violation of China’s antimonopoly law as well as unfair and unreasonable licensing practices. Apple is seeking 1 billion yuan (USD $145 million) in [...]
The Greek Court of Cassation on Thursday ruled against extradition of eight Turkish soldiers, a decision that cannot be overturned. The soldiers fled to Greece after being accused of playing a part in the attempted coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan . The soldiers deny involvement and sought political asylum in Greece. The Supreme [...]
The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation on Wednesday issued an order making adjustments to former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi’s proposed parliamentary electoral reform law, making the law potentially immediately workable. The system laid out by the court applies proportional representation to the Senate’s lower house, the Chamber of Deputies . With the new ruling, [...]
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two executive orders on immigration, marking the beginning of Trump’s efforts to fulfill his controversial immigration policy . The first order , titled “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” calls for, among other things, withholding federal funding to cities that provide safe haven to [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled Tuesday that immigration officials and the state of Rhode Island violated the Constitution in detaining a US citizen without probable cause. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the lawsuit for Ada Morales, a naturalized US citizen born in Guatemala and [...]
A federal judge blocked litigation on Wednesday dealing with Bernie Madoff’s former Ponzi scheme customers. US District Judge Gregory Woods prevented A&G Goldman Partnership and Pamela Goldman from pursuing a lawsuit aimed at recovering $11 billion from the estate of Jeffry Picower. Picower, who died in 2009, supposedly took part in perpetuating the Madoff Ponzi [...]
There is a strong correlation between corruption and social exclusion worldwide, Transparency International (TI) argued in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index released Wednesday. However, TI is careful to note that correlation is not the same as causation. A likely third factor for the correlation examined by the authors was a country’s level of development, because [...]
The General Court of the European Union upheld the 2014 sanctions levied against the Russian arms manufacturer Almaz-Antey after the company’s involvement in undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. The court found that the Council did not act disproportionately in deciding to freeze the funds of entities supporting, materially or financially, actions [...]
The State Duma of the in the Russian Federation , the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, voted to approve a bill aimed at de-criminalizing domestic assault when committed by a first-time offender. The bill will now be read for a third time by the Duma, and will require the approval of the [...]
