Sunni members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives ended a lengthy boycott of parliamentary sessions Thursday, after agreeing to a secret deal with Shi'a political parties that will reinstate Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as speaker of the Council of Representatives. According to an aide to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , Al-Mashhadani, who was removed in [...]
Valerie Plame Wilson, et al. v. I. Lewis Libby, Jr., et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, July 19, 2007 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
European Court of Justice Advocate General Juliane Kokott told the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in an advisory opinion Wednesday that European Union (EU) governments should resist disclosing internet user information sought by copyright industry groups for civil lawsuits. Kokott's opinion stems from a lawsuit filed by Promusicae , a Spanish music industry coalition, against [...]
The Prosecutor of the Special Court v. Alex Tamba Brima, et al., Special Court for Sierra Leone, July 19, 2007 . Read the full transcript of the sentencing . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Productores de Musica de Espana (Promusicae) v. Telefonica de Espana SAU, European Court of Justice Advocate General Juliane Kokott, July 18, 2007 . Read the full text of the opinion, in German. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday acquitted former Bosnian Serb interior minister and later justice minister Momcilo Mandic of all charges against him, including war crimes against civilians and crimes against humanity. The charges were related to abuses at detention facilities operated by the Bosnian Serb government and [...]
The military government of Myanmar reconvened negotiations on a new constitution Wednesday, saying the latest talks will be the final session in completing a drafting process that began 14 years ago. The government says that the enactment of a new constitution will be the first part of a seven-step transition to democracy, with the last [...]
A Japanese court sentenced high-profile fund manager and founder of M&A Consulting Yoshiaki Murakami to two years in prison and imposed fines and penalties totaling approximately 1.153 billion yen (approximately $9.5 million) Thursday for insider trading of Nippon Broadcasting Systems Inc. (JOLF) stocks ahead of a corporate takeover that prosecutors said netted approximately 3 billion [...]
French investigating magistrates questioned former President Jacques Chirac in their probe of an alleged corruption scheme during Chirac's tenure as the mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995, judiciary officials confirmed Thursday. Chirac, who is being questioned as a material witness, allegedly financed the Rally for the Republic (RPR) , now renamed as the Union [...]
The Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) Thursday announced that charges of premeditated murder have been laid against US Army Sergeant 1st Class Trey A. Corrales and Specialist Christopher P. Shore. The two soldiers are accused of killing an unspecified "Iraqi national" on or about June 23, 2007 near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk . The MNF-I also [...]
