The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Wednesday published new draft guidelines concerning the use of national security letters (NSL) to correct privacy violations revealed in March by a Department of Justice review. The new guidelines, which enter into effect immediately, require FBI agents to identify the specific information being requested and justify its necessity pursuant [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit against federal immigration officials from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Diego Correctional Facility (SDCF), and the Division of Immigration Health Services (DIHS) , seeking injunctive and declaratory relief on behalf of immigration detainees who allege that inadequate medical and mental [...]
Eric Linge, Pitt Law '09, files from Mumbai: Outbursts of communal violence are common in India. There are Maoist insurgents in the jungles. There are 23 different separatist militias in the eastern hill states. And as I reported in prior weeks, agitated Sikhs have been violently protesting in the northwest and rural dwellers in West [...]
The US State Department Tuesday cited the governments of 16 countries, including 11 predominantly Islamic states, for not making a "significant effort to combat human trafficking" in its annual report on modern-day slavery around the world Tuesday. Although Algeria, Bahrain, Burma, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, [...]
The New Jersey Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that for the state to constitutionally take private property, it must show that the property is blighted. The high court's unanimous ruling eliminates the use of eminent domain to take property that is merely "not fully productive." In Gallenthin Realty Development, Inc. v. Borough of Paulsboro, the town [...]
A joint report delivered to President George W. Bush Wednesday by the US Department of Health and Human Services, the US Department of Education, and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on the ability of state and local officials to prevent community violence – including school shootings – has found that educational, health, and law [...]
Congressional investigators Wednesday issued subpoenas for former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former White House Political Director Sara Taylor in their ongoing probe of the US Attorney firing scandal . US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) issued the subpoena for Miers, while Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) issued the subpoena for [...]
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Internal Rules, Office of Administration of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, June 20, 2007 . Read the full text of the rules . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Citigroup, UBS, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank were charged Wednesday in Milan in connection with the collapse of Italian dairy giant Parmalat SpA . Judge Cesare Tacconi issued the indictments accusing the banks of a form of criminal negligence for not revealing to the market that Parmalat was not financially healthy. Thirteen employees working in [...]
Al-Skeini and others v. Secretary of State for Defense, UK House of Lords, June 13, 2007 . Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
