The UK Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a law on “joint enterprise” has been misinterpreted for 30 years, opening the door for many convicted murderers to appeal their convictions. Under the former interpretation of the law, a person could be convicted of murder without committing the murder himself if he acted in conjunction with the [...]
Amnesty International (AI) reported Wednesday that Egyptian officials have ordered for the closure of a torture rehabilitation center that had been a refuge to victims of human rights violations. Early on Wednesday, Egyptian police officers entered the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence with a closure order approved by the health ministry. [...]
US military judge James Pohl refused on Wednesday to allow accused 9/11 conspirator Walid bin Attash to fire his attorneys and refusedto let his defender to quit the case. In response Attash has stated he will boycott the proceedings and refuse all contact with his attorneys, which are provided by the Pentagon. Attash’s attorney claims [...]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday filed suit on behalf of Muslim American Raja’ee Fatihah, who was denied service at an Oklahoma gun range last year. CAIR, along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Oklahoma argue that the gun range, Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gun Range violated [...]
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the state of Louisiana cannot enforce an abortion law while the state is appealing a pretrial order against it. US District Judge John deGravelles ruled in January that part of an abortion law requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors who provide abortions is unconstitutional. Section A(2)(a) of Act 620 [...]
US Magistrate Sheri Pym of the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday ordered Apple to assist the US government in unlocking the iPhone of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack on December 2. US authorities are in possession of an iPhone that formerly belonged to [...]
Argentina and US bondholders on Tuesday settled a class action lawsuit over defaulted debt from 2001. According to the court appointed monitor, Daniel Pollack, creditors who participate would receive 100 percent of the principal owed and 50 percent of the interest owed on that principal. The exact number of bondholders that are covered under the [...]
Russia filed suit against Ukraine on Wednesday over Ukraine’s default on $3 billion in bonds. Filed in the London High Court , Russia seeks to regain the principal plus $75 million in accrued interest and legal fees. Russia bought Ukraine’s debt, in the form of a Eurobond structured under English law, from then-president of Ukraine [...]
The Puerto Rico Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would restructure the island’s estimated $9 billion debt. After the Puerto Rico House of Representatives approved the bill on Monday, the Puerto Rico Senate approved the following day with the House amendments. The legislation will be presented to Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla to sign. The debt [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University discusses President Obama’s refusal to make a recess appointment to fill the present vacancy on the US Supreme Court… In refusing to make a recess appointment to fill the present vacancy on the US Supreme Court, President Obama is taking [...]
