JURIST Guest Columnist, Dr. Charles I. M. Lugosi, J.D. LL.M. M.B.E. S.J.D. Counsel at the law firm of Crease Harman, LLP, discusses the jury controversy resulting from the trial of Gerald Stanley … Speaking in my personal capacity as a lawyer who acted both as a prosecutor and as defence counsel, I am appalled at [...]
Addressing the nation at Gambia’s 53rd Independence Anniversary celebration on Sunday, Gambian President Adama Barrow announced the suspension of the death penalty. Barrow stated, “at this junction, I will use this opportunity to declare a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in The Gambia, as a first step towards abolition.” The Gambia has [...]
The Belgian Court of First Instance ruled against Facebook Friday, stating that the company is in violation of Belgium’s privacy laws by placing tracking codes, commonly referred to as “cookies,” on third-party websites. The court found in favor of the Commission for the Protection of Privacy (CPP) , Belgium’s privacy watchdog, which issued a statement [...]
Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday urged Iran to abide by the international law and immediately halt [...]
Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. Nine local government and health care organizations filed four lawsuits on Thursday in US federal district courts challenging the Trump administration’s July 2017 [...]
JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr., Jennifer Piatt, Sarah Wetter, and Alexandra Hess of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University discuss the recent reversal of long-standing guidance from the Obama Administration on federal marijuana enforcement… On January 4, 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a Department of Justice (DOJ) [...]
A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. The indictment alleges that the citizens were working with the organizations. All 16 defendants were charged with conspiracy to defraud the US. The indictment reads: From in or around 2014 to the [...]
Nine local government and health care organizations filed four lawsuits on Thursday in US federal district courts challenging the Trump administration’s July 2017 termination of grants for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP Program), a congressionally mandated initiative funding programs to prevent teen pregnancy. The lawsuits were filed in the US District Courts for the [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday urged Iran to abide by the international law and immediately halt all executions of people sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were under 18. According to the UN, during the first month of 2018, three people have been executive for crimes [...]
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday called on Hungary to review an anti-immigration proposal that would tax and penalize organizations that assist migrants in the country, calling it an “assault on human rights.” The legislative package requires organizations supporting migration to apply for a license to [...]
