The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday overturned the insider trading convictions of two former hedge fund traders. Defendants Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson were convicted in May 2013 on charges of “conspiracy to commit insider trading and insider trading in violation of 18 USC § 371 , sections 10(b) and [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Cliff H. Mason II, Valparaiso University School of Law, Class of 2016, examines police procedure in the wake of several high profile police-involved deaths and discusses new qualifications aimed at raising the standards for police recruits…What if your grandfather was gunned down standing in his own garage? Sadly, that was the reality [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Danielle Ardner, Valparaiso University Law School, Class of 2016, discusses how Cleveland police are obstructing Ohio’s mandatory DNA collection law…It was 15 years before serial rapist and murderer Larry McGowan had his DNA properly collected in Ohio as mandated by law. McGowan is currently serving an 11-year sentence for an Akron rape, [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases concerning time bars for filing claims against the US government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) . In United States v. Wong the court heard arguments on whether the six-month time bar for filing suit in federal court under the FTCA is subject [...]
Brazil’s National Truth Commission released a report on Wednesday declaring that state agents engaged in human rights violations between 1964 and 1985 when the country was under military rule. The human rights violations include enforced disappearances, torture, sexual violence, executions and hiding bodies. At least 434 people are believed to have died or gone missing [...]
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested last Wednesday on unknown charges, according to her husband Reza Khanda. Khanda reported that the couple’s car was surrounded by intelligence agents in Tehran and both were arrested. Khanda stated on his Facebook page,”Nasrin and I were arrested. I was freed but Nasrin is still in [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on counter terrorism and human rights Ben Emmerson on Tuesday called for the prosecution of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other government officials for the interrogation and torture of detainees. The statement follows the release of a US Senate committee report that found CIA enhanced interrogation techniques were ineffective and [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Gelboim v. Bank of America Corporation the court heard arguments on whether and in what circumstances the dismissal of an action that has been consolidated with other suits is immediately appealable. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit determined “sua sponte [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Warger v. Shauers that a party seeking a new trial may not use one juror’s affidavit of what another juror said in deliberations to demonstrate the other juror’s dishonesty during voir dire. During voir dire in a personal injury suit, a potential juror pledged to remain impartial but [...]
The Israeli army’s air strikes on four landmark buildings in Gaza from July to August this year were deliberate and indicative of war crimes , Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday. No one was killed in the attacks, but many civilians in neighboring buildings were severely injured. AI reported that these attacks were different than previous [...]
