The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. The court heard arguments first in Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. , a long-running patent infringement case. Biosig sued Nautilus in 2004, alleging that Nautilus infringed its patent for a heart rate monitor. A district court found Biosig’s patent invalid because of “indefiniteness.” [...]
The United Church of Christ (UCC) on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s same-sex marriage ban on the grounds that it restricts freedom of religion. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina on behalf of UCC reverends and same-sex couples. The UCC believes that North [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to determine the requirements of the Truth in Lending Act . The Jesinoskis refinanced their house with Countrywide Home Loans in 2007, but Countrywide failed to furnish the Jesinoskis with all the information and disclosures required by the Act. The [...]
A Slovenian appeals court on Monday upheld the conviction and two-year sentence of former prime minister Janez Jansa . Jansa was convicted of corruption in June along with two others for soliciting bribes while signing a defense contract with the Finnish company Patria for a supply of armored vehicles. Investigators believe that Jansa and his [...]
An Egyptian judge on Monday sentenced 683 alleged supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to death, including the group’s supreme guide, Mohamed Badie . The judge also confirmed the death sentence of 37 of 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death in March . The remaining defendants sentences were commuted to life prison. Under Egyptian [...]
JURIST Columnist Adam R. Banner discusses the recent controversies surrounding the executions in Oklahoma… “They say lethal injection causes no pain. How do they know? Did someone come back from the dead and say they didn’t feel anything?” These prolific words, uttered by inmate Groves in the first season of HBO’s series OZ, had always [...]
Egyptian courts over the weekend convicted many supporters of the ousted former president Mohamed Morsi on charges including violence and rioting. According to AFP reports, 13 supporters were sentenced on Saturday and another 42 on Sunday. Those sentenced on Saturday were convicted of offenses ranging from offending the public order to rioting and sabotage during [...]
Nepalese lawmakers passed legislation on Friday that could grant amnesty to former Maoist rebels and security forces accused of committing various war crimes, including torture and murder, during the nation’s civil war. The bill establishes two bodies for addressing the alleged commission of war crimes, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a Commission on the [...]
The Libyan News Agency reported on Sunday that the son of Muammar Gaddafi , Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , and other officials have appeared for their trial via video conferencing. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi appeared at his trial through video-conferencing because he has been held in Zintan by a militia since 2011. Human Rights Watch reported in [...]
A Bahraini court on Sunday sentenced eight activists to life in prison for killing a policeman and participating in anti-regime protests in August. The eight pro-democracy protesters said that they confessed while being tortured. Harsh sentences for activists have become a trend in Bahrain. Since 2011 thousands of pro-democracy demonstrations have been held in the [...]
