An Italian appeals court overturned the fraud oversight convictions of several banks on Friday. A lower court ruled that JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank AG, UBS AG and Depfa Bank Plc forced the city of Milan to enter into an interest-rate swap agreement that ended up costing the city millions when the banks sold [...]
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia Surya Subedi on Thursday announced support for a five-point electoral reform agreement reached by Cambodia’s two main political parties, the Cambodian People’s Party and the Cambodian National Rescue Party. The two parties agreed on two key measures on electoral reform: to review the [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday refused to grant Apple‘s request for an injunction against three Samsung touchscreen software features, which were found to have infringed on Apple patents. US District Judge Lucy Koh denied Apple’s request to ban 23 Samsung devices, stating that Apple had [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Ashutosh Bhagwat of University of California, Davis School of Law argues the US Court of Appeals’ decision to uphold the ban on American flag shirts at Live Oak High School on Cinco de Mayo may have constituted a heckler’s veto over the rights of free speech …
Four same-sex couples filed a lawsuit in Wyoming state court on Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the state’s restriction of marriage to one man and one woman. The couples, along with the civil rights advocacy group Wyoming Equality , are challenging Wyoming’s law banning same-sex marriage and the state’s refusal to legally recognize same-sex marriages [...]
A group of UN independent experts on Thursday asked Venezuela’s government to provide a clear answer to allegations of arbitrary detention and excessive force against journalists, media workers and demonstrators during the country’s recent protests. The group, which included Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression [...]
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is encouraging county clerks statewide to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Madigan’s actions are a result of a ruling by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that same-sex couples in Cook County may be issued marriage licenses immediately, rather than having to wait for [...]
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled in favor of retired general Ilker Basbug’s appeal against his sentence for life imprisonment. The ruling may allow for his release by the lower court and set a precedent for more than 200 others currently imprisoned for allegedly playing roles in the Ergenekon conspiracy against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip [...]
Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi was extradited from Niger back to Libya Thursday to stand trial for crimes allegedly committed during his father’s rule. Saadi is the most recent fugitive whom the Libyan government has extradited from Niger. In February Abdallah Mansur, a former top intelligence official and fifteen other [...]
Lawyers for former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the decision not to allow Musharraf’s high treason charge to be tried in military court. A special court was set up in February to try the former president, denying Musharraf’s request to be tried in military court. Musharraf [...]
