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15 May 2013, 9:00 am
Publications:
Analysis: Southeast Asia's Human Trafficking Conundrum (IRIN, May 2013) [text]
"Assistance and Protection of Smuggled Migrants: International Law and Australian Practice," Sydney Law Review, vol. 35, no. 1 (2013) [full-text]Global Eye on Human Trafficking, no. 12 (April 2013) [full-text]
- A news bulletin from IOM.
In Brief: Raids Free Enslaved Migrants/Refugees in Yemen (IRIN, May 2013) [text]
'No to People Smuggling': A Review of Australia’s Anti-migrant Smuggling Awareness… [read post]
15 May 2013, 8:28 am
A federal court in San Francisco has authorized the Internal Revenue Service to issue a John Doe summons to Wells Fargo for information on Americans with Foreign accounts at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB). The FCIB is based in Barbados, has 18 branches in the Caribbean, according to Forbes. However, the institution holds [...]The post IRS Summons Wells Fargo to Release Information on Americans with Foreign Accounts appeared first on Tax, Trust,… [read post]
15 May 2013, 8:23 am
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 14, 2013 released the following:
“Former Construction Company Owner Indicted in Nevada for Income Tax Evasion
WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury in Nevada today returned an indictment against a former construction company owner for evading federal income and employment taxes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)… [read post]
15 May 2013, 8:15 am
The Los Angeles Times on May 14, 2013 released the following:
“The sheriff requests federal assistance amid charges of tampering with video of assault captured on cellphones.
By Diana Marcum, Paul Pringle and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
BAKERSFIELD — The FBI launched an investigation Tuesday into the death of a man who was beaten by authorities amid questions over whether officials tampered with cellphone videos confiscated from witnesses.
Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said… [read post]
15 May 2013, 8:10 am
by Roger Alford
As Peter noted yesterday, the recent tragedies in Bangladesh factories have resulted in a major breakthrough with the signing of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. Thus far, leading retailers such as H&M, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Benetton, and Calvin Klein are on board. Notably absent from the list are leading U.S. retailers such as Wal-Mart and Gap.
As noted in my previous post, I have been arguing for years that international… [read post]
15 May 2013, 8:09 am
Reuters on May 14, 2013 released the following:
By David Ingram and Matt Spetalnick
“(Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny.
Holder’s announcement came about four hours before an inspector general’s report on the IRS portrayed the tax agency as plagued by disarray and… [read post]
15 May 2013, 7:55 am
Today, OFAC has added [NPWMD] [IFSR] Entries to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List):
The following [NPWMD] [IFSR] entries have been added to OFAC’s SDN List list:
AL FIDA INTERNATIONAL GENERAL TRADING, Emirates Concord Hotel, Office Tower 16th Floor Flat 1065, P.O. Box: 28774, Dubai, United Arab Emirates [NPWMD] [IFSR].
AL HILAL EXCHANGE, P.O. Box 28774, Shop # 9 & 10 Ground Floor, Emirates Concorde Hotel, Al Maktoum Road, Deira Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Emirates… [read post]
15 May 2013, 7:46 am
The latest issue of the Journal du Droit International ("Clunet") (Vol. 140, no. 2, Avril-Mai-Juin 2013) is out. Contents include:DoctrineNathalie Ros, L’Arctique face au changement climatiqueJorge E. Viñuales, Cartographies imaginaires : Observations sur la portée juridique du concept de « régime spécial » en droit internationalVariétésGhislain Poissonnier, La Palestine, État non-membre observateur de l’Organisation des… [read post]
15 May 2013, 7:44 am
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on May 15, 2013 released the following:
“OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Specially Designated Nationals Update
The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:
AL FIDA INTERNATIONAL GENERAL TRADING, Emirates Concord Hotel, Office Tower 16th Floor Flat 1065, P.O. Box: 28774, Dubai, United Arab Emirates [NPWMD] [IFSR].
AL HILAL EXCHANGE, P.O. Box 28774, Shop # 9 & 10 Ground Floor, Emirates Concorde Hotel, Al Maktoum Road, Deira Dubai,… [read post]
15 May 2013, 6:00 am
by Kevin Jon Heller
In my previous post, I expressed my skepticism that the OTP will open a formal investigation into the situation — loosely defined — involving Israel’s attack on the MV Mavi Marmara. In this post, I want to raise two issues concerning Comoros’ referral that I find particularly troubling.
First, why is Comoros being represented by Turkish lawyers, the Elmadag Law Firm Istanbul? There is nothing wrong with a state outsourcing its legal work, of course, and… [read post]
15 May 2013, 3:15 am
Ingrid B. Wuerth (Vanderbilt Univ. - Law) has posted The Supreme Court and the Alien Tort Statute: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (American Journal of International Law, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:Alien Tort Statute litigation has generated a growing number of questions about the the scope of statute, but in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. the Supreme Court finally answered one of them: the presumption against extraterritoriality applies to the statute. Going forward, courts may… [read post]
15 May 2013, 1:24 am
The latest issue of the Yale Journal of International Law (Vol. 38, no. 1, Winter 2013) is out. Contents include:Rebecca M. Kysar, On the Constitutionality of Tax TreatiesGabriella Blum,
The Crime and Punishment of StatesOona Hathaway et al.,
The Power To Detain: Detention of Terrorism Suspects After 9/11Pierre N. Leval, Distant Genocides [read post]
14 May 2013, 9:20 pm
The latest issue of the Michigan Journal of International Law (Vol. 34, no. 2, Winter 2013) is out. Contents include:Harlan Grant Cohen,
International Law’s Erie MomentKaren N. Scott,
International Law in the Anthropocene: Responding to the Geoengineering Challenge
André Nollkaemper & Dov Jacobs,
Shared Responsibility in International Law: A Conceptual Framework
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14 May 2013, 6:09 pm
by Kevin Jon Heller
This is very interesting. The Union of the Cormoros, a state party to the Rome Statute since 2002, has formally referred Israel’s attack on the flotilla that included the MV Mavi Marmara to the ICC. The question I want to address in this post is whether the Court has jurisdiction over the flotilla attack. I think it’s clear that it does — although there is at least one important wrinkle in the analysis. But I also think it’s exceedingly unlikely the… [read post]
14 May 2013, 4:59 pm
The Jewish festival of Shavuot, which begins at sundown this evening, commemorates the Israelites’ receiving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Shavuot is thus the paradigmatic lawyers’ holiday given its focus on law and justice. This connects nicely with the other two great pilgrimage holidays found in the Jewish Bible, giving us a trinity (so to speak) of three themes: Passover (Freedom); Shavuot (Justice); and Sukkot (Peace).
And a little bit of environmental justice… [read post]
14 May 2013, 3:03 pm
The New York Times reported on May 13 that U.S. companies showed up in force at the International Data Protection Day conference that day in Berlin. The Times article also mentioned the presence of Hogan Lovells at the conference. In addition to the heightened interest in data protection evidenced by U.S. business that is described in the NY Times, the Berlin conference showcased the continued sparring between the EU and the U.S. on the adequacy of U.S. privacy laws and… [read post]
14 May 2013, 1:22 pm
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on May 13, 2013 released the following:
“MAY 13 (LOS ANGELES) – A West Hollywood doctor surrendered to federal authorities this morning after being indicted last Friday on federal drug trafficking charges that allege he wrote more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe those drugs.
James William Eisenberg, 72, who resides in the Venice district of Los Angeles, surrendered this… [read post]
“Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 89 Individuals for Approximately $223 Million in False Billing”
14 May 2013, 1:06 pm
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 14, 2013 released the following:
“WASHINGTON— Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in charges against 89 individuals, including doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving… [read post]
14 May 2013, 12:58 pm
On May 13, 2013, London Economics published the results of an independent survey commissioned by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) to help understand the challenges that the European Commission’s proposed General Data Protection Regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”) may present to UK businesses (the “Report”).
The Report highlights a lack of understanding of the Proposed Regulation by UK businesses. Of the 506 businesses surveyed, 87… [read post]
14 May 2013, 11:53 am
Today, EASA issued an updated agenda for the 2013 EASA / FAA International Aviation Safety Conference. The Conference is the annual meeting among EASA, FAA, TCCA and other regulators to discuss new paradigms in regulatory oversight. This meeting directly impacts the aviation industry, which is the subject of this regulatory oversight! Continue reading » [read post]