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12 Jul 2004, 1:01 am
In Monday's US law and business press, the Texas Lawyer reports on recently indicted former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay's aggressive response to the charges against him.... [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 9:22 am
[JURIST] The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] released a decision [text, PDF] last week that allows the Rwandan government to pursue charges against US lawyer and JURIST Forum [website] contributor Peter Erlinder [professional profile; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 7:21 am
The consequences of being added to the list includes freezing of all US assets and that... [read post]
9 Apr 2004, 3:55 am
Speaking to Al-Arabiya TV Friday, senior Iraqi Governing Council member Adnan Pachachi, a Sunni who traditionally has been one of the most pro-American of the Council members, condemned the US pacification operation against Fallujah as a mass punishment of the city for the actions of a few not sanctioned by law. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 5:51 am
The group said even though various government agencies have issued regulations against the use of torture, they [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 7:38 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] urged Rwanda to review laws it claims have a "genocide ideology" that are being used to silence critics and dissenters, in a report [text, PDF] published Friday. [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 12:41 pm
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said Thursday that the government of Sri Lanka [official website] is using its anti-terror legislation [JURIST report] to silence journalists [press release] who expose governmental human rights abuses and corruption or question how Sri Lanka is handling fighting with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [COFFER backgrounder; [read post]
15 Jul 2004, 1:02 am
In Thursday's US law and business press, the New York Law Journal reports that three members of the NY Commission on Judicial Conduct are criticizing rules governing judicial candidates as violative of the First Amendment.... [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 8:37 am
[JURIST] The London High Court revealed in a judgment [text, PDF] issued Wednesday that the US government threatened to reconsider and possibly end its intelligence-sharing operations with the UK if a summary of the alleged torture of Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Binyam Mohamed [Reprieve profile; JURIST news archive] was made public by the court. [read post]
20 May 2016, 6:36 am
Resale will be restricted, and government entities will need to certify that any product they purchase from the company will... [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 7:11 am
Tier 3 represents "countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so. [read post]
21 Nov 2022, 10:00 pm
The US Department of Labor (DOL) released the Final ESG Rule on November 22, 2022, regulating the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors by fiduciaries of employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 3:48 pm
[JURIST] US President George W. [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 9:23 am
The accusations were levied as part of the annual Cluster Munition Monitor report [text, PDF] which found that Syrian government forces used 13 types of cluster munitions in more than 300 attacks. [read post]
15 Mar 2006, 3:00 am
[JURIST] In an unpublicized 18-page document circulated last year by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley [official profile], the Bush administration altered the Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified Information [current text effective 12/29/05; prior version], making changes which could allow the federal government to use sexual orientation as a factor [read post]
2 Aug 2007, 2:52 am
[JURIST] Lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a petition [press release] Wednesday under the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA) [text] challenging the enemy combatant designation of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Sulaymon Barre, saying the US military violated governing rules of Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) [DOD materials] by failing to present exculpatory [read post]
6 Apr 2005, 2:57 am
[JURIST] The Florida Legislature [government website] passed a new bill through both houses Tuesday giving citizens the right to use firearms to defend themselves at home or in public places if they "reasonably believe[] it is necessary to do so, to prevent death or great bodily harm" to themselves or others. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 11:51 am
[JURIST] The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform [official website] issued a subpoena [press release] Wednesday to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [official website] to turn over documents relating to White House involvement in the EPA decision to deny California's request for a greenhouse emissions waiver in December 2007 [JURIST report]. [read post]
31 Dec 2011, 8:20 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Thursday unanimously ruled [opinion, PDF] that a law granting immunity from civil suits for telecommunications companies that assist government intelligence agencies is constitutional. [read post]
12 Apr 2023, 11:18 am
Read the full article here.The post Chris Hart Discusses the US National Cybersecurity Strategy with SecurityWeek first appeared on Security, Privacy and the Law. [read post]
