French court acquits 14 companies in Iraq oil-for-food scandal
A French court acquitted 14 companies accused of bribery on Thursday for negotiating contracts as part of the UN oil-for-food program with the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein . The oil-for-food program allowed...
JURIST Guest Columnist Jean-Marie Kamatali, of Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, discusses the use and misuse of lèse-majesté...Despite increasing domestic and international pressure on Thailand to repeal or revise the provision of its criminal code on lèse-majesté, the...
The US Senate on Monday voted 61-30 to move forward with the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) , which prohibits employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. As...
Although not directly addressed in the imminent controversy of Arizona v. United States, issues of education and illegal immigration have confronted the US government for decades. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act was first introduced in 2001...
On September 21, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed DOMA into law. The act defines marriage as between one man and one woman for the purpose of excluding homosexual couples from the institution of marriage. DOMA also exempts state-recognized same-sex marriages...
A French court on Monday acquitted French oil company Total , its CEO Christophe de Margerie and several other defendants on corruption charges in connection with a scandal involving the UN's Iraq Oil-for-Food program [official website;...
Ukraine prosecutor reopens murder case against ex-PM Tymoshenko
The UkraineProsecutor General on Monday reopened the murder case against former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . The charges, originally filed in January , allege that Tymoshenko and former prime...
Federal judge dismisses Iraq oil-for-food corruption lawsuit
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday dismissed an Iraqi government lawsuit accusing numerous business entities of conspiring with Saddam Hussein to disrupt...
The US Supreme Court granted four new cases Monday. In Bullock v. Bank Champaign, N.A. the court will look at what degree of misconduct by a trustee will disqualify a...
The French police, the French Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence (DCRI) and the Spanish Civil Guard arrested Isaskun Lesaka, one of the three suspected leaders of the...
