Britain charges Barclays and top executives with fraud and conspiracy
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged Barclays and four of its former executives on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of the Companies Act of 1985 by providing unlawful financial assistance. The...
International Justice is Blind to the Mutilation of Soldiers
JURIST Guest Columnist Surya Rajkumar of O.P. Jindal Global University, discusses the prospects of relief for victims of violence in the Kashmir dispute ... On the 1st of May 2017, the mutilated bodies of two personnel of the Indian Border...
Supreme court declines to hear Vimeo copyright infringement case
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from record companies that want to pursue a copyright infringement case against music site Vimeo for hosting music by classic artists....
New Zealand high court rules content-sharing site founder can be extradited to US
The New Zealand High Court ruled on Monday that Kim Dotcom , the founder of content-sharing site Megaupload.com, is eligible for extradition to the US on fraud offenses. Dotcom and his alleged co-conspirators are facing numerous...
Sweden appeals court orders Internet provider to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay
The Swedish Court of Patent Appeals and the Market Court , an appellate court with exclusive jurisdiction over intellectual property cases, ordered an Internet service provider (ISP) to block access to the file-sharing site...
Supreme Court declines to review Stanford's Ponzi scheme conviction
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in the case of Allen Stanford, a former financier convicted in 2012 of defrauding investors. Last October the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official...
Federal court blocks Mississippi law disqualifying Medicaid benefits for non-theraupeautic abortions
Judge Daniel P. Jordan III of the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Northern Division) on Thursday permanently enjoined the state of Mississippi from "enforcing, threatening to enforce, or otherwise applying the provisions...
UN calls for independent investigation into US drone strike in Afghanistan
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday condemned an airstrike launched by unmanned aerial vehicle that struck a civilian home killing 15 and injuring 13, including one child. The airstrike, apparently targeting Islamic State (IS) militants,...
Royal Bank of Scotland agrees to pay $1.1 billion to resolve US mortgage claims
The US National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) said Wednesday that the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) will pay $1.1 billion after it allegedly solid toxic mortgaged-backed securities. The RBS is currently preparing [Reuters...
The European Commission ruled on Tuesday that Ireland may recover up to €13 billion from Apple after the company benefited from undue tax breaks. The commission ruled the tax breaks were illegal based on...
