Search Results for: 2013-10-31

A Milan appeals court on Wednesday upheld the tax fraud conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi , affirming his four-year sentence. He was convicted in October on charges that his media...

A Bahrain court on Sunday issued 15 year prison sentences to 31 protesters for their role in firebomb attacks as part of anti-government protests, according to a defense lawyer. The sentence came after the protesters were arrested...

Kevin Govern, Ave Maria School of Law

The war crimes court for Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday convicted a former paramilitary unit commander from Montenegro on multiple counts of murder, torture, rape and looting committed during the the civil war in the...

Joseph Minott and Jay Duffy, Clean Air Council

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday rejected a request by Apple to ban sales of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone based on allegations of willful patent infringements. The Federal Circuit...

A Chinese court has sentenced two Tibetans for inciting self-immolation according to a Thursday report from Xinhua , China's state news agency. The two men were charged with intentional homicide after inciting and coercing eight people...

A Moscow City Court on Wednesday denied an appeal by Russian feminist rock group Pussy Riot , continuing a ban on the group's videos from the Internet. The court deemed ...

Maine voters on Tuesday voted in favor of Question 1 , which permits the state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 53 percent of voters answered the question in the affirmative. The referendum was championed by EqualityMaine...

JURIST Guest Columnist Christopher Bader, Saint Louis University School of Law Class of 2013, analyzes the US Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari in Missouri v. McNeeley and decide the scope of when a warrantless blood draw may be admissible...