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Families of bombing victims win lawsuit against Syria, Iran

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Monday awarded [opinion, PDF] victims' families over $300 million dollars in damages from the governments of Syria and Iran for their roles in an April 2006 terrorist attack in Israel. The lawsuit was filed... [full story]

Federal judge denies motion to dismiss e-book conspiracy suit

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Tuesday denied petitions [opinion, PDF; press release] by book publishers and Apple [corporate website] to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that companies are illegally conspiring to fix electronic book (e-book) prices..... [more]
Kansas governor signs bill allowing pharmacists to refuse abortion drugs
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Rhode Island governor signs order recognizing same-sex marriages
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Supreme Court declines to rule on Puerto Rico voting rights
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Federal appeals court remands Apple's injunction request against Samsung
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Supreme Court rules on Chapter 12 bankruptcy tax issue
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Oklahoma judge strikes down law restricting use of abortion drugs
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Federal appeals court revives lawsuits against Abu Ghraib contractors
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Ninth Circuit hears arguments in no-fly list challenge
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AI: Sudan government must stop harassment of journalists
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Families of bombing victims win lawsuit against Syria, Iran
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Mali facing human rights crisis: Amnesty
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Incommunicado detentions persist at Iraq prison earmarked for closure: HRW
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Rights experts urge Mexico to end threats on journalists, rights advocates
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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of two DRC rebel leaders
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Bangladesh war crimes tribunal indicts 89-year-old opposition leader
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LRA commander captured by Uganda military
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UN human rights chief comments on visit to South Sudan
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NATO has failed to acknowledge civilian deaths in Libya: HRW
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SEC Accountability and the Encroaching Administrative State
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Michael Macchiarola
CUNY School of Law


Viacom v. YouTube: Examining the Limits of Safe Harbor
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Olivier Sylvain
Fordham University School of Law

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FEATURE

US Immigration Law5/09
On April 25, 2012, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Arizona v. United States. By June 2012, the Court will decide the legal fate of Arizona's highly controversial immigration laws, more commonly referred to as SB 1070. The Arizona law ...." [more]

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Supreme Court allowed warrantless search when exigency is created by police

On May 16, 2011, the US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in Kentucky v. King that exigent circumstances apply when the police do not act in a way that violates the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution. The case involved police smelling marijuana outside an apartment...." [more]
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Connecticut Repeal of Capital Punishment Signals National Trend5/16
JURIST Guest Columnist Ben Jones, Executive Director for the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, says that Connecticut's repeal of the death penalty is one of the first of a trend of states moving away from capital punishment ...Last month, the Connecticut General Assembly ...." [more]
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Croatian Accession to the EU: Political Battles and Legal Challenges5/16
JURIST Guest Columnist Dora Rotar, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the seventh entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Rotar examines the political and legal ...." [more]
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Philippines Bill on Juveniles Could Breach International Law5/15
JURIST Columnist Edsel Tupaz says that Philippine House Bill No. 6052 could breach international law by lowering the juvenile age of criminal responsibility to an age younger than the international community convergence point...House Bill No. 6052, titled "An Act Strengthening the Juvenile Justice System in ...." [more]
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