Former Bosnia Serb officers sentenced for roles in 1995 genocide
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia found two former Bosnian Serb army officers guilty Monday of playing prominent roles in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Vidoje Blagojevic, former commander of the Bratunac...
US cuts off aid to Serbia and Montenegro for lack of cooperation with ICTY
The United States has announced that it will withhold $10 million in aid to Serbia and Montenegro due to Belgrade's lack of cooperation with the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia ....
Selman, et al. v. Cobb County School District, United States District Court for Northern Georgia, Judge Clarence Cooper, January 13, 2005 . Excerpt:In the instant...
Trial date set for alleged Klansman charged in 1964 killing of civil rights workers
A Mississippi judge set bond at $250,000 Wednesday for Edgar Ray Killen , an alleged former KKK member charged with the murders of three civil rights workers in 1964. The judge also ordered a March 28 trial...
Corporations & securities brief ~ SEC considers combined settlement in bond market probe
Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC is considering a combined settlement with several brokerage firms in its probe of the $204 billion auction-rate bond market. The SEC's investigation has uncovered several potential violations related...
A South Korean appeals court Wednesday acquitted the operators of a Korean-language website that allows users to freely swap song files. Yang Jung-hwan and his brother, Il-hwan, created Soribada South Korea's most popular music-swapping site,...
Corporations & securities brief ~ Ex-CBS columnist settles fraud charges with SEC
In Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, Thom Calandra, former chief commentator for CBS MarketWatch , will pay at least $540,000 in penalties to settle fraud charges with the SEC . The charges stem from allegations Calandra...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced in the House of Commons that the last four Britons held by the US at the terror suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay will be released in...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania; official website here) said Friday that he expected White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to be approved by his Committee and confirmed in the wake of Thursday's seven-hour hearing on his nomination for...
Alleged KKK member arrested for 1964 Mississippi civil rights murders
An alleged member of the Ku Klux Klan was arrested in Mississippi Thursday after being indicted by a grand jury for the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers that later inspired the movie "Mississippi Burning". The accused, Edgar...
