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The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 stands as a cornerstone treaty in the realm of international law, delineating the structure for diplomatic interactions between sovereign states. This pivotal agreement secures the rights and protections of diplomatic missions, granting diplomats the freedom to execute their duties without hindrance or intimidation from the host nation. [...]

The Royal Bahamas Police Force announced on Thursday that they are investigating a shooting incident that killed former Bahamian parliamentarian and deputy chairman of the Free National Movement Party Donald Saunders. According to the police, the shooting occurred before 9:00 PM local time on Wednesday in Gambier Village. Saunders was seated outside a business establishment [...]

Kenya and Haiti signed a security deal on Friday which will see Kenya deploy 1,00 police officers to Haiti, a country which has increasingly fallen victim to gang violence, to help restore order. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry thanked President William Ruto and the people of Kenya for their commitment to Haitian security. Ruto pledged [...]

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Red Sea on Sunday, taking 25 crew members hostage. The rebels claimed the hijacking was in response to the ship’s connection to Israel, and declared an intention to target ships linked to or owned by Israelis in international waters until the end of Israel’s campaign [...]

Michelangelo Landgrave is an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri’s Harry S. Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, where he focuses on state and local politics, legislative studies, and the politics of race, ethnicity, and immigration. JURIST Assistant Editor Pitasanna Shanmugathas spoke to Professor Landgrave about his thoughts on the creation of a [...]

Judge John Dorsey of the United States Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware rejected in part and ruled in favor in part of a motion Friday by bankrupt cryptocurrency trading company FTX’s debtors and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors requesting the company’s customer list stay private. Dorsey ruled individual customer names would remain permanently sealed [...]

US federal prosecutors Tuesday charged Samuel Bankman-Fried, former CEO and co-founder of crypto trading platform FTX, with bribing Chinese government officials in early 2021 as part of a superseding indictment. In the indictment, prosecutors accused Bankman-Fried of paying Chinese government officials $40 million to unfreeze cryptocurrency trading accounts on two of China’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. [...]

In 2014, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in Sargeant v. Al-Saleh held that a trial court does not have authority to order a debtor to turn over stock certificates located abroad in order to satisfy a judgment under Fla. Stat. § 56.29(6), which reads as follows: The court may order any property of the [...]

Ex-CEO of crypto company FTX Sam Bankman-Fried Tuesday pleaded not guilty to criminal charges including wire fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and election finance violations. In light of his bond release, Bankman-Fried also requested on Tuesday that his bail be modified to ensure that his bail suretors’ identities are redacted. The motion was challenged by news [...]

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was granted release from custody Thursday by federal Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein, who imposed highly restrictive bail conditions, including a $250 million bond. Court documents show that Bankman-Fried’s release was secured with equity in his parents’ Palo Alto, California, home, as well as a long list of conditions included for him to [...]