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District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. Osborne, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 [holding that a defendant does not have the right to obtain post-conviction access to the state's biological evidence in order to do...
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Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 [holding that the burden is on the plaintiff to prove that age was the determining factor in an age discrimination in employment suit and that a mixed-motive jury...
Yeager v. United States, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 [holding that a criminal defendant cannot face new prosecution for counts on which a jury failed to reach a verdict but that share a common element with other counts of...
Memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies, Subject: Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination, The White House, June 17, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday began the retrial of former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi . In August, the ICTR quashed Muvunyi's 25-year prison sentence, ruling that...
US President Barack Obama proposed a broad series of financial regulatory reforms Wednesday intended to reestablish stability and confidence in the US financial system. The plan calls for the expansion of Federal Reserve...
A US House of Representatives subcommittee questioned why a group of Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs is classified as a terrorist organization during a hearing Tuesday. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee...
A federal judge said Tuesday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani can be represented by his military lawyers in civilian court, pending the approval of superior officers. US District Judge...
Chinese authorities reaffirmed Tuesday that computer users will not be required to use controversial filtering software, according to media reports. An official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) echoed earlier statements [AP...
The US State Department (DOS) on Tuesday added Chad, Eritrea, Malaysia, Niger, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe to its list of countries with the worst human trafficking records in the Trafficking in Persons Report 2009 . The...
