Jurist
DONATE NOW
  • News ▾
    • All Legal News
    • US Legal News
    • World Legal News
    • This Day @ Law
  • Dispatches ▾
    • All Dispatches
    • Afghanistan
    • Canada
    • EU
    • Ghana
    • India
    • Iran
    • Israel
    • Italy
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kenya
    • Myanmar
    • Pakistan
    • Peru
    • Romania
    • Sri Lanka
    • Taiwan
    • UK
    • Ukraine
    • US
  • Commentary ▾
    • All Commentary
    • Faculty Commentary
    • Professional Commentary
    • Student Commentary
  • Features ▾
    • All Features
    • Explainers
    • Long Reads
    • Multimedia
    • Interviews
  • Topics
  • Rule of Law ▾
    • Materials
    • Podcasts
  • About ▾
    • FAQ
    • Staff
    • Awards
    • Apply
    • Journalist in Residence
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • Donate ▾
    • Why Support JURIST?
    • Donate
    • Honor Roll
News China amends state secrets law to require companies to inform on customers
China amends state secrets law to require companies to inform on customers
Brian Jackson
April 29, 2010 11:34:00 am

The Chinese government on Thursday revised its often-criticized state secrets law to require Internet and telecommunications companies to inform on customers who share state secrets. This new provision may provide a disincentive to many...

READ MORE ▸
News US extradites Serbian war crimes suspect to Bosnia
US extradites Serbian war crimes suspect to Bosnia
Brian Jackson
April 29, 2010 11:33:43 am

The US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday removed accused Bosnian civil war criminal Marko Boskic to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Boskic will stand trial in Sarajevo for his...

READ MORE ▸
News Europe court rules UK may not suspend benefits to wives of terror suspects
Europe court rules UK may not suspend benefits to wives of terror suspects
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 29, 2010 10:39:22 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that the UK may not restrict government benefits to the spouses and families of suspected terrorists. The challenge was brought by three women whose husbands'...

READ MORE ▸
News US extradites Serbian war crimes suspect to Bosnia
US extradites Serbian war crimes suspect to Bosnia
Brian Jackson
April 29, 2010 10:28:00 am

The US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday removed accused Bosnian civil war criminal Marko Boskic to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Boskic will stand trial in Sarajevo for his...

READ MORE ▸
News Europe court rules UK may not suspend benefits to wives of terror suspects
Europe court rules UK may not suspend benefits to wives of terror suspects
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 29, 2010 09:49:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that the UK may not restrict government benefits to the spouses and families of suspected terrorists. The challenge was brought by three women whose husbands'...

READ MORE ▸
News Panama to seek Noriega extradition from France
Panama to seek Noriega extradition from France
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 29, 2010 09:47:31 am

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli said Wednesday that his government will seek the extradition of former military leader Manuel Noriega , currently being held in France on money laundering charges. Noriega...

READ MORE ▸
News Panama to seek Noriega extradition from France
Panama to seek Noriega extradition from France
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 29, 2010 08:51:00 am

Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli said Wednesday that his government will seek the extradition of former military leader Manuel Noriega , currently being held in France on money laundering charges. Noriega faces...

READ MORE ▸
News Oklahoma governor vetoes firearm legislation
Oklahoma governor vetoes firearm legislation
Tara Tighe
April 28, 2010 04:51:01 pm

Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have exempted buyers of Oklahoma-made guns from several regulatory precautions including federal criminal background checks. Henry believes that the proposed legislation...

READ MORE ▸
News Russia court bans neo-Nazi group for extremist ideology
Russia court bans neo-Nazi group for extremist ideology
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 28, 2010 04:45:58 pm

The Moscow City Court ruled Tuesday that the Slavic Union (SS) violates Russia's extremism laws, banning the organization. The SS, whose initials are the same as the Nazi paramilitary, was one of Russia's largest neo-Nazi organizations....

READ MORE ▸
News Russia makes public 1940 Katyn massacre documents
Russia makes public 1940 Katyn massacre documents
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 28, 2010 04:12:00 pm

The Russian government on Wednesday made public documents relating to the 1940 Katyn Massacre in which 20,000 Poles were killed by the USSR. While the documents were previously available...

READ MORE ▸
  1. Newest
  2. Newer
  3. ...
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. ...
  10. Older
  11. Oldest
Law students to join jurist
GET OUR DAILY DIGEST
LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook RSS Twitter
Latest DISPATCHES
Nepal dispatch: Bhotekoshi disaster tests the limits of climate adaptation

Nepal dispatch: Bhotekoshi disaster tests the limits of climate adaptation

Pakistan dispatch: Supreme Court defers jailed former PM’s medical case amid jurisdictional dispute

Pakistan dispatch: Supreme Court defers jailed former PM’s medical case amid jurisdictional dispute

Latest COMMENTARY
When Court Interpretation Failed in Taiwan, I Turned to a Chatbot

When Court Interpretation Failed in Taiwan, I Turned to a Chatbot

by Ross Cline | KH
Can the US Keep a Diplomat Out of the UN?

Can the US Keep a Diplomat Out of the UN?

by Matthew R. Morley | Morley & Associates | US | Russia
Latest FEATURES
‘Accountability Is Deferred Rather Than Delivered’ — Conflict Resolution Scholar Johannes Langer on Mediation, Amnesty, and the Limits of the ICC

‘Accountability Is Deferred Rather Than Delivered’ — Conflict Resolution Scholar Johannes Langer on Mediation, Amnesty, and the Limits of the ICC

‘Genocide denial is often a state project’ — Iva Vukušić on Srebrenica and the politics of memory

‘Genocide denial is often a state project’ — Iva Vukušić on Srebrenica and the politics of memory

THIS DAY @ LAW

Berlin Airlift ends

The Berlin Airlift, a US-UK effort to circumvent a Soviet blockade of allied-occupied West Berlin, ended on September 30, 1949. After the Soviet Union cut off supply access to West Berlin, the US and UK sent necessities to the enclave by air. The effort ended four months after the Soviet Union ended the Berlin blockade. Learn more about the Berlin Airlift.

22 Nazi leaders convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg

On September 30, 1946, the international military tribunal constituted by the Allied powers in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes committed during World War II.

Merck pulls Vioxx from drug market and faces class actions suit

On September 30, 2004, the pharmaceutical company, Merck, pulled its arthritis drug, Vioxx from the worldwide market, due to strokes and heart attacks in patients, but the move did not stop over 45,000 former users and their families from suing Merck. The plaintiffs, however, have struggled to collect damages awarded to them in successful litigations. Learn more about the plaintiffs in these suits from the New York Times.

Jurist
Home Attributions Disclaimer Privacy Policy Contact Us
Copyright © 2026, JURIST Legal News & Research Services, Inc.
JURISTnews is a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh