JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A Myanmar law student who was shot Monday by police using live rounds to disperse protesters in a Mandalay township has died, becoming the first law student fatality of the Myanmar military coup.  Myo Hein Kyaw, 24, was a law student in his final year at Mandalay’s Yadanabon University. One of our [...]

Caesars Entertainment, one of the largest gaming companies in the United States owning more than 50 properties globally, sued more than 36 of its insurers on Monday in US federal court in the District of Nevada. The complaint alleges that each of the named insurers provided “all risk” coverage to Caesars Entertainment but have not [...]

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Monday issued sanctions against two individuals and two entities associated with the Myanmar military. The sanctions are in response to the Burmese military’s ongoing crackdown against protestors in the wake of the military’s coup in January. In a statement, OFAC Director Andrea M. Gacki said, [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ)  Tuesday settled an agreement with the Colorado Office of Administrative Courts (OAC) to offer language assistance to people with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the Colorado court system. The OAC hears claims related to workers’ compensation, civil rights, and education among others. The settlement comes after the DOJ launched [...]

The US Southern District Court of New York convicted Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez, a Honduran national, of drug trafficking on Monday. Fuentes Ramirez was convicted on cocaine-importation and two weapons charges. Fuentes Ramirez will be formally sentenced on June 22, 2021. Conspiracy to transport cocaine carries a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. The two [...]

An American citizen was arrested early Sunday morning in Fort Portal, Uganda, on charges of alleged ‘subversion against the government.’ Guy Smith, originally from the state of Kentucky, has been living in Uganda for nearly 20 years. He is married to Ugandan citizen Sharon Tusiime, and the couple has two young children. Although Tusiime was [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California certified a class action lawsuit Monday against Apple over its controversial butterfly keyboard. Although the court granted the motion on March 8, the parties had 11 days to redact the document before its release. In 2015, Apple released the butterfly keyboard: a [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said that Mun Chol Myong, an accused North Korean intelligence operative, appeared in Washington, DC, federal court on Monday, following extradition from Malaysia on money laundering charges. Mun is the first North Korean national to be extradited to the US to stand trial for violations of US law. The [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassaid to consider a California agricultural union organizing law. The case concerns whether “the uncompensated appropriation of an easement that is limited in time affects a per se physical taking under the Fifth Amendment.” Under California law, agricultural businesses must allow labor organizations [...]

The former chief of staff for ex-Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Keith Schembri, was arraigned in court Saturday on charges of money-laundering, fraud and corruption. The charges were brought following a magisterial inquiry into payment of €650,000 from Schembri to the former managing director of Allied Newspapers, Ltd., Adrian Hillman, when the news company had [...]