Lawyers for two Guantanamo detainees, arguing before the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday, accused Poland of serving as a secret torture site for the Central Intelligence Agency‘s (CIA) extraordinary rendition program . The case involves 48-year-old Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national facing terror charges in connection with the al Qaeda attack on [...]

The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday fined eight international financial institutions €1.7 billion for having engaged in illegal cartels. They were all involved in cartels relating to interest rate derivatives. Some participated in a cartel that was denominated in euro currency while some participated in a cartel that was denominated in Japanese yen. Still others, [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Northwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg the court must decide on the scope of preemption under the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 (ADA) . Section 41713(b) provides that states “may not enact or enforce a law, regulation or other provision having the force and effect [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a forum-selection clause may be enforced by a motion to transfer under 28 USC § 1404 but may not be enforced by a motion to dismiss under 28 USC § 1406(a) or Rule 12(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The unanimous opinion in Atlantic Marine Construction [...]

Prominent Egyptian blogger and activist Ahmed Douma was arrested Tuesday according to a posted tweet. According to Reuters, Douma has been detained in connection with violence at a protest over the weekend outside a courthouse where activist and leader of the April 6 youth movement Ahmad Maher turned himself in to police following the issuing [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a federal law that prohibits corporate and campaign advertising on public radio and television. In a 9-2 ruling the court held that such advertisements threatened the educational missions of public media, and that the government has a substantial interest in preserving the “essence [...]

A French court on Monday ordered a trial for German car maker Daimler AG and French industrial conglomerate Lagardere SCA, shareholders in Airbus’ parent European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. (EADS) , in an insider trading investigation dating back to 2006. EADS is a global pan-European aerospace and defense corporation and military contractor worldwide. Seven [...]

The High Court of Australia on Tuesday decided to rule next week on the law allowing gay marriage in Canberra . The nation’s first same sex weddings can take place this weekend. The law was passed by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in October and was challenged the following day by the federal government. [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism Ben Emmerson on Monday stated that he plans to launch an investigation into the surveillance activities of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) . Emmerson posed questions regarding the political and legal issues springing from the revelations of Edward Snowden and the intelligence [...]