The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday denied the state of Arizona’s request for an expedited appeal to lift the preliminary injunction issued Wednesday against several provisions of a controversial immigration law . The court set a briefing schedule with the opening brief due August 26 and the answering brief due September [...]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that it has charged Citigroup Inc. with misleading investors about the company’s exposure to sub-prime mortgage-related assets and settled with the company for $75 million. The SEC alleged that Citigroup “repeatedly made misleading statements about the extent of its holdings of assets backed by sub-prime in earnings [...]

The Supreme Court of Croatia on Friday upheld the conviction of former Parliament member Branimir Glavas , but reduced his sentence by two years. Glavas was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2009 for ordering the torture and death of Croatian Serbs in the town of Osijek in 1991 during the Serbo-Croatian [...]

Philippines President Benigno Aquino signed an executive order Friday to set up a “truth commission” to investigate allegations that the outgoing administration engaged in corruption and rights violations. The commission will look into accusations that former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and members of her administration rigged the 2004 presidential election, misused government funds and profited [...]

Two prospective third party congressional candidates and six California voters filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to enjoin enforcement of Proposition 14 , which alters the primary election system, creating an open primary where only the top two vote-getters would advance to the general election. Proposition 14 was approved by voters last month and changes elections [...]

Jonathan Cohen, Pitt Law ’12, studied in Jerusalem as part of a program hosted by the Touro College Law Center and sponsored by Pitt’s Center for International Legal Education. He writes about the differences between Israel and the United States in the areas of judicial appointments and judicial review… This June, I took courses at [...]

Nick Nyhart : “With just four Republican Senators in play on the DISCLOSE Act its failure to reach closure Wednesday was no surprise. The original intent of the legislation was to blunt the impact of the disastrous Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Unfortunately, it became a political football for Republicans [...]

The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday called on Israel to cooperate with an international inquiry into the May flotilla incident , in which Israeli forces raided several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip . The committee, charged with monitoring compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , made a [...]

Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force Hawaii to recognize same-sex civil unions that offer the same rights as marriage. The complaint, filed on behalf of six same-sex couples, was in response to the veto of legislation earlier this month by Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (R) [...]

The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Thursday indicted former Serb policeman Srpko Pustivuk for allegedly committing crimes against civilians during the Bosnian civil war . Pustivuk was arrested on July 13 in Bijeljina and has been held in custody since. According to a statement by the Prosecutor’s Office, Pustivuk is accused of [...]