The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Wednesday that it is still seeking the arrest of Ugandan rebel leader and war crimes suspect Joseph Kony and his deputies, four years after warrants for the men were issued by the court. Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) , is wanted by the ICC on 33 [...]

John Harris, former chief of staff to Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich , pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois . The guilty plea is the first in the high-profile case concerning the suspected efforts of Blagojevich to sell President Barack [...]

Projet de Loi relatif à la protection pénale de la propriété littéraire et artistique sur internet (Bill relating to the penal protection of literary and artistic property on the internet), French Senate, July 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on internet piracy.

Stormans, Inc., et al. v. Selecky, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Plan B-related legal issues.

McCullen, et al. v. Coakley, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, July 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on abortion issues.

Prosecutor v. Karadzic, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, July 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Radovan Karadzic.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed suit Wednesday against the US government, challenging a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that allegedly interferes with the state's same-sex marriage law . Coakley argues that the federal law, which denies federal recognition for same-sex marriages, interferes with the state's right to define and regulate marriage. [...]

A court in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday convicted 330 people on terrorism-related charges, according to a report by the state-run Saudi Press Agency . The Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution brought charges including belonging to a terrorist group, conspiracy to cause mayhem and insecurity, financing terrorism, and treason against people accused of conducting, financing [...]

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday rejected an immunity claim brought by war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic , citing irrelevance between a possible immunity deal and his trial. The decision to reject the claims follows Karadzic's recent renewal of his immunity defense in which he claims that war crimes charges [...]

A former prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the military commission system used to try detained enemy combatants is "broken beyond repair." In testimony at a hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, US Army Reserve Judge Advocate General Corps , [...]