A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that expand government power to eavesdrop on overseas conversations. The suit was filed in July 2008 by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of various [...]

A Swiss banking executive and a Swiss lawyer were indicted Thursday on charges of conspiring to defraud the US, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced . According to the indictment, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida , Hansruedi Schumacher, executive manager at Neue Zuercher [...]

A verdict is expected by early 2010 in the trial of former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav , a spokesperson for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) confirmed to JURIST Thursday. Kaing, also known as "Duch," is the first senior official of the Khmer Rouge, the communist regime responsible for the [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Raneta Lawson Mack of the Creighton University School of Law says that while Japan's establishment of a jury trial system is a bold effort to democratize its criminal justice process, it's yet to be seen how the new system deals with the inevitable "bumps" in the road…. Japan’s first jury trial in [...]

Ten accused Mexican drug cartel leaders and 33 others have been indicted in New York and Chicago, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Thursday. According the indictments, four of which were filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York [...]

Planned Parenthood, et al. v. Rounds, et al., US District Court for the District of South Dakota, August 20, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on abortion.

Movsesian, et al. v. Versicherung, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 20, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Armenian Genocide.

Amnesty International USA, et al. v. McConnell, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 20, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on FISA.

Ten European Union (EU) nations have agreed to accept Guantanamo Bay detainees, and five more are giving the matter serious consideration, according to a Thursday Washington Post report . While Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain have all either taken or publicly agreed to take detainees, administration officials said four other countries have privately [...]

Tunisia continues to commit hundreds of human rights abuses despite previous vows to cease, according to a report published Thursday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report details the arrest, torture, and detention of prisoners in the name of national security, and even the kidnapping and forced return of Tunisians living abroad. The report urges [...]