A control order against a suspected terrorist known as AN was overturned Friday by the UK High Court. In overturning the control order, the high court relied on a June decision from a panel of nine Law Lords requiring the government to let detainees and subjects of control orders know generally what charges they face [...]

The Iraqi government announced on Friday the drafting of a law that proposes a framework to safeguard Iraqi journalists. The proposed law would offer greater protection to staff journalists than to freelancers and would criminalize attacks against a journalist on the job. The bill details compensation that journalists would receive for injuries sustained on duty [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Friday that former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio was incorrectly sentenced to six years in prison due to flawed methodology. In sentencing Nacchio, who was convicted of insider trading , the trial court ruled that Nacchio had made approximately $28 million in net profits by [...]

Secretary of State for the Home Department v. O'Connor, et al., UK High Court of Justice, July 31, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here.

USA v. Nacchio, US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, July 31, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Joseph Nacchio.

McKinnon v. Secretary of State for Home Affairs, UK High Court of Justice, July 31, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on legal issues surrounding hacking.

Sindh High Court Bar Association through its Secretary, et al. v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad and others, Supreme Court of Pakistan, July 31, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Pervez Musharraf.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday declared that former president Pervez Musharraf violated the Constitution of Pakistan when he declared emergency rule in November 2007. The court found that Musharraf's removal of many members of the country's judiciary, including current Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry , and subsequent appointment of Abdul Hameed Dogar as [...]

The High Court in London ruled Friday that a man accused of hacking US government computers in 2001 and 2002 may be extradited to the US for prosecution. This is the latest in a series of failed appeals by systems analyst Gary McKinnon , who was arrested by British police in 2002 and indicted by [...]

A federal judge ruled Thursday night that Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum is liable for illegally downloading music. Four record companies, including Sony BMG and Warner Brothers , brought suit against Tenenbaum in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts , accusing him of illegally downloading 30 songs in violation of copyright [...]