Retired Quebec Justice John Gomery , the head of the now-concluded judicial inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal , told the Canadian Club of Montreal Monday that he played no role in Friday's move by the Canadian Conservative party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to appeal two Federal Court rulings on the scandal involving [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a San Francisco city ordinance passed in July 2006 that assists in the health care of nearly 73,000 uninsured workers and residents. The San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance requires all "covered employers" to pay up to a certain amount of medical care [...]

A group of news organizations filed a lawsuit in federal district court Monday to challenge the constitutionality of a Minnesota statute restricting access to polling places. The Associated Press and several television networks brought suit in US District Court for the District of Minnesota , alleging that the law violates their rights under the First [...]

London's High Court of Justice on Tuesday struck down an immigration policy that has prevented thousands of retired Nepalese members of the British Army from remaining in the UK. Earlier this month, five former members of the Brigade of Gurkhas and one Gurkha widow argued that they were precluded from settling within the UK by [...]

The Lebanese Parliament on Monday approved a new election law as part of a peace deal between pro- and anti-Syrian groups within the country. Many of the provisions included in the law, which guarantees candidates equal airtime and imposes a 24 hour ban on media coverage and a 10 day ban on political polling before [...]

Golden Gate Restaurant Association v. City and County of San Francisco, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, September 30, 2008 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Leaders from Thailand's ruling People Power Party (PPP) said on Tuesday that the PPP plans to introduce amendments to the country's 2007 constitution , despite likely opposition. A spokesperson for the government said that in forming a new committee to draft the changes, the ruling coalition would seek input from both professional experts and members [...]

Members of the UN Security Council approved a resolution Monday to extend the terms of some judges serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to allow them to complete their assigned cases. The resolution, which was unanimously approved, will extend the terms of four Appeals Chamber judges to the end of [...]

Former CIA executive director Kyle Foggo pleaded guilty Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to one count of wire fraud relating to charges that he accepted bribes in return for granting federal defense contracts. Foggo was originally indicted in February 2007 on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money [...]

JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the new Iraqi provincial elections law's creation of a commission to determine the appropriate power-sharing arrangement for the northern Kirkuk region may actually hinder progress towards a more comprehensive solution of the extraordinarily complex problem in multi-ethnic governance that [...]