State Farm Insurance on Wednesday filed a motion seeking a change in venue for lawsuits filed in southern Mississippi by individuals who claim insurance carriers failed to pay insured losses to those affected by the destruction of Hurricane Katrina . The damages requested in the lawsuits total about $20 billion and State Farm is petitioning [...]
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US v. Gadahn, US District Court for the Central District of California, October 11, 2006 . Read the full text of the indictment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Jameel v. Wall Street Journal Europe, House of Lords, October 11, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
His Excellency Nabi Sensoy, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey : "During the First World War the Ottoman government was fighting for survival against the Entente powers. A situation of extreme danger existed as a result of serious military setbacks. Many Armenians sided with the enemy and for the defeat of the Ottoman Empire. They [...]
Suliman Giddo : "The tragic war and atrocities committed against the defenseless civilians in Darfur have been escalating since the partial agreement (Darfur Peace Agreement) was signed in May 2006. The downside of the Darfur Peace Agreement, besides its mass rejection by Darfurians, is that the agreement gave the government of Sudan one more chance [...]
The US Election Assistance Commission has found little evidence to support claims of voter fraud that have been driving the recent push for more stringent voter registration and voter ID policies , USA Today reported Wednesday. The report, released in May but just made public Wednesday, evaluated claims of fraud and voter intimidation and concluded: [...]
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling has asked a federal judge to overturn his conviction, citing a recent federal appeals court ruling overturning the convictions of four former Merrill Lynch executives found guilty in connection with an Enron Nigerian barge scam. Skilling was convicted in May of 19 counts of insider trading, securities fraud, and conspiracy [...]
Lawmakers in the Turkish parliament Wednesday discussed a bill that would label the killings of Algerians by France during the colonial period as genocide and make it illegal to deny that the French were responsible for the killings. The parliament's Justice Committee nonetheless concluded that there was little support for the bill and deferred it [...]
A nephew of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat who is now an Egyptian opposition MP associated with the Ahrar party appeared before an Egyptian military court Wednesday on charges of making defamatory remarks regarding the 1981 assassination of his uncle. Last week, Talaat Sadat remarked that senior military officials and the president's bodyguards were involved [...]
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Adam Gadahn , a US citizen accused of aiding al Qaeda, on charges of treason and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The indictment marks the first treason charges to be brought against a US citizen in over half a century. The DOJ alleges that Gadahn [...]
