Joint Statement following Round Table Talks on Settlement of Political Crisis in Ukraine. Ukraine Presidency, December 1, 2004. Text: At their second session in Kyiv on December 1, 2004, the Parties in the round table meeting considered in detail development of the political situation in Ukraine and agreed on the following: 1. The Parties reaffirm [...]

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David Wagner, Regent University School of Law: "Boston Globe: U.S. Justices Won't Hear Mass. Case, i.e. an appeal from Goodridge. Well of course not. This appeal was based on the "guarantee" clause, Article IV, Section 3: "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government…." This is the [...]

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In Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC is investigating Analog Devices Inc. over stock option awards given to officers and directors over the past five years. The Boston Business Journal has more. In other news, the SEC has subpoenaed The Chubb Corp. for information regarding loss-mitigation insurance products. New York Attorney General Eliot [...]

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former CEO of the Russian oil company Yukos, will remain in jail until February 14, the Moscow City Court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting an appeal from Khodorkovsky's legal team. Khordorkovsky will be tried on charges of criminal fraud and tax evasion in connection with his involvement with Yukos and its subsidiaries. If [...]

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Reversing an earlier decision, Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti indicated his intention plans to run for the Palestinian presidency Wednesday by paying a $3,000 deposit and submitting 5,000 signatures. Barghouti is currently in an Israeli jail, serving a life sentence for his role in shooting attacks which killed five. Although there is a Palestinian movement to [...]

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AP is reporting that in the wake of multiparty deal to withdraw protestors from government buildings and hold a revote of the disputed Ukranian Presidential election, Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has proposed holding a new vote on Dec. 19. As previously reported in JURIST's Paper Chase, Kyiv-based webloggers, following local media reports, are saying [...]

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