JURIST Guest Columnist Robert Albritton of the University of Mississippi says the recent overthrow of Thailand's elected government by unconstitutional means reflects a disconcerting failure of mass democracy in the country in the face of opposition from critical elites... For...
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Members of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee lambasted executives of the Hewlett-Packard Corporation Thursday for their role in a corporate espionage scandal and demanded to know why company...
HP general counsel resigns before congressional hearing on company snooping
Hewlett-Packard announced the immediate resignation of its general counsel Thursday prior to a hearing held by a US House Energy and Commerce Committee panel to question key company officials on...
HP braces for 'pretexting' hearing after board chair resigns
Already braced for a Congressional hearing Monday on its admitted use of 'pretexting' , technology giant Hewlett Packard Co. announced Friday that Board Chairman Patricia Dunn will resign immediately , rather than in January...
Annan urges global action on human rights, rule of law as UN session opens
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Tuesday urged global action to combat three challenges facing humanity - human rights and the rule of law, security, and development - as the UN General Assembly opened its 61st session...
JURIST Guest Columnist Douglas Branson of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that recent problems at Hewlett-Packard related to board leaks and their investigation could have been avoided with a little thought and the application of basic corporate...
Hewlett-Packard's deadline to submit documents to the US House Energy and Commerce Committee expires Monday, and two top executives have been asked to testify before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on the topic of "pretexting," a method...
Telecom giant sues data brokers to prevent fraudulent account access
Telecom giant AT&T sued 25 "John Doe" defendants in US federal court on Wednesday, alleging that the defendants had posed as customers to obtain personal customer information for use in domestic and legal disputes. The...
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that politicians' increasing use of abusive language to describe Islam in the context of the war on terror is symptomatic of multiple problems in Anglo-American democracy and culture......
Terror and the Enemies Within: Fighting the Right Battles for Britain
JURIST Special Guest Columnist H.A. Hellyer of the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick, UK, says that if Britain must now fight "enemies within" in its escalated war on terror, it should be sure to fight the...