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Obama administration argues Uighur Guantanamo detainee appeal now moot
February 7, 2010
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Friday urged [brief, PDF] the US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] to dismiss as moot an appeal filed by Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archives]. The court granted certiorari [JURIS....... [more] 
DOJ urges additional revisions to Google book search settlement
February 5, 2010
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] filed a statement of interest [text, PDF; press release] Thursday urging the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] to reject the amended class action settlement [Authors Guild backgrounder] in a copyr....... [more]
Blackwater under investigation for bribing Iraq officials following 2007 deaths: NYT
February 1, 2010
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether Blackwater [JURIST news archive], now known as Xe, bribed Iraqi officials to allow them to continue operating in the country following shooting deaths in 2007 [JURIST report], the New York Times reported [text] Monday. The fraud di....... [more]
DOJ ethics report clears Bush administration 'torture memo' lawyers
January 31, 2010
[JURIST] Former US Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) [official website] lawyers John Yoo [academic profile; JURIST news archive] and Jay Bybee [academic profile] have been cleared of allegations of wrongdoing in relation to their controversial memos asserting the legality of enhanc....... [more]
US transfers Uzbek Guantanamo detainee to Switzerland
January 27, 2010
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced [press release] on Tuesday that an Uzbek Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee has been transferred to Switzerland. The detainee, whose identity will not be disclosed in order to facilitate his transition into life in S....... [more]
DOJ approves Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger after settlement
January 26, 2010
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Canadian Competition Bureau [official websites] reached an agreement on Monday to allow the merger [press release] between Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. and Live Nation, Inc. [corporate websites]. The two companies agreed to the 10-year settleme....... [more]
US transfers 3 Guantanamo detainees to Slovakia
January 25, 2010
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced [press release] Monday that three Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees have been transferred to Slovakia. Slovakia announced [JURIST report] last week that it would accept the detainees, in what was widely seen as an....... [more]
Two Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to Algeria
January 22, 2010
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced Friday that two Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees have been transferred to Algeria [press release]. Hassan Zumiri had spent more than seven years in the Guantanamo detention center, while Adil Hadi al-Jazairi bin H....... [more]
Federal courts effective in prosecuting terror suspects: report
January 21, 2010
[JURIST] Federal courts provide an effective venue for prosecuting terror suspects, securing convictions in 89 percent of cases since 2001, according to a report [text, PDF; report highlights, PDF] released Wednesday by New York University's Center on Law and Security [official website]. The report....... [more]
Supreme Court rules federal courts can review motions to reopen immigration cases
January 20, 2010
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday ruled [opinion, PDF] unanimously in Kucana v. Holder [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that a federal statute [8 USC ยง 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) text] gives federal courts jurisdiction to review rulings on motions to....... [more]
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