JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of the Ave Maria School of Law says that the recent confrontation between a US warship and a foreign vessel in the Strait of Hormuz is the most recent in a history of incidents where...
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Research firm executive pleads guilty to insider trading in Galleon probe
Investment research firm executive Tai Nguyen pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in connection with the investigation into Raj Rajaratnam's Galleon fund. Nguyen, an executive of the research firm Insight Research LLC, surrendered to...
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Spain resigned Thursday over allegations that he used public funds for personal trips between 2008 and 2012. Carlos Divar , who is also the chairman...
Two leaders of the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday sent a letter to Chief Justice Roberts of the Supreme Court asking that the court consider televising a live broadcast of...
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was convicted on Friday of three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Gupta was also acquitted on two other counts of securities...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday sentenced Allen Stanford to 110 years in prison without parole. Judge David Hittner reduced the sentence from...
Kenya court convicts suspect for 2007 post-election violence
A Kenyan court on Tuesday sentenced the first suspect in the 2007 post-election violence to life imprisonment. Justice Roselyn Wendoh convicted Paul Ruto, who is not related to William Ruto , for the murder...
Both sides in the case of former Kenyan minister William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang announced on Monday that the trial will start next March before the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite the election...
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Thursday reported the court's Completion Strategy to the UN Security Council . In his address , Brammertz...
China government proposes new regulations restricting Internet use
The Chinese Ministry of Information and Technology revealed its proposed changes to Chinese Internet law that seek to limit the ability of users to post anonymous comments on micro-blogs and forums. The...