Robert Hebel v. Jason West, New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, October 27, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , who served as chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney before resigning Friday following his indictment on obstruction of justice and perjury charges in the CIA leak case , was the first administration official known to talk to a reporter about the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame when [...]

Spain's National Court Friday upheld arrest warrants for three US soldiers charged with the 2003 killing of Spanish journalist Jose Couso in Iraq. Couso was killed while filming for Spain's Telecinco network from a balcony in Baghdad's Palestine Hotel. Prosecutors for the National Court challenged the warrants , which were issued last week , saying [...]

Australian terror suspect David Hicks has confirmed his plans to sue the United Kingdom government over its disinclination to grant him British citizenship. Hicks was captured in Afghanistan four years ago and is accused of fighting with the Taliban against US or coalition forces and for training with al-Qaida. He has been held in the [...]

US v. I. Lewis Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, October 28, 2005 Read the full text of the indictment and an accompanying press release . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Leading Friday's environmental law news, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released an analysis comparing a number of different proposed legislative and regulatory initiatives aimed at reducing air pollution from coal fired power plants. The analysis , presented by EPA administrator Steve Johnson before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, concluded that the [...]

George Galloway, a member of the British Parliament, allegedly received an allocation for 18 million barrels of oil from Saddam Hussein through the UN oil-for-food program in exchange for assistance in getting UN sanctions lifted against the former regime, according to the last report released Thursday by the UN's Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) . The [...]

KGW.com is reporting that the federal grand jury empaneled in the CIA leak probe has handed up an indictment for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, on charges of obstruction of justice, making a false statement and perjury. The charges follow a two-year investigation that began when the identity [...]

An Italian court began hearings on Friday to decide if Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will stand trial for fraud in connection with his business holdings . Berlusconi has previously been cleared of charges of false accounting and bribery for separate incidents. If charges are approved, it could result in a trial that coincides with next [...]

The defense team for Saddam Hussein renewed its call for a change of venue for his trial on Friday, this time asking UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to put pressure on the US and Iraqi government to move the trial to The Hague. The defense team noted both security concerns in the wake of the murder [...]