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Parliament Approves Status-of-Forces Agreement (Jan. 07, 2009) by George Sadek
On November 27, 2008, the Iraqi Parliament approved the Status-of-Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States. SOFA calls for the withdrawal of the American forces from ...
Topic: War
Jurisdiction: Iraq / United States
Supreme Court Reaffirms That Federal Law Allows State Fraud Claims Against Tobacco Companies (Dec. 22, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On December 15, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal law does not preempt a state court lawsuit claiming that cigarette manufacturers violated state unfair ...
Topic: Civil Liability
Jurisdiction: United States
California Holds that Evidence Obtained During an Illegal Traffic Stop Need Not Be Suppressed When an Outstanding Arrest Warrant Exists (Dec. 15, 2008) by John Cannan
On November 24, 2008, the California Supreme Court held that discovery of an outstanding arrest warrant during an illegal traffic stop could overcome illegal search and ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: United States
Heiress Loses Appeal to Retain Painting Confiscated by Nazis (Dec. 15, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On November 19, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected an appeal by the heiress to a painting confiscated by Germany's Nazi ...
Topic: Cultural Property
Jurisdiction: United States
Maryland High Court Rules Permitting Prosecution to Question Attorney-Client Communications Is Reversible Error (Dec. 15, 2008) by John Cannan
On November 12, 2008, the Maryland Court of Appeals held that a prosecutor's questioning a criminal defendant at trial regarding his communications with defense counsel is ...
Topic: Criminal Procedure
Jurisdiction: United States
Supreme Court Overturns Order Limiting Navy Sonar Training Exercises (Nov. 21, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On November 12, 2008, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower court's order placing conditions on the U.S. Navy's training exercises using sonar, finding that ...
Topic: Environment
Jurisdiction: United States
Federal Appeals Court Clarifies Test for Business Method Patents (Nov. 18, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On October 30, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified the test for determining if a business method is eligible for patent ...
Topic: Intellectual Property
Jurisdiction: United States
Google Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Book Search Project (Nov. 18, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On October 28, 2008,Google Inc. announced it has reached a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against it by a group of authors and ...
Topic: Intellectual Property
Jurisdiction: United States
Supreme Court Reaffirms Ruling on Unconstitutionality of Death Penalty for Child Rape (Oct. 10, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On October 1, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a motion for rehearing and affirmed its June 25, 2008, holding in Kennedy v. Louisiana that ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Second Circuit Denies Application of Hague Convention on Child Abduction to Chilean Claimant (Oct. 02, 2008) by Dante Figueroa
On July 18, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a final judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Southern ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: Chile / United States
Governors Reach Agreement with ATF to Stop Cross-Border Firearms Trafficking (Sep. 10, 2008) by Gustavo Guerra
The Border Governors Conference, an annual gathering of the governors of border states from the United States and Mexico, and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco ...
Topic: International Relations
Jurisdiction: Mexico / United States
CAFTA Coming into Effect (Sep. 10, 2008) by Norma Gutierrez
A high-ranking official in Costa Rica's Office of the Presidency, Rodrigo Arias, estimated that the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (US-CAFTA) will enter into effect in ...
Topic: International Relations
Jurisdiction: Costa Rica / United States
Accounting Oversight Board Ruled Constitutional (Sep. 10, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On August 22, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), which is ...
Topic: Constitutional Law
Jurisdiction: United States
Falun Gong Members Ruled Eligible for Asylum (Sep. 10, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On August 26, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that two practitioners of the Falun Gong religion from the People's Republic ...
Topic: Immigration
Jurisdiction: United States
Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty for Child Rape Unconstitutional (Jul. 02, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On June 25, the Supreme Court ruled that the ban on cruel and unusual punishment in the U.S. Constitution bars the death penalty for child rape. ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Supreme Court Holds That Constitution Protects an Individual Right to Own Firearms for Self-Defense (Jul. 02, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On June 26, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution confers an individual right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful ...
Topic: Gun Control
Jurisdiction: United States
Plans to Identify and Disrupt Trans-Border Weapons-Smuggling Networks (Jul. 02, 2008) by Gustavo Guerra
On June 9, 2008, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Mexico Customs announced Operation Armas Cruzadas, “a major effort to identify and disrupt trans-border ...
Topic: Weapons
Jurisdiction: Mexico / United States
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 Signed into Law (Jun. 02, 2008) by Gary Robinson
On May 21, 2008 the President signed into law House bill H.R. 493, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA”). GINA provides broad protection from ...
Topic: Discrimination
Jurisdiction: United States
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Child Pornography Law (Jun. 02, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On May 19, the Supreme Court ruled that a federal statute that criminalizes the pandering of child pornography does not violate the United States Constitution.
Section 2252A(a)(3)(B) ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: United States
Supreme Court Rules 1866 Civil Rights Provision Encompasses Retaliation Claims (Jun. 02, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On May 27, the Supreme Court ruled that a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which protects against ...
Topic: Discrimination
Jurisdiction: United States
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