JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2023

Baerbock delivered the remarks in a speech titled “Strengthening International Law in times of crisis” at the Hague Academy of International Law. Making her case for the tribunal, Baerbock said loopholes in international criminal law allowed Russia to escape the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 7, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether defendants have standing to assert violations of an extradition treaty and whether the wire fraud statute applies extraterritorially to reach a defendant’s conduct committed only in Nigeria. Ojedokun v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2021

922(g) , the federal statute making it a crime for a convicted felon to possess a firearm, applies only to people who know they are “felons” within the meaning of that law. Jeffrey Fisher, a Stanford law professor representing Gary, defended the 4th Circuit’s structural-error approach.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 22, 2025

In an increasingly interconnected world, the application of laws by States beyond their territorial borders is an everyday reality. It identifies, inter alia, the following important trends: First, international law turns out as increasinlgy irrelevant as a direct constraint on the territorial reach of state law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In 2016, the Trial Chamber of the ICC convicted Al Mahdi as a co-perpetrator under Articles 8(2)(e)(iv), 25(3)(a) and 65(2) of the Rome Statute of the ICC for attacking ten “protected objects” buildings of a religious and historical character in June and July 2012.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Although the request was submitted in accordance with Article 15 of the Rome Statute and Syria is not a State Party to the Rome Statute, jurisdiction over the alleged crimes can still be considered because the victims were forced into Jordan, a country that is a State Party to the Rome Statute.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In a time of wild claims and counterclaims, the subject of the Law of Armed Conflict, (LOAC), often referred to as International Humanitarian Law (IHL) or the Law of War (LOW), is a topical subject. There are no codified statutes or well-organized case law of the types familiar to most U.S. researchers and lawyers.

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2022

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on developments and legal issues arising as the country defends itself against Russian invasion. ’ According to Article 86 of the Rome Statute, states must ‘cooperate fully with the Court in its investigation and prosecution of crimes within the Court’s jurisdiction’.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

Baird and Nicolas Lyon, were charged for their roles in the Flint water crisis under Michigan’s “one-man grand jury statute.” ” The law allows a single judge to consider evidence in private chambers and issue an indictment authorizing criminal charges. Three state employees, Nancy Peeler, Richard L.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

In the decision, the pre-trial chamber found that the purpose of the hearing under the said rule was majorly to evaluate the detained person’s well-being and the conditions at the detention center, rather than to determine the lawfulness of continued detention. This formed the crux of the appeal.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 20, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this decision overturning the conviction, holding that federal prosecutors had improperly “assimilated into federal criminal law Oregon’s unlawful use of a weapon statute” to apply to a a road rage incident on a highway in the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon.

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JURIST

MARCH 5, 2024

According to a Court announcement, Sergei Kobylash, a Lieutenant General in the Russian Armed Forces, and Viktor Sokolov, a Navy Admiral, are accused of having ordered attacks on civilian objects and of having caused excessive incidental civilian harm, in violation of Article 8 of the Rome Statute. 2022 and Mar.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Based on the current facts, they stated that the “war on drugs” campaign was not a legitimate law enforcement operation. The judges further stated that the ICC retained jurisdiction for alleged crimes that occurred while the Philippines was a member of the ICC and bound by the Rome Statute.

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2021

, commander of the Main Staff of the Bosnian Serb Army from May 12, 1992, until at least November 8, 1996, was convicted of 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws and customs of war by ICTY’s Trial Chamber I in 2017.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

.” The opinion concludes that “[t]here is evidence of crimes against humanity being committed against the Uyghur population” for the purposes of Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (the Rome Statute).

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 6, 2023

Supreme Court narrowed the scope of a federal aggravated identity theft statute. The justices unanimously held that a defendant “uses” another person’s means of identification “in relation to” a predicate offense when the use is at the crux of what makes the conduct criminal. In Durbin v. United States , 599 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The courses in legal research and writing equipped me with the ability to efficiently locate and analyze relevant statutes, regulations, and case law. Understanding Legal Procedures I was exposed to multiple areas of law such as Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Business law, etc.,

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

That’s a lesson worth applying to current strategies addressing the epidemic of gun violence, writes Benjamin Levin , an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. Levin acknowledges there are key differences in enforcing laws related to guns and drugs. How Should We Regulate ‘Dangerous Products’?

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2021

Given the inability of the justice system in Brazil to investigate, prosecute and judge these conducts, we denounce them to the international community, throughout the International Criminal Court.”

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The Crime Report

JULY 19, 2021

Capitol, elected officials and terrorism experts revived previous calls for Congress to pass a domestic terrorism statute that would empower the federal government to investigate and pursue white supremacists and other domestic terrorists with the same tools it uses to go after international terrorism. Proposals and Recommendations.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2022

McDonough , the Court is considering the meaning of “clear and unmistakable error” in a statute, and whether the Depart of Veterans Affairs (VA) improperly interpreted the statute when denying veteran benefits. United States , the Court is considering the interpretation of criminal law and federal civil procedure rules.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2017

The Georgia Supreme Court this week issued a decision holding that the streaming of pre-1972 sound recordings by iHeart Media does not violate the state’s criminal statutes against the “transfer” of recorded sounds without the permission of the owner of the master recording.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 25, 2022

Share The Supreme Court is poised to decide yet another case involving one of the many federal statutes that govern the nation’s railroads and railworkers. Union Pacific also emphasizes several ways in which LeDure’s broad reading would “break the statute.” The court will hear argument on Monday in LeDure v.

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2021

Similarly, the Appeals Chamber denied the prosecutor’s appeal, disagreeing with the prosecutor’s definition of what constitutes an “attack” under article 8(2)(e)(iv) of the Rome Statute.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Under the Florida statute, grand theft is applied even if the crime is meant to deprive someone of property without a desire to actually use or retain the property for oneself: “812.014Theft. (1)A ” Roughly44 packages were recovered as of December 21.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2021

Often it’s to ensure fairer and more responsive treatment at the hands of a justice system that otherwise offers them few other options, says a Rutgers University law professor. It depends on deception to “sidestep the law without changing the law.”.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The ICC prosecutor’s office did defer the investigation, as required by the Rome Statute , but continued to work closely with Afghan authorities with a view of “sharing the burden of the investigation.” However, the government of Afghanistan at that time had asked his office to defer the investigation to them.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 20, 2024

Mr. Bumble responds that “if the law supposes that, the law is a ass – a idiot.” However, Wisconsin has strong protections for home owners, including statutes expressly stating that the power of eminent domain must be “ strictly construed ” against the government. In Regina v.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 1, 2023

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Tennessee law limiting drag shows on constitutional grounds. Putting that concern aside, I have serious free speech concerns over the reach of these laws. Federal district judge Thomas Parker granted an injunction on the ground that the Tennessee law is vague and overly broad.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The case involves the interaction of two federal criminal statutes. The first is the Hobbs Act , a 1946 law that makes it a federal crime to commit robbery (or attempt to do so) in a way that affects interstate commerce. The second statute is 18 U.S.C. § law firm in 2019.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. secondary sanctions, the discovery of evidence abroad, the Helms-Burton Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, and the use of extraterritorial jurisdiction in criminal cases.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. By Sophia R. 3d 774 (7th Cir. 2011), here , and United States v.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The defendants moved to dismiss Mr. Elden’s complaint, arguing that it was barred by the applicable 10-year statute of limitations for such claims. The Ninth Circuit continued by recognizing that section 2255(b) contained the pertinent statute of limitation for such claims. Elden’s claims were timely.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

However, a good faith effort by the company to comply with applicable statutes and regulations as well as federal health care program requirements, demonstrated by an effective compliance program, significantly reduces the risk of unlawful conduct and any penalties that result from such behavior.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Supreme Court upheld a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing” an immigrant to come or remain in the United States unlawfully. According to the Court, the law does not run afoul of the First Amendment. In United States v. Hansen , 599 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 22, 2022

In three of the past four terms, the Supreme Court has rejected broad readings of white-collar criminal laws urged by the federal government. Those decisions concerned conduct ranging from wire and computer fraud to tax violations. Cuker Interactive, LLC v. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP. McCutchen v. United States.

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