Israel pressuring Palestinians to drop ICC case for cellular network: report
September 28, 2009
[JURIST] Israel has threatened to deny the Palestinian Authority (PA) [IMEU backgrounder] permission for a second cellular phone provider to operate in the West Bank unless the PA drops its request that the International Criminal Court [official website] investigate Israel for possible war crimes, H....... [more] 
Switzerland, US sign treaty on sharing tax evader information
September 25, 2009
[JURIST] The US and Switzerland signed a treaty [text, PDF] Wednesday that would increase the amount of information shared between the two nations on would-be tax evaders. The agreement was constructed in accordance with Article 26 of the Model Tax Convention [text, PDF], which states in relevant pa....... [more]
DC Circuit orders SEC to review indexed annuities rule
July 21, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Tuesday remanded for reconsideration [opinion, PDF] a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [official website] rule [Rule 151] stating that fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) are not annuity contracts within t....... [more]
Blackwater security firm ends Baghdad operations as contract expires
May 7, 2009
[JURIST] The security company known formerly as Blackwater Worldwide [corporate website; JURIST news archive] on Thursday concluded its operations in Baghdad as its contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq ended. A spokesperson from the US Embassy in Iraq [official website] said that the compa....... [more]
Supreme Court takes energy, bankruptcy, immigration cases
April 27, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certiorari [order list, PDF] in three cases. In NRG Marketing, LLC v. Maine Public Utilities Commission [docket; cert. petition, PDF] the Court will consider whether the Sierra-Mobile doctrine applies when an ent....... [more]
California AG calls amendment banning affirmative action unconstitutional
April 23, 2009
[JURIST] California Attorney General Jerry Brown [official website] said [opinion letter, PDF] Wednesday that portions of Proposition 209 [text], an amendment to the California Constitution [text] banning the use of affirmative action for state hiring, contracting, or university admission, may....... [more]
Ex-CIA official sentenced to 37 months in defense contract corruption case
February 26, 2009
[JURIST] The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [official website] on Thursday sentenced former CIA executive director Kyle Foggo [JURIST news archive] to 37 months in prison for wire fraud related to charges that he accepted bribes in return for granting federal defense contract....... [more]
State Department not renewing Blackwater Iraq contract
February 1, 2009
[JURIST] An official from the US State Department [official website] said Friday that the Blackwater Worldwide [corporate website; JURIST news archive] contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq will not be renewed when it expires in May. The State Department has yet to make an official statemen....... [more]
State Department not renewing Blackwater Iraq contract
February 1, 2009
[JURIST] An official from the US State Department said Friday that the Blackwater Worldwide contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq will not be renewed when it expires in May. The State Department has yet to make an official statement but is....... [more]
Obama signs pro-labor executive orders
January 30, 2009
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [JURIST news archive] Friday issued three executive orders favoring organized labor and departing from the pro-employer labor policies of the previous Bush administration. Notification of employee rights under federal labor law [PDF text] requires employers working....... [more]
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