http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/ JURIST's weblog of legal news and resources worth thinking about, by Professor Bernard Hibbitts and law students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 en-US http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/fbi-charges-14-more-in-galleon-group.php [JURIST] Federal authorities have filed charges [press release] against 14 people in connection with insider trading at the hedge fund company Galleon Group [corporate website], weeks after the arrest [JURIST report] of the company's founder. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) [official website] allegedly revealed more than $20 million in illegal profits and led to 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/rights-group-urges-us-government-to.php [JURIST] The US should reform its detention policy [press release] at Bagram Air Base [JURIST news archive] in Afghanistan in order to combat counterinsurgency, according to a report [text, PDF] released Thursday by Human Rights First (HRF) [advocacy website]. HRF called on the governments of the US and Afghanistan to reach an agreement that "set[s] forth grounds and procedures for detention in 2009-11-06T14:56:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/senate-defeats-proposal-to-prevent-911.php [JURIST] The US Senate [official website] voted 54-45 [roll call vote] Thursday to defeat an amendment [S AMDT 2669 materials] to an appropriations bill [HR 2847 materials] that would have prevented Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of involvement in 9/11 [JURIST news archives] from being tried in federal courts. The amendment was proposed by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) [official website] in 2009-11-06T10:05:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/house-financial-services-committee.php [JURIST] The US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee [official website] on Wednesday voted 41-28 [press release; record vote, PDF] for passage of the Investor Protection Act [HR 3817 materials]. Among the regulations included in the bill are an enhancement of powers for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [official website], additional protections for whistleblowers, and 2009-11-05T13:10:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/top-sri-lanka-military-official-departs.php [JURIST] Sri Lanka's Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka [official profile] returned home [press release] Thursday without being questioned by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [official website] about alleged war crimes. Fonseka, a US permanent resident with a diplomatic passport and a Green Card, had traveled to the US to visit his daughters in Oklahoma. The Sri Lankan 2009-11-05T12:05:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/new-york-ag-files-antitrust-suit.php [JURIST] The New York Attorney General [official website] on Wednesday filed an antitrust suit [complaint, PDF; press release] against Intel [corporate website], alleging that the microprocessor manufacturer engaged in illegal conduct to further its dominance in the marketplace. The complaint alleges that Intel obtained exclusive contracts from manufacturers in exchange for large payments. 2009-11-05T08:04:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/illinois-court-again-delays-enforcement.php [JURIST] An Illinois Cook County Circuit Court [official website] judge on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order on the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 [text] only hours after the Illinois Medical Disciplinary Board had ruled to begin enforcing the law. The order was sought by the the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU-IL) [advocacy website] in support of a suit 2009-11-05T07:44:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/ohio-supreme-court-schedules-executions.php [JURIST] The Ohio Supreme Court [official website] set dates [announcement, PDF] Wednesday for two inmates to be executed by lethal injection [JURIST news archive], despite a temporary stay on executions in the state. Michael Bueke is scheduled to be executed on May 13 of next year, and Richard Nields is scheduled to be executed on June 10. Ohio's lethal injection process is currently under 2009-11-05T07:06:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/supreme-court-hears-arguments-in_04.php [JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Wednesday in two cases. In Pottawattamie County v. McGhee [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the Court heard arguments on whether a prosecutor may be subjected to a civil trial and potential damages for a wrongful conviction and incarceration where the prosecutor 2009-11-04T13:04:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/italy-judge-convicts-23-former-cia.php [JURIST] Judge Oscar Magi of the Fourth Chamber of the Court of Milan [official website, in Italian] on Wednesday convicted 23 former CIA agents for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition [JURIST news archive] of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. The nearly three-year trial, which was delayed [JURIST news archive] many times, is the first in the world involving the CIA's 2009-11-04T12:24:00-05:00 2009-11-07T13:23:00-05:00