A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is much more at stake than his claim of innocence on charges that he killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq. In the view of Jose Luis Nazario Jr., U.S. troops may begin to question […]
Six attorneys rejected from civil service positions at the Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and three other top officials for allegedly violating their rights by taking politics into consideration in the hiring process. The suit is an attempt to hold top officials accountable for the hiring scandal that
As athletes, business executives, politicians, and sports fans gathered in Beijing’s 91,000-seat National Stadium for the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad on August 8, Debevoise & Plimpton international arbitration partner David Rivkin was there. Rivkin is the only American on the 12-member panel of the Beijing ad hoc division of the
The playing field may not yet be level, but some law firms are getting more women into the game, according to the second annual “Best Law Firms for Women” list published Tuesday by Working Mother magazine. Leading off with the statistic that nearly four of five female associates leave their firms within the first five
A judge ruled on Tuesday that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did not violate bail terms by visiting his sister, a potential witness in an assault case against him. Kilpatrick, 38, once seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, is charged with assaulting two investigators who tried to deliver a subpoena at his sister’s
Note to victims of accidents, medical malpractice, broken contracts and the like: When you sue, make a deal. That is the clear lesson of a soon-to-be-released study of civil lawsuits that has found that most of the plaintiffs who decided to pass up a settlement offer and went to trial ended up getting less money
The largest lawyers’ group in the United States is developing a nation-by-nation comparison of which citizens can trust their government to act fairly and which governments fall short. The idea, said American Bar Association president William Neukom, is to have “pesky facts provide the foundation to make informed decisions” by governments wanting to do better,
When the FBI publicly branded the late Dr. Bruce Ivins as the anthrax killer, it unsealed court affidavits suggesting a possible motive for the mailing to one target: NBC anchor Tom Brokaw. According to the affidavits, Ivins was angry about repeated Freedom of Information Act requests from Gary Matsumoto, identified as “an investigative journalist who
When the state’s voters decide Proposition 8 this fall, it appears they will check “yes” or “no” next to a ballot title that reads: “Eliminates the Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry.” A Superior Court judge this morning rejected a suit filed by Prop. 8 proponents against the ballot title proposed by Attorney General Jerry
The execution of a Mexican citizen by the United States against the orders of the UN’s highest court highlights a flaw in international law that enables countries to snub rulings without repercussions, experts say. While the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) orders are binding, their execution are left up to states who consent voluntarily to
