[JURIST] Recent violence between Libyan political factions has been alarming and unprecedented in its gravity, according to a statement [text] released Wednesday by the outgoing Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head…
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Friday called on [HRW report] the Mexican government to fully investigate the killing of 22 civilians by soldiers on June 30, following…
Federal prosecutors leveled insider-trading charges against an employee of an investor-relations firm, the latest of insider-trading probes by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office. Source:…
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Oklahoma [advocacy websites], the Guardian US and the Oklahoma Observer [media websites] filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] on Monday in…
In 2014, the National Structured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA) commissioned CLM Advisors to conduct a study, where the focus was on how senior claims executives perceive the value of structured…
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] reported [press release] on Monday that Islamic State (IS) fighters killed up to 670 prisoners in Mosul and committed…
[JURIST] India’s top court on Wednesday ruled that lawmakers with criminal backgrounds should not serve in government positions but that Prime Minister Narendra Modi [official website] should be allowed to…
Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a possible computer hacking attack on J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., in what people familiar with the probe described as…
Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is fighting a request by Standard & Poor?s Financial Services LLC to turn over unpublished notes from his memoir that he considers to be ?private,…
Radley Balko picks up yet another incredibly sad story borne of the inherent conflict between protect and serve out of Hillsborough County, Florida. From the Tampa Bay Times: Allen Daniel Hicks…