Recent Updates
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Philippine dad convicted of rape gets 14,400 years
Legal World 09/24/2010A Philippine court has sentenced a father to 14,400 years in prison after he was convicted of the near-daily rape of his teenage daughter over the course of a year.A trial court originally condemned the man, a motorcycle taxi driver, to die in March ...
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Int'l court to launch cases in Kenya violence
Legal World 09/21/2010The International Criminal Court will launch cases against as many as six suspected instigators of postelection violence in Kenya that left more than 1,000 people dead in 2007-08, the chief prosecutor announced Tuesday.Luis Moreno Ocampo said in a st...
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Thai Telecom Regulator Appeals 3G Injunction
Legal World 09/17/2010Thailand's telecommunications regulator Friday filed an appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court, seeking to overturn an injunction against its planned auction of third-generation mobile licenses. The move comes after the Central Administrative Cou...
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European court: media right to protect sources
Legal World 09/15/2010European journalists won greater protection for their sources in a ruling Tuesday by the European Court of Human Rights that faulted Dutch law enforcement for arresting an editor and ordering his magazine to surrender images of an illegal street race...
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European court: Dutch wrong in press sources case
Legal World 09/14/2010The European Court of Human Rights says the Dutch government wrongly forced a magazine to turn over information identifying protected sources.The case stems from a 2002 incident in which prosecutors forced Autoweek to surrender a CD containing images...
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Zimbabwe court frees on bail US health workers
Legal World 09/13/2010A Zimbabwean court on Monday freed on bail four Americans arrested and accused of treating AIDS patients without proper medical licenses.A magistrate ordered the six health workers, who included a New Zealand national and a Zimbabwean, to pay a $200 ...
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China's blind activist lawyer released from prison
Legal World 09/09/2010A blind, self-taught activist lawyer who documented forced abortions and other abuses was released from a Chinese prison Thursday and promptly locked down in his rural village with no access to communication, a relative said.Chen Guangcheng, 39, is a...
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Indian court upholds big tax bill against Vodafone
Legal World 09/08/2010In a landmark ruling Wednesday, an Indian court said Vodafone Group Plc is liable for an estimated $2.6 billion in taxes for its 2007 acquisition of one of India's largest mobile phone companies.The decision sets a precedent that could impact hundred...
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French Court Endorses eBay-Louis Vuitton Ruling
Legal World 09/07/2010The Paris Court of Appeal confirmed that eBay was liable for a counterfeiting conviction for selling on its website imitation Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH) products between 2001 and 2006.EBay’s actions were in violation of the authorized select...
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EU court exempts Inuit hunters from seal ban
Legal World 08/20/2010The European Union's high court temporarily exempted Inuit hunters in Canada and Greenland on Friday from the bloc's new trade ban on seal products, while asking European Parliament and EU governments to justify the ban.Indigenous people had argued t...
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Mexico supreme court upholds gay adoptions
Legal World 08/17/2010Mexico's Supreme Court voted Monday to uphold a Mexico City law allowing adoptions by same-sex couples.The justices voted 9-2 against challenges presented by federal prosecutors and others who had argued the law fails to protect adoptive children aga...
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Costa Rica court blocks gay civil union referendum
Legal World 08/11/2010Costa Rica's top court has blocked the electoral tribunal from holding a referendum that would have let voters decide if same-sex civil unions should be allowed in the Central American country.The Constitutional Court's 5-2 decision released Tuesday ...