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Department of Justice's Former Acting Head of National Security Joins Perkins Coie
He will also counsel companies on mergers, acquisitions, and other foreign investments in domestic entities that impact national security. As Acting Assistant Attorney General with the DOJ's National Security Division, Hinnen was responsible for
Updated: 10/03/2011 09:09A
Do We Really Need Megan's Law?
One statistic Fritz cited back in 1999 is especially telling: The American Bar Association reported that “40 percent of the federal criminal laws passed since the Civil War had come in just the last three decades, often 'in patchwork response to
Updated: 10/03/2011 09:04A
Kenya: Try Other PEV Culprits Too, Urge Groups
Through National Council of NGOs chairman Ken Wafula, the groups said there was need for a local justice process to complement that of the International Criminal Court. High ranking officials from the State Law Office left for The Hague at the weekend
Updated: 10/03/2011 08:57A
Proposals delayed, but on the way
There's no easy way to find all of Virginia"s laws regulating the forfeiture of criminal assets. They've been scattered throughout the massive state code as legislators have turned to seizure as a way to combat drug dealers, gambling enterprises,
Updated: 10/03/2011 08:50A
Health Care Law Case Looms Over New Supreme Court Term
"Singling out broadcast television doesn't make much more sense anymore," said Jonathan Cohn, a former Justice Department official. Cohn's law firm, Sidley, Austin, represents Fox Television Stations in the case. The administration is defending the
Updated: 10/03/2011 08:43A
Irish Justice Minister in move to change laws on purchase of sex
Ireland's Minister for Justice Alan Shatter is considering new legislation making it a criminal offense to buy sex. Shatter is currently considering advice from the country's Attorney General concerning the legal and constitutional implications of such
Updated: 10/03/2011 08:36A
MP Joy Smith Proposes Criminal Code Amendments to Enhance Canada's Trafficking
"The crime of human trafficking often transgresses international boundaries, with vulnerable men, women, and children subject to its devastating reach. Human traffickers, including those of Canadian nationality, will persist in their illicit trade if
Updated: 10/03/2011 08:17A
Fatou Bensouda receives 2011 World Peace through Law Award
In 2009, she received the International Jurists Award for her contributions to national and international criminal law. Before joining the ICTR, she was the General Manager of a leading commercial bank in the country. Between 1987 and 2000,
Updated: 10/03/2011 08:12A
Noted Liberal Rag Bloomberg Levels Serious Charges at Koch Industries
Bloomberg, the news organization for patchouli-burning, Birkenstock-wearing hippies everywhere, has a long story alleging that Koch Industries traded with Iran, paid bribes to win contracts, and engaged in “violations of criminal law,” according to the
Updated: 10/03/2011 07:50A
Supreme Court begins new term today
A lawsuit over a baby's passport also will be before the court in a case that has a taste of Middle East politics and a fight between the president and Congress. Jerusalem-born Menachem Zivotofsky's parents want his US passport to list his birthplace
Updated: 10/03/2011 07:44A
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