Discussions and Debates about Global Legal Victories, Injustices & Policies
Apr 21st, 2013 by Rocky Boussias
Fifteen to twenty years ago China was a nation riddled with poverty and economic malaise. Since that time, things have changed. China’s GDP has grown by more than 200% in the past twenty years, its poverty rate has plummeted, and U.S. law firms have been moving in ever since the [...]
Apr 20th, 2013 by Andrew Paliotta
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Among the other important parts of the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress includes a lesser known provision known as the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”). The statute, less than 50 words, states: “The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by [...]
Apr 20th, 2013 by McCallion Campbell
Over the past couple of months, our blog has highlighted the serious problem with crimes against women in India. This problem is further perpetuated by the fact that the Indian government has failed to take significant measures in securing the safety of women and bringing their [...]
Apr 18th, 2013 by Patrick Dowdle
Spec. William Colton Millay, a member of the U.S. military, was sentenced on Monday to 16 years after pleading guilty to attempted espionage among other charges. Millay will be dishonorably discharged for selling secrets to an undercover FBI agent, who was posing to be a Russian spy. “Military prosecutors painted him as a white supremacist [...]
Apr 17th, 2013 by Matthew Goldstein
This past Friday, April 12 in Paris, saw outrage from the Native American community and its supporters. 70 sacred Hopi Indian masks were auctioned off at the Drouot Auction house. $1.2 million dollars were generated for owners and auctioneers from the sale of the masks. One [...]
Apr 16th, 2013 by Matthew Goldstein
As law students, and having gone through college as well, many of us are all too familiar with the “unpaid internship”. Internships have become an integral part of business culture and are a critical steppingstone towards securing full-time paid employment. However, even though we willingly accept [...]
Apr 15th, 2013 by Alexandra Ashmont
Mariam had left her home in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, fleeing to the capital of Kabul to escape her husband’s relentless and increasingly vicious beatings. She called her husband’s cousin for help, and he promised to do what he could. Too busy to come himself he sent a friend who [...]
Apr 15th, 2013 by Andrew Paliotta
During World War II, Nazi Germany occupied Greece from 1941-1944. In 2012, Germany was the single largest contributor to Greek bailout. This week, both these events came to the fore-front with a war of words from leaders of both countries.
German Finance Minister [...]
Apr 12th, 2013 by Peter Naber
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This past Thursday, North Korea once again made claims that they possessed “’powerful striking means’ on standby for a launch, while Seoul and Washington speculated that the country is preparing to test a medium-range missile during upcoming national celebrations.” This statement [...]
Apr 10th, 2013 by Pierre Rivera
Photo Source: Press TV
Everyone remembers the story back in February of 2013 where a “white paper” from the Department of Justice was leaked. The title of that memo was “Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen Who is a Senior Operational Leader of Al-Qa’ida or an [...]
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