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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

“UK supreme court sits on cusp of tradition and modernity; Two years after its founding, five supreme court justices explain how they reach judgments of national significance”: The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“9th Circuit: Corporations Can Be Sued For Human Rights Violations Abroad.” Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Feds Embrace Lying in Response to Public-Record Requests”: At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post that begins, “The Justice Department is proposing new Freedom of Information Act rules allowing the government to inform the public that records do not exist even if they do.”

Posted at 6:17 PM by Howard Bashman



Woes of so-called “penis-pump judge” continue to mount: The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Convicted Okla. judge to forfeit retirement” that begins, “A former Oklahoma judge convicted of exposing himself by using a sexual device while presiding over trials is not eligible to receive the retirement benefits from his 23-year career on the bench, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday.”

And The Oklahoman has a news update headlined “Former Oklahoma judge Donald D. Thompson will lose most of pension, state Supreme Court rules.”

Posted at 5:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“US court revives human rights case vs Rio Tinto”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A U.S. federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit accusing Rio Tinto Plc of human rights violations related to Papua New Guinea, where it once ran one of the world’s largest copper and gold mines.”

You can access today’s en banc ruling of an eleven-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link. Seven of the judges on the en banc panel issued opinions.

Update: In other coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “Rio Tinto Genocide Claims Reinstated by U.S. Appeals Court.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court OKs genocide lawsuit against mining company.”

Posted at 1:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“L.A.-based law firm gives more than $3.2 million in services to help appeals judge’s defense; Jay Bybee, who is on the 9th Circuit bench, has fought allegations of ethics violations for providing legal justification for waterboarding; Much of the money for his defense comes from Latham & Watkins”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 7:44 AM by Howard Bashman