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Terrorism
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TortsProf Blog
Hezbollah Victims Sue Banks
Victims of a 2006 Hezbollah rocket attack in Israel filed suit last week in New York state court against American Express Bank Ltd. and the Lebanese-Canadian Bank SAL. The suit…
InsureReinsure
New York’s Highest Court Holds that Policy with Terrorism Exclusion Restricts the Cause of Potential Covered Damages
Last month, the New York Court of Appeals held that a tenant breached its lease and, in doing so, violated New York Insurance Law § 3404. The court ruled that…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Swinging With Kennedy and O’Connor
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Over on Slate.com there is an interesting article comparing the swing voting styles of Justices Kennedy and former Justice O’Conner. This article examines the liberal and conservative swings of these…
The Right Coast
Progress in the War on TerrorMike Rappaport
This article in the London Times, via Instapundit, is quite powerful. The first two thirds gets the progress exactly right. The West has greatly diminished the ability of Al Qaeda…
Media Law Prof Blog
Basque Rebel Group Blamed For Bombing At Newspaper Building
The Basque separatist group ETA is suspected of involvement in an explosion that rocked the building when the Spanish newspaper El Correo is produced. No one was reported hurt in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A terror-filled debate over substantive reasonableness
Main June 7, 2008A terror-filled debate over substantive reasonablenessAs detailed at How Appealing and in this AP article headlined "Court orders new sentence for al-Qaida member," the Fourth Circuit on…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Alleged 9/11 mastermind requests the death penalty in GTMO arraignment
Main June 5, 2008Alleged 9/11 mastermind requests the death penalty in GTMO arraignmentAs detailed in this Reuters story, the "accused al Qaeda mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks stood in…
TortsProf Blog
Sebok on 1993 WTC Bombing
In his latest FindLaw Writ Column, Tony Sebok addresses the recent decision by the New York Appellate Division affirming the jury's verdict against the Port Authority of New York &…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Why aren’t the terrorist pardons during the Clinton Administration garnering more attention from the MSM?
Main April 24, 2008Why aren't the terrorist pardons during the Clinton Administration garnering more attention from the MSM?Because I look at much of the news from a criminal justice perspective,…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Special Compensation for Victims of Terrorist Attacks?
By joetort
Robert Rabin (Stanford Law) and Stephen Sugarman (Boalt Hall) have just posted an intriguing article entitled "The Case for Specially Compensating the Victims of Terrorist Attacks: An Assessment" on SSRN.…