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Media Law Prof Blog
Partner Of Journalist Who Reported Snowden Story Detained, Questioned, At Heathrow
The Guardian is reporting that journalist Glenn Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, was detained at Heathrow Airport for nine hours under the UK's Terrorism Act. Mr. Miranda was enroute to Brazil.…
InsureReinsure
District Court Rules Silverstein Unable to Collect From Airlines for 9/11 Attacks
By Zachary Lerner, Troutman Pepper Locke
On July 18th, federal U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled against Silverstein Properties Inc. (“Silverstein”) in its quest to recover damages from American Airlines and United Airlines as a…
International Law Prof Blog
EU Designates Hezbollah Military Wing as Terrorist Organization
After months of debate and pressure from the United States and Israel, the European Union (EU) decided yesterday to designate the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, but refused…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Blogging from Prague #5
An interesting deportation case from South Africa from more than a decade ago raises interesting issues related to deportation, extradition, and terrorism. We may recall Ali Abdul Saoud Mohamed who…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Boston Bombing Suspect Is Indicted on 30 Counts”
Main June 27, 2013"Boston Bombing Suspect Is Indicted on 30 Counts" The title of this post is the headline of this New York Times report on the legal news emerging…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Ex-Marine from Roxbury Charged with Making Terroristic Threats in Morristown
A discharged Marine from Roxbury who previously got a plea deal in a shooting has been arrested again for allegedly threatening a man in Morristown. In 2011, 32-year-old Gregg E.…
InsureReinsure
Webinar Replay – Potential Claim and Insurance Implications of the Boston Marathon Bombings
Four members of our Insurance and Reinsurance Department recently conducted a webinar in which they addressed potential claims arising from the Boston Marathon bombings as well as possible insurance implications…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Review of Consular Visa Denial is Permitted
From Bob Egelko of the SF Chronicle:A federal appeals court revived a challenge by a Bay Area woman Thursday to the denial of a U.S. visa to her Afghan husband,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Selling Guantánamo: Exploding the Propaganda Surrounding America’s Most Notorious Military Prison by John Hickman
Selling Guantánamo: Exploding the Propaganda Surrounding America's Most Notorious Military Prisonby John Hickman In the aftermath of 9/11, few questioned the political narrative provided by the White House about Guantánamo and…
The Right Coast
Mum talked down Woolwich terrorists who told her: ‘We want to start a war in London tonight’ – Telegraph
A mother-of-two described tonight how she put her own life on the line by trying to persuade the soldier s murderers to hand over their weapons. via www.telegraph.co.ukRead the whole…