Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc.
Ovation Health Services
MediaFire.com

FAQs

Commercial and Business Litigation

Insurance Litigation: Property Claims

How do I get more information on Insurance Litigation or First Party Insurance Litigation?

Insurance Litigation: Medical & Life Insurance Claims

Rare Coin Fraud

How do I get more information on Rare Coin Fraud litigation?

RSS Feed

Obama order allows sanctions for using technology to violate human rights
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:09:14 GMT

[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Monday issued an executive order [text] that will allow the US to impose sanctions on foreign nationals who have used technology to participate in violation of human rights. Obama signed the order after he indicated that Iran and Syria's governments have committed various abuses against human rights with the help of technology, including computer monitoring and network disruption. Under the order, any person found to have used technology to carry out a...

Nepal urged not to impose blanket amnesty for crimes committed during civil war
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:47:46 GMT

[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) [advocacy websites] on Monday urged Nepal to reject blanket amnesty [press release] plans for international crimes committed during the country's civil war, which ended in 2006. A representative for ICJ said amnesty for human rights abuses, such as torture, rape and forced disappearances, violate international law and Nepal's own jurisprudence. The Nepal Parliament [official website] is setting up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate war crimes and...

Iceland ex-PM convicted of single charge over role in banking collapse
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:33:22 GMT

[JURIST] A special court in Iceland on Monday convicted former prime minister Geir Haarde [official profile, in Icelandic] on one out of the four criminal charges he faced concerning the collapse [JURIST news archive] of the country's banking system in 2008, announcing that he would not face any punishment. The charges stemmed from the collapse of the country's three major banks in 2008 while Haarde was leader of the country's ruling Independence Party. Haarde was convicted [AP report] of failing...

Bahrain court delays appeal of imprisoned human rights activist
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:52:46 GMT

[JURIST] The Bahrain Court of Cassation on Monday delayed an appeal hearing for human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who is serving a life sentence for terrorism-related charges. The court was to issue a decision Monday but set the appeal hearing for April 30 [AP report]. Al-Khawaja is among 21 individuals tried before the Bahrain military National Safety Court in June 2011 and found guilty [JURIST report] of terrorism-related charges, including several tried in absentia. Al-Khawaja...

UN Security Council calls for constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:05:57 GMT

[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Saturday urged immediate restoration of constitutional order [press release] in Guinea-Bissau [BBC backgrounder]. The presidential statement condemned the April 12 coup, during which the military took over the government, detained officials, including interim president Raimundo Pereira and former prime minister Carlos Gomes, and disrupted democratic presidential elections. The coup occurred two weeks prior to the second round of the presidential election between Gomes and former president Kumba Yala. The Security Council called...

UN Security Council approves mission to supervise Syria peace plan
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:45:44 GMT

[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] unanimously approved a resolution [press release] Saturday to send 300 unarmed soldiers and other civilian aid to Syria for 90 days to supervise the implementation of a peace plan. The UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) will track whether Syrian officials follow the UN Joint Special Envoy's six steps for ending the conflict, which the Security Council unanimously approved [JURIST report] earlier this month. Under the peace plan, Syrian officials will end military...

Ukraine ex-Prime Minister Tymoshenko returned to prison from clinic
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:39:05 GMT

[JURIST] Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was returned to prison on Sunday after being sent to a clinic Friday for medical treatment. Tymoshenko has refused to be treated [JURIST report] by the Ukrainian doctors at her prison for back problems she has been experiencing, as she believes they are under the direction of her political rival President Viktor Yanukovych. One of her defense lawyers, Serhiy Vlasenko, indicated that he believes she was moved back to prison because the original move...

UN to investigate rights of Native Americans
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:04:16 GMT

[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya will visit the United States from April 23 to May 4 to launch the UN's first ever investigation into the rights situation [press release] of Native Americans. Anaya will be looking into the rights of Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, and meeting with government officials throughout the nation. One main goal of his investigation is to determine how the US's endorsement [press release, PDF] of the United...

Egypt high court lacks authority to rule on presidential candidate ban
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:49:06 GMT

[JURIST] The Egyptian Constitutional Court [official website, Arabic] announced Saturday that it can not rule on an act of parliament that banned certain candidates from the upcoming presidential elections [IFES election guide]. The court said that it is only able to rule on the constitutionality of a law [AFP report] after it has taken effect. The law in question was passed last week [JURIST report] and prevents anyone who held a rank of party leader or higher during the regime...

Former US military cadets sue service academies for failing to prevent rapes
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:01:07 GMT

[JURIST] Two former cadets from the US Military Academy and the US Naval Academy [official websites] brought a suit [text] in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] alleging that the service academies failed to prevent rapes. Specifically, the complaint alleges that the service academies promoted a culture of sexual assault, they failed to implement regulations regarding sexual assault, they failed to investigate claims of sexual assault and prosecute offenders and they retaliated against...

Mexico legislature passes climate change bill
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:55:22 GMT

[JURIST] The Mexican legislature passed a sweeping climate change bill on Thursday 128-10 in the Chamber of Deputies [official website, in Spanish] and unanimously in the Senate [official website, in Spanish]. The bill requires the country to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30% by 2020, requires 35% of its energy come form renewable sources by 2024, requires mandatory emissions reporting, establishes a carbon-trading market and creates a commission to oversee implementation of the bill. The bill now goes to Mexican...

North Carolina court vacates death sentence due to racial bias
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:28:34 GMT

[JURIST] A North Carolina judge on Friday commuted [order text, PDF] a man's death sentence to a sentence of life in prison without parole after he determined that racial bias was a major influence behind the original sentence 18 years ago. Judge Gregory Weeks vacated Marcus Reymond Robinson's death sentence after he determined that race was a significant factor in choosing members of the jury for Robinson's trial. Under the state's Racial Justice Act [PDF], individuals who have received a...

Council of Europe announces ECHR reforms agreement
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:11:45 GMT

[JURIST] The 47 member states composing the Council of Europe [official website] on Friday agreed to a declaration [text] that will bring new changes to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] in order to make it more efficient. The declaration, which comes as an attempt to better facilitate operations at the overloaded ECHR, includes a provision that makes is easier for the court to reject cases [AFP report] that should not be at the international court level....

Australia High Court denies copyright infringement liability for ISPs
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:34:05 GMT

[JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] ruled [judgment] Friday that internet service providers (ISPs) cannot be held liable for the copyright infringement of their customers in the case of Roadshow Films v. iiNet Limited. The court ruled that the specific systems used to perpetrate the copyright infringement were not controlled by the ISP. They further held that the ISP did not host infringing material, nor did they assist their customers in its discovery. The court went on to...

Hungary urged to prosecute alleged Nazi war criminal
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:55:28 GMT

[JURIST] The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) [advocacy website], a Jewish human rights organization committed to finding and prosecuting Holocaust war criminals, called on the government of Hungary to prosecute former Nazi Laszlo Csatary in its annual report [text, PDF; press release] issued Wednesday. Csatary was a police chief in Slovakia in 1944 and is alleged to have sent 15,400 Jewish people to Auschwitz. SWC has placed Csatary at the top of their list of most wanted Nazi war criminals. SWC...

Alabama House passes new immigration law
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:27:04 GMT

[JURIST] The Alabama House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday passed changes to the state's immigration law [HB 56, PDF], said to be one of the toughest in the nation. The revised bill, passed 64-34 [Reuters report], comes in response to litigation filed since the legislation was originally passed last year [JURIST report]. Aimed at making it easier to defend in court, some of the changes include allowing religious organizations to minister to people regardless of their citizenship status, making...

Uighur Guantanamo detainees released to El Salvador
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:22:42 GMT

[JURIST] The Pentagon announced on Thursday that two Uighur [JURIST news archive] detainees were released [press release] from the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] to be transferred to El Salvador, where they have chosen to resettle. They are being released pursuant to a 2008 order [JURIST report] by the US District Court for the District of Columbia. An executive order [text; JURIST report] issued in 2009 mandated review of the cases by the Interagency Guantanamo Review Task...

Bosnian Muslims on trial for war crimes against Serbs
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:16:12 GMT

[JURIST] The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina [official website] on Thursday began the trial [press release] of eight Bosnian Muslims charged with abuse and torture of Serbian prisoners during the Bosnian Civil War [JURIST archive]. The prosecution claims that Serbian civilians were unlawfully detained and subjected to inhumane treatment [Reuters report] while being held in three detention camps during the 43-month siege of the Sarajevo suburb of Hadzici by Bosnian Serb forces on the surrounding hilltops. Along with six detention...

ECJ finds no law preventing Sweden ISPs from turning over user data
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:00:52 GMT

[JURIST] The European Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website] found [judgment] Thursday that Sweden has no law preventing Swedish internet service providers (ISPs) from disclosing user data of individuals suspected of pirating copyrighted material. Five book publishers brought suit against Swedish ISP ePhone [official website, in Swedish] for its refusal to to comply with a court order to hand over the user data of suspected pirates [CNET report] to the publishers under Sweden's 2009 Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED)...

Rwanda genocide tribunal transfers first defendant to national courts
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:00:40 GMT

[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] on Thursday confirmed [press release] and proceeded with the transfer of former Rwandan pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi [Hague Justice profile; case materials] to Rwanda. Uwinkindi is the first ICTR genocide suspect to be transferred to a national court [AP report]. The Appeals Chamber of the ICTR dismissed a motion filed by Uwinkindi for a stay of his transfer to Rwanda. He argued there is serious doubt that High Court of Rwanda...

Germany court rules Youtube must filter uploaded videos
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:14:50 GMT

[JURIST] A court in Hamburg, Germany ruled Friday that Google's YouTube service must use a filter to prevent people from uploading music videos that the do not have the right to upload. The ruling effectively holds Google liable [AP report] for content that is uploaded by users and increases their responsibility to police content. Google must immediately block the video to prevent further copyright infringement. Further, the court ruled that Google needs to use new filters to prevent users from...

Libya has evidence of executions by Gaddafi son: ICC
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:38:46 GMT

[JURIST] International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo [official profile] said Thursday that Libya has gathered evidence to bring Saif al-Islam Gaddafi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to trial. Saif al-Islam, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive] was indicted [JURIST report; case material] in June by the ICC for hiring mercenaries to kill civilians who protested the rule of his father. Ocampo, who is in Libya to discuss the case...

Ukraine ex-PM on trial for tax evasion
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:33:37 GMT

[JURIST] A Ukrainian court on Thursday began proceedings in the tax evasion trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] who announced that she would not be able attend [press release] due to health concerns. Tymoshenko is charged with misappropriating funds [BBC report] during her service as prime minister in 1997. Earlier this month, Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General [official website, in Ukrainian] granted a request for Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment outside of the...

Federal judge dismisses Goldman Sachs, other banks from GE securities lawsuit
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:10:47 GMT

[JURIST] Federal Judge Denise Cote on Wednesday dismissed a securities lawsuit [opinion, PDF] against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. [corporate website] and 41 other defendants claiming [complaint, PDF] that the banks helped mislead investors in the $12.2 billion stock offering by General Electric Co. (GE) [corporate website] back in October 2008. The claims, filed by investors in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website], were brought under the 1933 Securities Act [text, PDF] and concerned...

Kazakhstan court sentences 47 individuals on terrorism charges
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:44:58 GMT

[JURIST] A court in Kazakhstan [official website] sentenced 47 individuals to 15-year prison terms Thursday on charges relating to terrorist attacks and financing extremist activities. The convicted individuals are alleged to be members of a terrorist group [AP report] and were subjected to a month-long trial, beginning in March and ending Wednesday. The violence presented a threat to the administration of President Nursultan Nazarbayev [official website, in Kazakh; BBC profile] who has been in power in Kazakhstan for more than...

Free Case Review

Fill out the form below to claim your FREE CONFIDENTIAL case review.

Name *

Phone *

Email *

Tell us more *

The Voss Law Center
26619 Interstate 45 South
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Phone: 281-VICTORY (842-8679)
Toll Free: 866-276-6179
Get Directions

Subscribe to Newsletter

Social Media

Legal News

Recognition

Videos

Testimonials

I look forward to a lasting relationship. I will refer you many clients as we move down the road.
Bill Voss was able to quickly grasp our market space, legal challenges and resource obstacles efficiently.
I will definitely recommend The Voss Law Firm to all my friends and associates.
Por medio de la presente les doy las gracias por su bien trabajo y aprecio los buenos resultados.
I want to thank you for all your help and I will recommend you guys to my friends and family. - J. Penaflor
Pues todo estubo bien fueron amables con migo y contestaron todas mis preguntas con amabilidad con mucho gusto los recomendaria con amigos y familiars. - E. Torres

View All

Web Resources

Insurance Litigation: Property Claims

Oil and Gas Law

Rare Coin Fraud

FLSA (Overtime) Claims

View All

toll free: 866-276-6179 | local: 281-VICTORY | (842-8679)

RSS Feed

Free Case Review

Social Media

Recognition