http://www.blawgrepublic.com/cat/Legal-News/ LEGAL NEWS NEWS Condesa Inc. Blawg Republic http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/pentagon-official-denies-extension-for-911-suspects.php [JURIST] Bruce MacDonald, the senior Pentagon official overseeing war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo [JURIST backgrounder], on Friday denied a request to extend the filing deadline for pre-trial motions [JURIST report] for prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks [JURIST backgrounder]. The pri http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/obama-administration-requests-additional-time-for-oral-argument.php [JURIST] The federal government on Friday requested additional time for oral argument [brief, PDF] before the US Supreme Court to argue that the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590; JURIST backgrounder], which requires almost every US citizen http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/us-army-refers-intelligence-analyst's-wikileaks-case-for-court-martial.php [JURIST] US Army [official website] commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington [official profile] referred Pfc. Bradley Manning [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] to a general court-marital Friday on all charges for allegedly releasing classified information to WikiLeaks [website; JURIST news archi http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/lawyers-for-911-suspects-seeking-further-trial-delay.php [JURIST] Lawyers for two Guantanamo prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks [JURIST backgrounders] asked the Pentagon Thursday to extend the filing deadline for pre-trial motions. There are currently two prisoners requesting extension, and they both cite the recent mail review controversy as http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/eu-asks-google-to-delay-new-privacy-policy.php [JURIST] The European Union's data protection authorities wrote a letter [text, PDF] to Google Thursday asking it to delay implementation of its new privacy policy, which is supposed to take effect March 1. The EU is concerned the privacy policy, which will combine various policies of more than 60 o http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/icj-rules-germany-immune-from-nazi-victim-claims.php [JURIST] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official website] on Friday ruled [judgment, PDF] that Germany has immunity from claims brought in foreign courts by victims of the Nazi regime. The Court found that a 2008 decision by Italy's Supreme Court [JURIST report] violated Germany's soverei http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/france-court-rules-google-maps-practicing-unfair-competition.php [JURIST] The French Commercial Tribunal [official website, in French] in Paris ruled Tuesday that Google Maps [corporate website] is anti-competitive because it is offered as a free service. The plaintiff, Bottin Cartographers [corporate website], alleged that Google provides its maps service for fr http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/rwanda-court-charges-genocide-suspect.php [JURIST] War crimes suspect Leon Mugesera was charged with genocide planning, incitement and distribution of arms Thursday in a Kigali court in Rwanda. He was deported from Canada to Rwanda [JURIST report] nine days ago, following a 16-year battle in the Canadian court system in which Mugesera attem http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/ex-khmer-rouge-leader-sentenced-to-life.php [JURIST] The Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website] on Friday sentenced Kaing Guek Eav [Hague Justice profile; ECCC materials], also known as "Duch," to life imprisonment [press release] for crimes against humanity and violation of the http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/massachusetts-court-rules-child-custody-laws-apply-to-same-sex-parents.php [JURIST] The Massachusetts Appeals Court [official website] held Thursday that same-sex [JURIST news archive] couples who marry and have a baby via artificial insemination are bound by the same child custody laws [opinion] as heterosexual couples. The decision came after an appeal by Della Corte, wh http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/hrw-syria-forces-torturing-children.php [JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said Friday that Syrian army and security officers have been engaged in the torture of children [press release]. The allegations stem from HRW's documentation of cases in which children were reportedly detained, tortured and shot in their homes. T http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WiseLawBlog/~3/7CorE8fKTPY/140-law-legal-headlines-for-february-03.html Here are the leading legal headlines http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/lebanon-tribunal-to-try-accused-hariri-assassins-in-absentia.php Four accused assassins of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri will be tried in absentia, a UN tribunal said Wednesday. The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) said Wednesday that after considering the efforts taken by the prosecution and the authorities to apprehend the suspects, they woul http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/ninth-circuit-seals-videos-from-california-same-sex-marriage-trial.php [JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Thursday ruled [opinion, PDF] that it will not release video recordings from Perry v. Schwarzenegger [opinion], California's 2010 trial which declared Proposition 8 [text, PDF; JURIST news archive], the state's same-sex mar http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/02/virginia-senate-approves-bill-requiring-ultrasound-before-abortion.php [JURIST] The Virginia Senate [official website] approve a bill [text] on Wednesday that would require a woman seeking an abortion [JURIST news archive] to have an ultrasound before the procedure. The new requirements include the audio provision of fetal heartbeat and a determination of the gestation