A Minnesota law professor facing charges of genocide denial for his work representing a Rwandan presidential candidate says he has “no doubt” he’ll be killed if he returns to the…
Rwanda’s top prosecutor wants a professor from William Mitchell College of law to appear in a Rwandan court and face charges of genocide denial, the Associated Press…
A federal appeals court has ruled that a law used to collect damages in the United States for human rights abuses in other countries does not apply to corporations.
A Connecticut lawyer posed as an American tourist interested in buying ivory last February as part of an effort to help the Kenyan government crack down on poachers.
The bad luck continued for William Mitchell College of Law professor Peter Erlinder when he returned to Minnesota after spending three weeks in a Rwandan jail.
A law professor from the United States who has been held in a Rwandan jail since May will be released on bail because of concerns about his health. Jun 17, 2010 10:12 PM CDT
U.S. lawyers defending accused genocide suspects aren’t faring well in Rwanda. A lawyer who is the latest to feel the wrath of the country’s legal establishment is Peter Robinson, a…
A Minnesota lawyer who has repeatedly taken on controversial criminal cases has been interrogated and imprisoned in Rwanda, where he was working to defend a president candidate, Victoire Ingabire, against…
Authorities have announced charges against 100 individuals in the United States and Egypt in what they say is the largest such case ever pursued in the U.S.
Lawyers in the African nation of Zimbabwe don’t worry much about such things as recessions, competing for business or the future of the billable hour. Their focus is more likely…
Without admitting liability, Pfizer has agreed to pay $75 million to settle criminal and civil cases in Nigeria alleging that the world’s largest drug company illegally tested the antibiotic Trovan…
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