International Law

Ethiopia high court sentences former dictator Mengistu to death in absentia
[JURIST] Mengistu Haile Mariam [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the former Marxist president of Ethiopia [JURIST news archive], was sentenced to death Monday after the Ethiopian Supreme Court allowed Ethiopian prosecutors' appeal of his January 2007 life sentence [JURIST reports] on charges of genocide, homicide, illegal imprisonment, and illegal property seizure...

Anti-Guantanamo protesters convicted for illegal Supreme Court demonstration
[JURIST] A Washington DC Superior Court found 34 members of anti-war activism group Witness Against Torture [advocacy website] guilty Thursday on misdemeanor charges of illegal protesting...

Zimbabwe opposition calls ruling party move for recount 'illegal'
[JURIST] The ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) [party website], led by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], on Sunday demanded a recount of the March 29th presidential election [JURIST report], amid opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) [party website] accusations that the move is illegal...

UK cracking down on employers hiring illegal immigrants
[JURIST] The number of UK employers prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants has spiked since changes to British immigration laws were implemented in February, the BBC reported Monday...

Hundreds of illegal immigrants sentenced to prison after Iowa raid
[JURIST] Some 270 illegal immigrants [JURIST news archive] arrested during a US immigration sting at an Agriprocessors Inc. [corporate website] meatpacking plant in Iowa, were each sentenced to five months in prison [ICE press release] and 27 more received probation after pleading guilty to the use of false immigration documents, the New York Times reported Saturday...

Guantanamo protesters appear in DC court on illegal demonstration charges
[JURIST] A group of 35 members of anti-war activism organization Witness Against Torture [advocacy website] appeared in a DC Superior Court Tuesday. The 35 were arrested at a protest [JURIST report] in front of the US Supreme Court in January, where they were demonstrating for the closure of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], and were indicted on charges of violating

Illegal Immigrant Responsibility and Reform Act of 1996
Explanation of the controversial illegal immigration law

Forest Laboratories Potentially Illegal Marketing
Forest Laboratories Potentially Illegal Marketing

Imported Diets
Pills Contain Illegal Drugs

Illegal Courting
Fidelity Investments to settle $8 million lawsuit.

Apple Inc.
allegedly maintained an illegal monopoly on the digital music market.

Sprint Nextel
Early Termination Fees Ruled Illegal in California

Wendy's International Inc.
allegedly fired illegal immigrant employees after missing a deadline to obtain legal status.