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Ex-Liberia President Taylor Flashes Anger as Cross-Examination Starts at His War Crimes Trial
The Associated Press
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor clashed with a war crimes trial attorney Tuesday just minutes after she began cross-examining him about his repeated denials of responsibility for atrocities by rebels during Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. Prosecutors at the Special Court for Sierra Leone finally got their chance Tuesday to question Taylor, who spent 13 weeks as a witness in his own defense, rejecting allegations that he armed, trained and commanded rebels during the 1992-2002 conflict.
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Congo-Brazzaville / United States
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After Settlement, Congo Still Paying D.C. Lobbyists to Battle 'Vulture Funds'
The National Law Journal
- When hedge funds bought up the Republic of Congo's debt and started chasing the impoverished African nation for repayment plus interest, the country's president, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, took the battle to Washington, D.C. Sassou-Nguesso hired a host of insiders to do battle with the so-called vulture funds on his behalf. In March 2008, he settled with the hedge funds -- but his lobbying effort is still thriving.
Equatorial Guinea / United Kingdom
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Freed Equatorial Guinea Coup-Plotter Says U.S. and Others Should Face Justice
The Associated Press
- British mercenary Simon Mann has threatened to settle some old scores after arriving home Wednesday following more than five years in African jails for a failed plot to take over Equatorial Guinea's oil riches. Some governments may be worried about a vengeful Mann: He testified last year that the U.S. and European governments knew of the 2004 plot in advance and welcomed it, as did international oil companies operating in the small West African nation.
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Nigeria / Nigeria / United States
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Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General to Opine in Pfizer Alien Torts Case
The American Lawyer
- With corporate America itching for the Supreme Court to rein in use of the Alien Torts Statute for suits alleging overseas wrongdoing, the case that may redefine the parameters of the ATS is shaping up as a battle of ex-Harvard law professors. On Monday the Court asked U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to weigh in on Pfizer Inc. v. Rabi Abdullahi, in which the 2nd Circuit revived the claims of Nigerians who allege they were grievously harmed by a Pfizer drug in a government-approved clinical trial.
Greece / Liberia / United States
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Liberian Company's Argument That Employment Dispute Is a Burden to N.Y. Courts Is Rejected
New York Law Journal
- A New York court will preside over a $15 million employment dispute between a Greek citizen and a Liberian company publicly traded in the United States, which allegedly raised funds in New York and retained a Manhattan-based law firm as its primary outside counsel, a state judge has ruled. Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd., which is based in Athens and incorporated in Liberia, had claimed it would be unduly inconvenienced if the breach of contract and libel case remained in New York.
Sudan / United States
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Lobbyist Indicted for Ties to Sudan
The National Law Journal
- Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a Washington, D.C., lobbyist Tuesday for allegedly violating sanctions against the government of Sudan. According to the Justice Department, Robert Cabelly, a former State Department official and managing director of C/R International, did work for the Sudanese without permission from the U.S. government. The firm allegedly brokered business contracts for the country, and gave it "sensitive" U.S. government information.
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