International News - Cross-Border - Law.com http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/index.jsp en-us 05/26/2013 Copyright 2008 incisivemedia. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml http://www.law.com/img/law/international/international_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/index.jsp U.N. Faces Threat of Lawsuit Over Haiti Cholera A human rights group says it will sue the U.N. if it does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize for introducing the disease through its peacekeeping force and launch a major effort to improve sanitation. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202599549425 2013-05-10 18:20:46 U.K. Supreme Court Rules for News-Clipping Service in Dispute With Publishers The British Supreme Court has decided partially in favor of news-clipping service Meltwater in its dispute with U.K. newspaper publishers, finding that Meltwater's customers and anyone else in the U.K. cannot be prosecuted for viewing news stories online. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202596863559 2013-04-22 18:17:24 At U.N., Rwanda Blocks Role for Criminal Court Rwanda has successfully blocked the U.N. Security Council from recommending any role for the International Criminal Court in solving conflicts, violence and human rights abuse in Africa, saying the court "condemns crimes committed by some but not others." http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202596482155 2013-04-18 18:37:32 Massacre Survivors Still Trying to Get Former President of Mexico Into Conn. Court Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo says he's focusing on his teaching duties at Yale University and not letting himself be distracted by "a frivolous lawsuit." But the lawsuit filed in Connecticut federal court -- accusing Zedillo of covering up a massacre of 45 civilians in the village of Acteal in 1997 -- may not be so frivolous after all. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202595416801 2013-04-10 14:08:29 Summly Deal Highlights Silicon Valley's Appetite for Overseas Acquisitions Yahoo's purchase of the news app Summly has generated plenty of press about its creator, London teenager Nick D'Aloisio. But overlooked is how it's becoming much more common for Silicon Valley companies to shop overseas for acquisitions, says Thomas Gaynor, of counsel with Squire Sanders, which advised Summly on the deal. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202593985924 2013-03-29 16:01:42 Law Students Spend Spring Break on Human Rights, Other Service Projects Earlier this month, a Fordham University School of Law group joined dozens of other law students from New York in forgoing a week of relaxation in favor of what are called "alternative spring breaks," projects spread throughout the world that often involve pro bono work or surveys of people who don't have access to lawyers. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202594034116 2013-03-29 00:16:16 International Court Detains Rwandan-Born Warlord African warlord Bosco Ntaganda was taken Friday from the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda and flown to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he faces charges stemming from rebels' reign of terror in eastern Congo a decade ago. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202593320691 2013-03-25 17:54:32 Congolese Warlord Ntaganda Remains at U.S. Embassy Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, who turned himself in Monday to the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda and asked to be handed over to the International Criminal Court, will remain at the embassy while U.S. officials work to facilitate his transfer to The Hague. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202592720459 2013-03-20 16:18:01 European Union Aims to Cap Bankers' Bonuses Top European Union officials have struck an agreement on a package of financial laws introducing higher capital requirements for banks and capping bankers' bonus payments at a maximum of one year's base salary. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202590459772 2013-03-01 14:04:18 Second Circuit Finds Right to Sue to Enforce Custody Treaty A statute governing international child custody disputes creates a federal right of action to enforce access rights under an international convention, the Second Circuit has ruled, rejecting the argument that the U.S. State Department is the only avenue for pursuing a remedy under the Hague Convention's Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202589141687 2013-02-22 14:27:32