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Stiffed, Sued, Deposed, And Maybe Crime-Frauded: The Rudy Giuliani Story

Above The Law

The post Stiffed, Sued, Deposed, And Maybe Crime-Frauded: The Rudy Giuliani Story appeared first on Above the Law. Ah, well, at least he got a podcast out of it.

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Alex Jones Is Too, Umm, ‘Sick’ To Be Deposed In Sandy Hook Defamation Suit

Above The Law

The post Alex Jones Is Too, Umm, ‘Sick’ To Be Deposed In Sandy Hook Defamation Suit appeared first on Above the Law. Why, yes, this is the same suit where he spent three years refusing to comply with discovery. Why do you ask?

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Georgia Opinion Discusses Standards for Deposing High-Ranking Corporate Executives

Day on Torts

deposition of a high-ranking corporate executive or high-level government official who lacks personal, unique knowledge of facts relevant to the litigation. The plaintiffs sought to depose the current CEO of the company. The court’s 39-page opinion discusses the factors Georgia courts should consider in such cases.

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Myanmar dispatch: military junta’s activation of compulsory military service law is a blow to Myanmar’s youth, and to its future

JURIST

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

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Fractured majority allows government to withhold information on torture at CIA black sites

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that information about the federal government’s post-9/11 torture program at CIA “black sites” is protected by the “state secrets privilege,” a doctrine that allows the government to withhold information in litigation when disclosing it would compromise national security.

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UN rights expert calls on ASEAN to increase pressure on Myanmar junta

JURIST

In February last year, a military coup took place in Myanmar, in which the junta deposed the civilian government and arrested State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. Widespread violence and conflict have ensued since. . Andrews spoke of the “campaign of violence, oppression and terror against the people of Myanmar.”

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Mali junta ends peace agreement with separatist rebels

JURIST

Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga read the press release from the Mali transitional government that placed blame for the peace agreement’s failure on international mediation and interference from Mali’s northern neighbor, Algeria.

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