Last fall, a panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a sweeping decision in the long-running Alien Tort Statute suit against Rio Tinto rejecting Rio Tinto’s defenses on nearly every issue and prompting dissent...

Those who recall my earlier, premature, sharing of the Tallin Manual will be pleased to learn that an authorized version is now available online and I am happy to provide this link to it with the permiss...

So in the cyber domain we often talk about the need for a “Public-Private-Partnership” or a PPP to share information about cyber threats and vulnerabilities.    These PPPs are sometimes criticized as ine...

Earlier this week, Judge Rosemary Collyer rejected a proposed modification to protective orders entered in Mohammed al Qahtani's habeas case.  Al Qahtani's lawyers had asked the judge to change the order...

Ben earlier noted an order, in which Judge John Bates instructed petitioners in Al Maqleh v. Obama to file, by no later than today, a "short summary, not to exceed two pages," of any newly discovered fac...

Back in July, I noted that the Electronic Privacy and Information Center had petitioned the D.C.

Earlier today, Judge Rosemary Collyer rejected an attempt by attorneys for detainee Mohammed al Qahtani to modify two protective orders entered in al Qahtani's habeas case. The proposed modification con...