Category Archives: Legal

Blackwater Successor Wants Trial Delayed For 4th Circ. Ruling

Blackwater Successor Wants Trial Delayed For 4th Circ. Ruling By Rick Archer Law360, New York (February 6, 2017, 3:40 PM EST) — Blackwater successor Academi Training Center Inc. asked a Virginia… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Judge: False Claims trial of Blackwater successor to go ahead as scheduled

Judge: False Claims trial of Blackwater successor to go ahead as scheduled 2/14/17 | by Brian Seay A federal judge denied a private security firm’s request last week to delay a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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DC Circuit joins other circuits in enforcing Escobar’s strict materiality requirement: key takeaways

DC Circuit joins other circuits in enforcing Escobar’s strict materiality requirement: key takeaways Litigation Alert 21 FEB 2017 By: Courtney Gilligan Saleski John M. Hillebrecht Andrew J. Hoffman Michael G. Lewis… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Privatization of the war on drugs in Mexico and Colombia: limiting the application of humanitarian law and endangering human rights

Privatization of the war on drugs in Mexico and Colombia: limiting the application of humanitarian law and endangering human rights You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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International Humanitarian Law and Legal Status of Personnel in Private Military Companies as Participants in the Internal Armed Conflicts

International Humanitarian Law and Legal Status of Personnel in Private Military Companies as Participants in the Internal Armed Conflicts You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Defending Military Contractors against War Zone Tort Actions

Defending Military Contractors against War Zone Tort Actions You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Entrepreneurs of Punishment: How Private Contractors Made and Are Remaking the Modern Criminal Justice System – An Account of Convict Transportation and Electronic Monitoring

Entrepreneurs of Punishment: How Private Contractors Made and Are Remaking the Modern Criminal Justice System – An Account of Convict Transportation and Electronic Monitoring You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Filling the Criminal Liability Gap for Private Military Contractors Abroad: U.S. v. Slough and the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2010

Filling the Criminal Liability Gap for Private Military Contractors Abroad: U.S. v. Slough and the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2010 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Legal Issues of Private Armed Security on Commercial Ships

Legal Issues of Private Armed Security on Commercial Ships You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Contractors and Courts-Martial

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