Middle East
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An Afghan construction company urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to dump a U.S. contractor’s bid for nearly $92,000 in attorney fees, arguing the appeals court’s January decision overturning the Afghan company’s $1.07 million arbitral award isn’t the end of the case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis said he will step down in February in a resignation letter Thursday that implicitly criticized President Donald Trump’s treatment of allies… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Nearly a quarter-century after a bomb blast at a Buenos Aires Jewish community center killed dozens and injured hundreds more, the worst terrorist attack in Argentina’s history remains unsolved—and a new memoir recounts one lawyer’s efforts to prove the government’s investigation was a sham from the start… Read this piece in its entirety at LobeLog.
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Investigators in Argentina have finally determined, after more than two-and-a-half years, that the gunshot to the head that killed controversial prosecutor Alberto Nisman in January 2015 was delivered by someone other than Nisman himself… Read this piece in its entirety at LobeLog.
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Argentina’s government is cooperating with the United States and Israel as it pushes ahead with an increasingly militarized approach to internal security, despite the uneven track record this type of strategy has had in other Latin American countries… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Mike LaSusa 