12/06/2013 | Argentina

Government to file 'per saltum' plea after Servini de Cubría’s ruling

Immediately after Judge María Servini de Cubría declared the Magistrates Council reform unconstitutional, the national government confirmed it would file a "per saltum" plea to be received and analyzed by the Supreme Court.

12/06/2013 | Argentina

Kirchnerites register front to compete for Council of Magistrates despite ruling

The Peronist Party legal trustee Jorge Landau, informed that the ruling party has already registered a front to compete in the election of members for the Council of Magistrates despite a ruling last night stating that such an election methodology is unconstitutional.

06/12/2012 | Argentina

Sabbatella: Media Law ruling 'shameful'

The head of the audiovisual communications watchdog Afsca, Martín Sabbatella, assured that the recent ruling by a Federal Court extending the injunction over article 161 of the Media Law that benefits Grupo Clarín is “shameful”.

07/12/2012 | Argentina

Government presents 'per saltum', calls for Media Law ruling annulment

The national government called today for the annulment of the ruling signed by the Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals after they yesterday extended an injunction placed by the Clarín Group on Article 161 of the Media Law.

13/05/2013 | Argentina

Buenos Aires Governor Scioli asks for life sentences

Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli came on stage today to express that “those who committed the brutal murder of the baby should get life sentences." "We are about to presence an exemplary and historic ruling,” the Governor added.

18/11/2012 | Argentina

'US already criticized Griesa's ruling in favour of vulture funds,' Argüello

Argentine ambassador to the US Jorge Argüello repeated that the Obama administration has already rejected one of judge Thomas Griesa’s interpretations of the clause involving equal treatment to creditors for considering it “a potential conflict for the world’s financial markets.”

22/11/2012 | Argentina

Lower House Kirchnerite leader says ruling is ‘reprehensible’

The leader of the Kirchnerite caucus in the Lower House, Agustín Rossi, referred to the recent ruling signed by US District Judge Thomas Griesa against Argentina saying it is “reprehensible”.

28/11/2012 | Argentina

US Appeals Court's ruling

26/10/2012 | Argentina

'Ruling does not change the status quo,' Finance Secretary

Finance Secretary Adrián Cosentino assuredthat the ruling of an appeals court which partially confirmed the ruling of US judge Thomas Griesa in favour of vulture funds “is suspended from the moment it was issued,thus the current status quo has not been changed.”

30/10/2012 | Argentina

S&P downgrades Argentina's rating on 'vulture funds' ruling

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services reported it has downgraded Argentina's sovereign credit rating from "B" to "B-," following the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling over "vulture funds."

30/10/2012 | Argentina

Standard & Poor's complete report

06/07/2012 | Argentina

Judge orders Scioli to pay midyear bonus in one installment

A court today ordered Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli to pay a midyear bonus in one instalment instead of four. Judge Luis Federico Arias’s ruling answered a cautionary measure filed by ATE state workers, among others.

12/07/2012 | Argentina

Scioli appeals ruling ordering him to pay midyear bonus in one installment

Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli filed an appeal against the ruling ordering him to pay the midyear bonus of provincial state workers in one installment.

08/08/2012 | Argentina

AFIP tax agency files appeal against ruling authorizing couple to purchase dollars

AFIP tax agency informed it appealed a ruling by Mar del Plata Federal Judge Alfredo López, who ordered the entity to immediately grant a couple authorization to purchase US$16,000 to buy a home.

01/06/2012 | Argentina

Court annuls priest Grassi's house arrest

A Morón court ruled that priest Julio César Grassi should not remain under house arrest and ordered his release, thus annulling a previous ruling by another court.

06/06/2012 | Argentina

Pompeya Massacre: Carrera released after Supreme Court ruling

Fernando Carrera, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty in the so-called “Pompeya Massacre,” was released on Wednesday from the Marcos Paz prison after the Supreme Court ruled that the case had to be reviewed and a new sentence had to be reached. 

13/06/2012 | Argentina

AFIP tax agency appeals ruling authorizing man to purchase US currency

The AFIP revenue agency announced today that it had filed a cautionary measure against a ruling by Neuquén Judge Carolina Pandolfi authorizing a man to purchase US$125,000 at the official exchange rate.

23/03/2012 | Argentina

Supreme Court ruling on abortion not valid in Mendoza, Governor says

Mendoza governor Francisco Pérez assured today that the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion shall not be valid in his province and that women who got pregnant as a result of rape and want to abort will  still need a court permit to do so.

25/03/2012 | Argentina

La Pampa says will not abide by Supreme Court ruling on abortion

The La Pampa government announced that it would not abide by the recent Supreme Court ruling that authorizes rape victims to have an abortion without the need of a court order.

22/05/2012 | Argentina

Supreme Court sets December as deadline for Media Law cautionary measure

The Supreme Court of Justice ruled that a cautionary measure filed by Clarín media group, which suspended article 161 of law 26,522 -aka Media Law- will expire on December 7th, and clarified that the cautionary measures cannot substitute a long term solution.

21/04/2011 | Argentina

Callejeros to appeal ruling, take case to Supreme Court

Callejeros rock band's lawyer Manuel Gutiérrez, announced that he will appeal the ruling which held the musicians criminally responsible for the Cromañón fire, finding them guilty of negligence, insisting that the band will take the case to the Supreme Court.

17/05/2011 | Argentina

Gov't to appeal against preventative period for Media Law

The Government is to ‘appeal’ against the ruling made by the Federal Court which ordered a period of three years to resolve the precautionary measures dictated upon Media Law, anticipated the general sub secretary to the President, Gustavo López.

20/07/2011 | Argentina

US court blocks Brady bonds swap

A bond holder who sued Argentina when the country stopped paying its debt in 2002, received a favorable ruling from a US court, which blocked a debt swap of unpaid Brady bonds for a total amount of 270 million dollars, which were negotiated in 2011.

02/12/2012 | World

'Vulture fund' appeals ruling favouring Argentina

Elliot Associates LP, a so-called “vulture fund”, appealed the recent decision by a federal appeals court in New York to suspend Judge Thomas Griesa’s ruling against Argentina.

16/12/2012 | World

Ghana says 'will review' international court ruling on frigate

The Ghanaian government indicated that it will review the recent ruling by the International Court for the Law of the Sea ordering the African nation to release the Libertad frigate, which remains impounded there since October 2.

22/01/2013 | World

Protests mark anniversary of landmark US abortion ruling

Americans marked the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, even as battles over the contentious issue have largely shifted from the federal courts to statehouses.

11/04/2011 | World

US court rules against Arizona immigration law

A US appeals court, in a ruling upheld a preliminary injunction against parts of Arizona's controversial immigration law that were challenged by the Obama administration.

09/09/2011 | World

Apple wins German court ruling on Samsung tablets

Apple Inc scored a symbolic legal victory in efforts to keep its lead spot in the tablet computer market when a German court upheld a ban barring Samsung's local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Europe's biggest economy.

26/11/2012 | World

Bond-holders appeal US court ruling too

Investors holding US$1 billion worth of restructured Argentine debt appealed to US Distrct Judge Thomas Griesa’s ruling that they fear would trigger another default and prevent them from being paid principal and interest due on their bonds next month.

21/05/2012 | Latin America

Ruling party candidate claims win in Dominican vote

Ruling party candidate Danilo Medina claimed victory on Monday in the Dominican Republic's hotly disputed presidential election, avenging his defeat 12 years ago by opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia.

23/01/2013 | Latin America

Mexico quashes Frenchwoman's kidnap charge, ends seven-year ordeal

Mexico's top court freed a Frenchwoman convicted of kidnapping, ruling that her trial was tainted and ending a seven-year prison ordeal that strained diplomatic ties.

23/06/2011 | Entertainment

Supreme Court rules against Anna Nicole Smith estate

The Supreme Court ruled against Anna Nicole Smith's estate, bringing to an apparent end a long legal battle the former Playboy model, who died in 2007, had waged to get part of the fortune left by her late Texas oil baron husband.

26/11/2012 | Argentina

Argentina appeals whole bond ruling

Argentina went to an appeals court in New York to challenge the ruling of US Judge Thomas Griesa, who last week issued a decision that raised the spectre of a technical default.