"The law in Arizona states that people should not be benefiting from their wrongdoing in a criminal case, and my law firm is going to do the best it can to make sure that she does not benefit from her wrongdoing or her notoriety, " he said.
But Justice Minister Crispin Blunt played down the significance of the motion, telling MPs the government would consider any EU criminal law proposals on a "case-by-case" basis.
The only exception is in the case of a criminal investigation where law enforcement officials contact a foreign bank.
And that could delay or even prevent U.S. law enforcement officials from bringing criminal charges in the case.
This last law was unsuccessfully invoked by Mr Berlusconi in the one criminal case that is still outstanding, which explains why he was in court this week denying accusations of bribing judges back in 1985.
"The acceptance of bribe money by Havelange, Teixeira and Leoz was not punishable under Swiss criminal law at that time, " explained Eckert in his report into the FIFA-ISL case.
Law enforcement in the case she responded to had the cell phone number for a criminal suspect they wanted to arrest.
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Nevertheless, the court's ruling further smudges the already blurred line between discrimination on the basis of sex, which is what is actually outlawed by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (the primary source of sexual-harassment law), and mere incivility or, in Mr Oncale's case, criminal assault.
Under the law, an innocent third party generally can't seek an asset's return until the underlying criminal case is resolved, which can take time.
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But the case may expose a conflict between constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion on the one hand and the criminal law on the other.
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