Last week the ICC made history when it began its prosecution of Laurent Gbagbo, former President of Ivory Coast, the first time a former head of state had ever stood in its dock.
That will be seen in many quarters as a cause for celebration – none more than the Serious Fraud Office, the very future of which was arguably at stake when it launched its prosecution of a man portrayed as the kingpin behind a global conspiracy to defraud through manipulation of Libor interest rates.
The city of Oakland, on the happy end of more than $1 million in tax revenue from Harborside last year, filed suit against the federal government, demanding that it cease its prosecution of Harborside.
Mr. Morgenthau's office has been conducting an investigation of several stockbrokers and their firms, much of it stemming from its prosecution of A. R. Baron, a New York securities firm that is now defunct, and several of its top officers.
Its decision may reveal how far it intends to co-operate with the court in its prosecution of Kenya's senior people.
On Thursday, the Manhattan district attorney's office defended its prosecution of Mr. Aleynikov.
Erickson, the state's attorney, declined to say whether his office would end its prosecution of Goodman.
How would your Justice department weigh the "collateral consequences" of its prosecution of financial firms?
"These will hopefully cause the government to reconsider its prosecution of the case," they said.
Even the Americans, usually fierce opponents of the ICC, have urged co-operation with its prosecution of Mr Kony.
The judge, who heard the Gupta trial, has nudged the agency to ramp up its prosecution of Wall Street wrongdoing.
