Former top Senate staff lawyer Thomas Griffith won bipartisan support Thursday from the Senate Judiciary Committee , putting him in line to become the first of President Bush's second term appellate nominees to be confirmed. The...
A group of amateur hockey players in Canada called the "Wednesday Nighters" has filed a claim in Ontario Superior Court to determine whether who can play for the Stanley Cup , the trophy traditionally awarded to...
Leading Thursday corporations and securities law news, ex-Enron Chairman Ken Lay filed a motion with US District Court Judge Sim Lake asking for his trial on personal bank charges be...
AP is reporting that a Texas businessman and citizens of Bulgaria and Britain have been indicted in connection with the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program scandal according to US Attorney David N. Kelley . Kelley has scheduled...
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay apologized Wednesday for saying federal judges are "responsible" for the death of Terri Schiavo and reiterated his belief in the importance of an independent judiciary. DeLay has nonetheless asked...
The UN Human Rights Commission passed a resolution Thursday condemning Israel's settlements on Palestinian territories by 39-2, with 12 abstentions. The resolution called for the Israeli government to reverse the policy and to take measures meant to...
The Gaza Strip Regional Council has authorized a team of 100 lawyers and assessors to negotiate with the Israeli government about moving Gaza strip settlers as a group to the coastal area of Nitzanim in southern Israel ....
Russian prosecutor general Vladimir Ustinov has won a new term in office. Ustinov has recently led the Russian government's legal charge against businessmen Vladimir Gusinsky , Boris Berezovsky and former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky...
The United Nations said Wednesday in an annual report by its High Commissioner for Human Rights that Colombia's human rights situation had become critical in 2004, citing instances of torture and murder by the country's illegal armed...
Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) , the largest US grocery union, has filed a complaint against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ...
