The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Wednesday that he would begin investigating claims of war crimes by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers in Afghanistan. In a briefing, Luis Moreno-Ocampo [official...
A federal judicial panel on Thursday denied California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's request to stay an order to reduce the prison population in the state. The request stemmed from an August ruling mandating that California reduce...
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday granted a request by Microsoft Corporation to stay an injunction that would have prevented the company from selling its popular...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made a number of missteps that could have uncovered the fraud committed by Bernard Madoff at an earlier date, according to an inspector general's report ...
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled Wednesday that Canada's Internet Hate Speech law unconstitutionally violates the right to free expression. The law, section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act , proscribed individuals or groups...
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the government to grant security clearance to lawyers on both sides of the civil suit brought by former Drug Enforcement...
The popular social networking site Facebook announced Thursday that it would give users more control over the private information they share through their profiles. The changes were announced after discussions with the Office of the Privacy...
Judges of the India Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to disclose their assets and make them available on the court's website. The decision, lauded by Indian political parties , legal authorities, and newspapers as...
The lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad said Thursday that the Afghan citizen will sue the US government for compensation for mistreatment. Jawad, who was detained in 2002 under...
Five Facebook users have filed suit in the Superior Court of California for Orange County alleging that the social networking site violated their privacy. Among the claims put forth in the suit filed...
