The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Thursday urged the Iraqi government to take steps to "assert control over the security forces and all armed groups" in the country, noting that there has been...
The ACLU of Northern California has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court of Northern California on behalf of Pacific News Service, seeking a permanent injunction to prevent the California Department of...
Google has agreed to pay up to $90M to settle a class action lawsuit filed last year in Arkansas state court, alleging that Google and other online search engine companies overcharged for pay-per-click advertising, in...
San Francisco Superior Court Judge James L. Warren ruled Monday that the University of California system broke a contract with students when it raised fees during their three-year professional programs. Under the ruling the system...
US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , has said that the committee may recall US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to testify about the administration's domestic surveillance program [JURIST news...
Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul , a Guantanamo detainee from Yemen charged with conspiring to commit murder, to attack civilians and civilian objects, and terrorism, boycotted his military commission hearing again Thursday,...
The Georgia Senate passed a bill Thursday that would allow Georgians to use deadly force when they feel threatened in public areas. Bill 396 extends Georgia's current law by extending the...
Fusako Shigenobu , founder of the terrorist group known as the Japanese Red Army (JRA) , was convicted in a Tokyo court Thursday and sentenced to twenty years in prison for kidnapping and attempted murder...
US District Judge Melinda Harmon has given preliminary approval to a $6.7 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by Enron shareholders, an attorney involved in the case said Wednesday. Shareholders brought...
The South Dakota Senate on Wednesday approved by a 23-12 vote a bill that would ban all abortions, excluding only those necessary to save a woman's life. A similar bill has already passed...
