A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Tuesday struck down two recently-enacted parts of the Illinois Election Code designed to cap campaign contributions. Judge Marvin Aspen issued an injunction [order,...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Wednesday issued its first verdict, a unanimous decision that Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is guilty of the war crimes of...
The UN International Commission of Inquiry on Libya submitted its findings on Friday, reporting that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed by both sides of the recent Libyan conflict . Established in February 2011...
British Petroleum (BP) on Friday announced an estimated $7.8 billion class action settlement to resolve the majority of claims filed by individual and business plaintiffs after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder;...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. , the court heard arguments on whether three oil companies are immune from...
The New Jersey Superior Court on Tuesday reinstated one count of a marriage equality lawsuit against the state's civil union system, reversing the court's own decision to dismiss the count...
The High Administrative Court of Egypt ruled Monday that the voting system used in the recent parliamentary election was unconstitutional. The election was held over three stages from late November to January, and its the elaborate...
A group of Maldives lawyers this week submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the controversial case of detained Maldives Judge Abdulla Mohamed, calling Mohamed's continued detention a violation of the International Convention on the Protection of...
The new policy that allows government officials to monitor Guantanamo Bay prisoners' mail dominated the opening day of pretrial hearings for Guantanamo inmate and alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri on...
The Maldives military Monday arrested the chief justice of the nation's criminal court after he released a detained opposition leader. Judge Abdulla Mohamed was arrested for corruption in an unprecedented move by the military that has sparked...
