Following what appeared to be a puff of white smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel a few minutes ago, bells are now ringing at the Vatican indicating that Roman Catholic cardinals have elected a new pope, as yet unidentified....
Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo, Supreme Court of the United States, April 19, 2005 [ruling that plaintiffs bringing securities fraud claims cannot establish economic loss necessary for such claims by showing that stock prices were inflated at the time of...
JTF-Gitmo Information on Detainees, US Department of Defense, March 4, 2005. Excerpt:The US Government currently maintains custody of approximately 550 enemy combatants in the Global War on Terrorism at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Many of these enemy combatants are highly trained,...
Emil Alperin et al. v. Vatican Bank, United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, April 19, 2005 [ruling that claims made by Eastern European survivors of the Holocaust against gold and other holdings of the World War II...
How Good are US Elections? Public hearing by the Carter-Baker Commission for Federal Election Reform, April 18, 2005. Read prepared testimony of witnesses. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
One hundred and fifteen Roman Catholic cardinal-electors have begun to take their oaths of secrecy prescribed in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis at the start of the papal conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. Cardinal...
A spokesman for Argentinian cardinal Jorge Bergoglio , deemed by observers to be one of the leading contenders to succeed Pope John Paul II in the Vatican conclave that begins April 18, said Saturday that...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Saturday granted ex-Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj provisional release for a short time to enable him to attend his brothers funeral and post-funeral ceremonies. Enver Haradinaj, a student as...
Review of Formation Issues Regarding the Department of Education's Fiscal Year 2003 Contract with Ketchum, Inc. for Media Relations Services, April 15, 2005 [concluding that although the US Department of Education's so-called "plug-for-pay" contract with conservative commentator Armstrong Williams to...
United States v. Tongsun Park, United States District Court Southern District of New York, unsealed April 14, 2005 [accusing Park of accepting millions of dollars from the Iraqi government while operating in the US as an unregistered agent for Saddam...
