United States v. David Chalmers at al., United States District Court Southern District of New York, April 14, 2005 [charging Texas businessman David Chalmers and others with participating in a scheme to pay millions of dollars in secret kickbacks to...

A federal judge in Utah has struck down the Food and Drug Administration ban on the weight-loss supplement ephedra, pulled off the market by the FDA in April 2004 after it was found to be linked...

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, draft approved by the UN General Assembly, April 13, 2005 . Read the full text...

Johnson et al. v. Governor of the State of Florida, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, April 12, 2005 [allowing the state of Florida to continue requiring released convicted felons to apply to a state agency to...

AP is reporting that the UN General Assembly has approved the text of a draft global treaty designed to prevent nuclear terrorism.11:35 AM ET - The approval of the text comes at the end of a seven-year negotiating process...

Following up on a story reported on JURIST's Paper Chase earlier today, Canadian parliamentarians late Tuesday afternoon turned back an opposition amendment to government-proposed same-sex marriage legislation that would have limited marriage to union between a man and a...

Prepared testimony at hearings to consider the nomination of John R. Bolton, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, as US permanent representative to the United Nations, John R. Bolton, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 11,...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, April 8.The US House opens its session at 10 AM ET today. Watch a live webcast. The US Senate ...

Ruling modifying publication ban, Justice John H. Gomery, Gomery Commission, April 7, 2005 . Excerpt:I am of the opinion that almost...

Resolution 1595, UN Security Council, April 7, 2005 [establishing an international independent investigation Commission based in Lebanon to assist Lebanese authorities in their investigation of all aspects the terrorist bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in Beirut on...