The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Minneci v. Pollard that where state tort law authorizes adequate remedies for individuals harmed by private employees working at a federal facility, and where...
The US Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday in Gonzalez v. Thaler interpreting two sections of the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) and holding that...
A second major tobacco company, Imperial Tobacco, Ltd. , on Tuesday filed an action in Australia's High Court challenging the country's new tobacco packaging laws. Last month, Parliament approved the Tobacco Plain...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a federal law prohibiting payment for vital organs does not apply to all types of bone marrow transplants, opening the door for compensation...
The US Senate on Thursday voted 93-7 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 , including a controversial provision authorizing the president to use "all necessary and appropriate force" to...
Russian lawmakers in the city of St. Petersburg on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved an initial reading of a bill that would impose fines against people convicted of promoting homosexuality, including gays or lesbians who are open about their sexuality. The...
The White House released a statement of administration policy on Thursday praising the work of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 but warning that...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Tunisian government not to extradite former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi , warning that he would be "at a real risk for torture"...
Mississippi voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to define the word "person" or "persons" to include "every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or...
The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Maureen O'Connor , on Thursday opened the first meeting of the state's death panel review committee by reiterating that the purpose of the committee is not to question...
