The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released its annual report on worldwide religious freedoms, elevating Iraq and Nigeria to its list of "countries of particular concern" (CPC) and adding six new...
The UK Home Office on Tuesday published a list of individuals who are prohibited from entering the country "for fostering extremism or hatred between October 2008 and March 2009." The list names 16 individuals, including...
The annual Webby Awards in Law and more than 100 other subject categories were announced in New York Tuesday as the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences honored excellence in interactive design, creativity, usability,...
US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was chosen Monday by Senate Republicans to replace newly-declared Democrat Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) as ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee . Sessions will play a key role in questioning President Barack...
The US Department of the Treasury on Monday announced reforms to the US tax code to curb overseas tax havens and end tax incentives for companies to create jobs out of the country. In a...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reconsider its ruling upholding a $550,000 fine against CBS for the infamous...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In two of the cases, the Court will consider juvenile life sentences. In Graham v. Florida ,...
The US Supreme Court issued four opinions Monday. The Court ruled unanimously in Flores-Figueroa v. United States that a federal "aggravated identity theft" statute [18 USC §...
US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Sunday in an interview with ABC that he hopes to have a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter ...
The Swiss Federal Office of Justice on Friday announced that it has filed a brief in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida arguing that a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice...
