The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Bullock v. BankChampaign, NA on the meaning of the term "defalcation" in the bankruptcy code. Under section 523(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code , an individual...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Bowman v. Monsanto that a farmer who buys patented seeds may not reproduce them through planting and harvesting without the patent holder's permission. Monsanto [corporate...
A Milan appeals court on Wednesday upheld the tax fraud conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi , affirming his four-year sentence. He was convicted in October on charges that his media...
The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court on Tuesday acquitted former Bosnian Serb prime minister Gojko Klickovic of war crimes charges. Klickovic and another Bosnian Serb official, Mladen Drljaca, were on trial...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court ruling blocking enforcement of a Florida law that denies government contracts to companies that do business in Cuba or...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) cannot require businesses to post a notice in the workplace about employees' rights...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday postponed the trial of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang. The trial was previously postponed and was...
2012 marked the deadliest year for journalists, with at least 23 professional and 58 citizen journalists killed, according to a report released Friday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) . RSF released its annual Press Freedom Index...
US Attorney General Eric Holder has warned Kansas that a recently enacted law intended to block enforcement of federal gun regulations is unconstitutional, according to a letter released Thursday. According to Holder, SB 102 ,...
The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that police need a warrant to search a defendant's cell phone at the time of arrest. The court ruled 5-2 that officers were permitted to confiscate the defendant's cell...
