A judge gave final approval Tuesday to a class action settlement jointly proposed by the Diocese of Covington, KY and 361 plaintiffs who alleged they were molested by priests across 75 counties in Kentucky...
Digital free speech group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has initiated a class-action lawsuit against AT&T on behalf of California plaintiffs alleging that the company violated their right to privacy as well as several...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Thursday that ChoicePoint will be required to pay $10 million in civil penalties and $5 million to customers affected by last year's identity theft incident...
A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought in 2004 by two US Army National Guard soldiers that claimed the Army fraudulently induced them to enlist by failing to inform them that they could be...
US Senate Democrats Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Ken Salazar (D-CO) Thursday urged US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to appoint a special counsel to lead the investigation of Jack Abramoff and...
The US Supreme Court late Tuesday issued a temporary stay on an execution order for Clarence Hill , a Florida inmate convicted of the 1982 killing of a police officer. Hill had been scheduled to...
A US Army spokesperson late Tuesday clarified the military position on the application of new military death penalty rules to terror detainees, saying the rules would not apply to them and correcting a contrary statement...
EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini has responded to a Council of Europe report , released Tuesday by urging all EU member nations to fully comply with the ongoing COE investigation into...
Public statements of support by several US senators Tuesday assured the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court. Commitments by five Republicans appear to have pushed him beyond the requisite 50 votes in...
The International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) released its report on the December 15 parliamentary elections Thursday, endorsing the election results despite finding isolated instances of fraud. The IMIE, a 10-nation oversight group...
