The Norwegian government Friday proposed a new copyright law that will make it illegal to copy music from legally purchased CDs onto MP3 players. The proposal, meant to bring Norwegian law in line with EU rules [EU summary of...
Britain's Law Society has written a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling for an independent probe into the treatment of Svetlana Bakhmina, deputy general counsel of Russian oil company Yukos [corporate website; JURIST Hot Topic news...
AP is reporting that civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart has been convicted of helping imprisoned Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman communicate with his terrorist followers.3:45 PM ET - After 13 days of deliberation, a jury has convicted Stewart on...
AP is reporting that the US Senate has approved the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 , which will limit class action lawsuits.3:54 PM ET - The Senate passed the bill, which will require multistate class action lawsuits...
The UK House of Lords Thursday granted the request of film director Roman Polanski that he be allowed to pursue a libel suit via video tape. Polanski is suing Vanity Fair magazine for libel in the UK,...
The French National Assembly voted Wednesday in favor of a proposal that will allow private sector employees to work up to 48 hours a week, despite last weekend's demonstration by 300,000 French workers in protest...
Swedish media published Wednesday the names of over 500 Swedes missing or killed in the tsunami disaster after the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the release...
The US Senate voted 60-39 Wednesday to table an amendment to the draft Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 . The bill calls for the shifting of most class action lawsuits to federal courts and...
The Iraqi Special Tribunal will begin holding trials of some of the top lieutenants of Saddam Hussein's regime "in weeks," according to a Western legal expert involved in the process speaking in Baghdad on Wednesday. Iraqi judges...
Commissioners from the federal Election Assistance Commission told the US House Committee on House Administration Wednesday that the use of provisional ballots in the 2004 election allowed...
