The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on Wednesday that it is considering conducting two trials for former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic [ICTY backgrounder, PDF; JURIST news...
HTC filed three new patent complaints against Apple on Tuesday through the US International Trade Commission (USITC) , the latest in a series of suits...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday that the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is unconstitutional. Although the decision...
The Arizona Court of Appeals on Thursday ended a two-year injunction on portions of a law that restricted abortion practices. The original injunction by the Maricopa County Superior...
The District Court of Rotterdam sentenced five Somali men on Friday to prison terms ranging from four to seven years for acts of maritime piracy . All five of the...
Relatives of former Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali were sentenced on Friday, while one notable ally, his security chief Ali al-Seriati, was acquitted on charges of forgery. All...
The president of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) made a public plea on Thursday for the four men wanted for killing former prime minister Rafik Hariri to turn...
The Kiev Appeals Court on Friday refused the appeal by former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko of her detention for contempt charges . The judge stated Tymoshenko had no legal grounds to...
Convicted Nazi commander Josef Scheungraber, 93, will likely not serve his life sentence due to mental health issues . Scheungraber has consistently claimed innocence, and his lawyer, Gunter Widmaier, has been appealing his...
Egypt's interim government, the Cabinet of Ministers decided at Thursday's meeting to begin measures to end Egypt's state of emergency that has been in effect for nearly 30 years. The...
