The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a federal rule requiring mobile-data providers to offer roaming agreements to other providers on "commercially reasonable" terms. In April 2011 the...
Iranian lawyer and prominent human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh on Tuesday ended a 49-day hunger strike in protest of her prison conditions and a travel ban imposed on her family. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday denied a request by the state of Alabama to reconsider its August ruling partially striking down the state's immigration law [HB 56,...
The Egyptian Court of Cassation on Wednesday suspended work until President Mohammed Morsi rescinds a decree he issued last week that removes judicial review of his actions and vastly expands his power,...
The Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association (WLEA) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in the Dane County Circuit Court challenging the constitutionality of a controversial law limiting the collective bargaining rights of public sector...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Carolina on Tuesday heard arguments on part of South Carolina's controversial immigration law that permits law enforcement officials to detain motorists on...
Puerto Rican voters elected to become the fifty-first US state in a non-binding referendum on Tuesday. The referendum was presented in a two-question format. Nearly 54 percent of Puerto Rican voters wanted to change the island territory's relationship [AP...
Maine voters on Tuesday voted in favor of Question 1 , which permits the state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 53 percent of voters answered the question in the affirmative. The referendum was championed by EqualityMaine...
The Supreme Court of the UK on Wednesday quashed a request for release from a 30-year-old individual detained by US officials at an Afghan prison. Yunus Rahmatullah, a citizen of Pakistan, was arrested by British...
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Tuesday approved a new law that imposes harsher sanctions on officials engaged in corruption in both the public and private sectors. Public officials convicted of abuse of office, bribery...
