Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday signed into law an immigration bill expanding restrictions on undocumented immigrants. The bill, passed by the Alabama legislature last week, includes measures comparable to those...
The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled against Microsoft Thursday in Microsoft v. i4i Limited Partnership , holding that a patent will be invalidated only if the challenging party meets the...
The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Wednesday that it would not extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti back to Italy and said that Italy did not have standing to challenge the decision. The court...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah (ACLU) on Wednesday asked a federal judge to permanently block a Utah law that restricts Internet speech. Utah Code §§ 76-10-1206 and 76-10-1233 regulate Internet material, including...
A federal judge on Tuesday permitted two environmental groups to sue a Texas refinery owned by ExxonMobil Corp. for failing to enforce federal environmental standards. The Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed the lawsuit [Reuters...
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a statement Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has continued to commit crimes against humanity in Darfur [JURIST news...
The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday announced that Bahrain has agreed to permit a UN commission to investigate human rights violations related to pro-democratic...
A Philippine court on Tuesday froze USD $23 million worth of assets owned by the Ampatuan family, who are accused of ordering the killing of 57 people. The Philippines Department of Justice (PDOJ) had implicated Andal Ampatuan...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday reaffirmed a ruling he issued two weeks ago striking down a ban on corporate donations to...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday condemned the killings of protesters along the border between Golan Heights and Syria. Pillay reported that between 30 and 40 protesters had been killed by...
