The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that fraud claims by investors are not permitted against third parties that did not directly mislead those investors. In Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. [Duke Law...
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in four cases , including Davis v. Federal Election Commission (07-320) , in which the Court will consider whether the so-called millionaire's amendment [FEC...
A US district judge ruled Thursday that the US cannot deport an Egyptian Christian who fled to the United States in 1998 to reportedly escape religious persecution because of the risk that he may...
A Palestinian doctor detained in Libya for eight years after being accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) against Libya...
UK prosecutors Wednesday dropped charges against Dennis Pasquill, a civil servant in the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office who was accused of leaking secret documents about CIA rendition flights to the New Statesman and...
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in six cases , including Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343) , in which the Supreme Court will consider whether a death sentence constitutes...
Convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla Friday filed suit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against University of California Berkeley law professor John Yoo , the...
Opposition activists in Myanmar called for the release of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi Friday as the nation observed its independence day. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NDL)...
The Turkish Grand National Assembly passed a bill Thursday that prohibits smoking in government buildings, offices, bars and restaurants, and imposes stiff penalties for noncompliance. People caught smoking in designated non-smoking areas could be fined 50 Turkish...
The US has rejected a Japanese request that any fuel provided to US ships as part of Japan's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean not be used henceforth for military or humanitarian relief operations in Afghanistan, sources told Kyodo...
