Google called Friday for the dismissal of a class action lawsuit accusing the company of infringing upon authors' copyrighted works when it scanned books for its digital library. In a filing with the US...
Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell issued a regulation on Thursday that allows transgender individuals to change the sex indicator on their driver's licenses without undergoing surgery. Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska (ACLU) [advocacy...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court decision to impose restrictions on cigarette makers for violating federal racketeering laws. The appellate court said that the...
The government of Sri Lanka said Thursday that it may take up to five years to prosecute people accused of war crimes during the 26-year civil war it fought with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [CFR...
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled 4-3 on Thursday that Pennsylvania's new oil and gas law violated the state's constitution by placing zoning rights regarding hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" solely...
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange filed suit in federal court on Thursday seeking approval of a redistricting plan passed by the Alabama state legislature in May. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for...
The Liberian Senate on Thursday approved a bill that prohibits same-sex marriage in the West African nation. The bill, sponsored by Senator Jewel Howard Taylor , makes same-sex marriage a second degree felony [New...
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) declined to lift an injunction on Thursday against Samsung in its patent dispute with Apple over Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. A judge...
Defense lawyers for the alleged mastermind of the USS Cole bombing Abd al-Rahim Nashiri requested on Thursday that Nashiri's trial at Guantanamo be televised. Richard Kammen, an attorney for Nashiri, declared that...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging that the Highland Park School District has violated state and federal law by failing to ensure that students are...
