The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not improperly enter into consent agreements with "animal feeding operations" (AFOs). Several community and...
The US Department of Justice's Corporate Fraud Task Force has obtained 1,236 corporate fraud convictions since its establishment five years ago, and has obtained more than one billion dollars in fines and restitutions, the DOJ...
Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal Tuesday upheld a 2006 lower court ruling that invalidated a law targeting public homosexual sodomy , ruling that the law's specific focus against homosexual sodomy is unconstitutional,...
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that the Australian government is considering whether to toughen existing terror laws following a Monday ruling by a magistrate granting bail to UK terror suspect Dr. Mohammad Haneef [JURIST news...
The European Court of First Instance announced Tuesday that it will deliver a judgment September 17 in Microsoft's appeal against the European Commission's (EC) 2004 landmark anti-trust ruling that hit...
India's Ministry of Women and Child Development announced plans Tuesday to toughen existing laws prohibiting the archaic Hindu funeral custom of sati , in which widows are expected to self-immolate on their deceased husbands' funeral pyre,...
The Indonesian Constitutional Court Tuesday voided Articles 154 and 155 of the Indonesian criminal code prohibiting acts of inciting hatred against the government or the distribution of materials voicing opposition against the government, ruling that Dutch colonial-era...
China's Shanxi province High People's Court Tuesday announced the completion of 7 trials and verdicts against 29 defendants accused of involvement in the use of slave labor at various brick kilns in the Shanxi and...
Lawyers and rights groups joined in criticism of Australia's continued detention of UK terror suspect Dr. Mohammad Haneef Tuesday, saying that the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship's decision to revoke Haneef's work visa so that...
The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office announced the expulsion of four Russian diplomats and the immediate suspension of visa facilitation negotiations with Russia Monday, blaming "Russia's failure to cooperate to find a solution" in the...
