Lawyers for two detainees being held at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay say that over half of the terror suspects being held there are not alleged to have committed terrorist acts against the US...
Beth Sabilia, the mayor of New London, Connecticut, has proposed a compromise for a group of four homeowners involved in the eminent domain case that went before the US Supreme Court last year. In Kelo v....
Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the European Commission (EC) has announced that it will not be appealing the 2005 European Court of First Instance ruling that held the UK could revise its 2005-07...
In Friday's environmental law news, US Senator Pete Domenici, the Republican chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee , joined by Senator Jeff Bingaman, the ranking Democrat committee member, has issued a report [DOC text, press...
UN ambassadors from Panama and South Africa Thursday circulated a draft compromise resolution in the UN General Assembly outlining provisions for a UN Human Rights Council to replace the current 53-member Commission on Human Rights...
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei Thursday sought to delay an IAEA vote on a draft resolution offered by Britain, France and Germany and backed by the US that calls for Iran to be reported to...
The Oregon Supreme Court Thursday upheld an award of $79.5 million in punitive damages that a jury in 1999 directed Philip Morris USA to pay to relatives of an Oregon man who died of lung cancer...
In a close vote Thursday, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) beat out stand-in GOP chief Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) to win election as GOP House Majority Leader , vowing to move the party away from...
Leading Wednesday's environmental law news, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have reached an agreement to set a cut off date of December 31, 2012 for EU nations that wish to...
Lawyers representing I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Tuesday offered details regarding his likely defense to charges that he lied to investigators about his role in exposing the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Libby, the former chief...
