A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama ruled Monday that environmental groups' lawsuit, challenging the government approval of oil drilling leases granted to the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon...
The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in Fowler v. United States that under a federal witness tampering statute the government must show there was...
The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in United States v. Tinklenberg that time for pretrial motions, regardless of whether they actually delay or are expected to delay the beginning...
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that accused Arizona shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, is not competent to stand trial due to mental illness. Judge Larry Burns for the US District Court for the District of Arizona made the...
The Brazil House of Deputies passed reforms to the the country's forest code Tuesday that ease restrictions on deforestation and provide amnesty for prior deforestation violations. The amended code would allow ...
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) announced Tuesday the state is filing a federal lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment over the legality of the state's controversial medical marijuana law passed last November. Brewer said that...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday initiated contempt proceedings against former Serb nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj , who is being tried for war crimes, for failing to remove...
The Ukraine Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) again charged former prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko Tuesday in connection with alleged corruption during her time in office. She was charged...
The Egyptian prosecutor general said Tuesday that former president Hosni Mubarak will be put on trial and could face the death penalty for conspiring to kill protesters during demonstrations in Egypt [JURIST news...
The European Commission on Tuesday announced proposed reforms to modernize the EU's intellectual property rights laws and create more centralized regulation. The EC, the EU's executive arm, said that reforms are necessary to better protect...
