A class action settlement for $410 million between Bank of America (BOA) and customers claiming they were illegally charged overdraft fees was preliminarily approved on Monday in federal court. A judge for the US District Court for...
Microsoft on Tuesday appealed a fine imposed by EU regulators for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust ruling . Microsoft is seeking to reduce or eliminate its fine of 899 million euros...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday ordered parties to file briefs discussing whether the challenge to the health care reform law is barred by a federal...
Violent crime is down 5.5 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to preliminary data released Monday but the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) . The Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, January-December 2010 also showed a decrease...
Continued ethnic violence in Myanmar presents "serious limitations" to the government's transition to democracy, according to Tomas Ojea Quintana , a UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar. Quintana made a statement Monday...
As many as 300 people died and 700 were injured during the month-long uprising in Tunisia earlier this year, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez said Saturday. The death toll is much higher than originally thought. Mendez is...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in General Dynamics Corp v. United States that when the court dismisses a valid prima facie affirmative defense to the government's breach of...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Brown v. Plata to uphold the order requiring California to release up to 46,000 prisoners to remedy the state's...
An Amsterdam court on Monday rejected claims by Dutch politician Geert Wilders that the hate speech charges against him should be dropped over claims of bias. Wilder, a right-wing politician,...
Four alleged Somali pirates captured from a hijacked ship are being put on trial in South Korea, but lawyers for the pirates argue the court does not have jurisdiction to try them. South Korean forces captured...
