The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl that §1912(f) and §1912(d) of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) do not bar the termination of the...

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Shelby County v. Holder that section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is unconstitutional, and its formula...

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was convicted Monday on charges of underage prostitution and abuse of power. The Milan court sentenced Berlusconi to seven years in prison and barred him from public office...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday that the government plans to put Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason. Sharif did not officially declare that the government was filing...

The US Supreme Court on Monday released two opinions that narrow the scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , holding that an employer will only be held vicariously liable for an employee's...

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday in United States v. Kebodeaux that the federal government can compel a convicted sex offender to register with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the conviction of Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam , rejecting his argument that wiretap evidence was used improperly to convict him....

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday in Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. v. Bartlett that generic drug design defect claims that turn on the adequacy of a drug's warnings are...

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-1 Monday in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin that the appeals court did not apply the correct standard in upholding a ruling for the...

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review the president's recess appointment power . In NLRB v. Noel Canning , the court will decide: (1) whether the president's recess-appointment...