British American Tobacco (BAT) brought legal action in Australia's High Court on Thursday in response to the country's new tobacco packaging laws. Two weeks ago, Parliament enacted the Tobacco Plain Packaging...
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Tobacco company challenges new Australia cigarette packaging law
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Tunisia military court convicts former president of torture
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ICC opens probe into claims of mass rapes by Gaddafi loyalists
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Ukraine court begins hearing appeal of ex-PM Tymoshenko
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FDA to appeal order blocking new tobacco warning label requirements
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Supreme Court hears arguments on sentencing, government liability for emotional damages
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Senate rejects amendment to remove detainee provision in defense spending bill
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Facebook and FTC settle privacy dispute
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ICC takes former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo into custody
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Queensland passes civil unions law
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A Tunisian military court on Wednesday convicted former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on torture charges. Ben Ali and eight others were found guilty of the torture of 17 military generals in...
A team of investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrived in Libya on Wednesday to begin an inquiry into new allegations of sex crimes committed by loyalists of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST...
Preliminary hearings for former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko began on Thursday in the appeal of Tymoshenko's seven-year prison sentence . Tymoshenko was convicted of corruption and abuse of authority while negotiating a...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday filed notice that it intends to appeal an injunction that blocked new graphic warning labels on cigarette packages. In early November, a judge for the US District...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday. In Setser v. US , the justices heard arguments on a federal district court's power to determine whether a...
The US Senate voted Tuesday to reject an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 that would have struck a provision authorizing the president to use "all necessary and...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Facebook settled on Tuesday regarding Facebook's practices relating to user privacy. The FTC filed a complaint against Facebook alleging that privacy settings on the site failed to apply...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) took former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo into custody on Wednesday for his upcoming initial appearance before the court. He was surrendered to the ICC by the...
The Queensland Parliament passed legislation on Wednesday to legally recognize civil unions between same-sex couples. Queensland has joined its fellow Australian states of Tasmania, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) ...
