The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) on Wednesday filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the US Supreme Court asking for review of an appeals court ruling declaring the federal...

A federal judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case challenging whether political speech from grassroots organizations can be regulated under campaign finance laws [JURIST news...

The United Kingdom's High Court of Justice ruled on Thursday for the Motion Picture Association (MPAA) , requiring internet provider British Telecom (BT) to block access to a file-sharing website, Newzbin2...

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Discount Tobacco City & Lottery v. USA on cross-appeals from a tobacco advertising decision in January 2010. The...

The Italian Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday rejected by a vote of 293 to 250 legislation that would have provided greater penalties for hate crimes committed against homosexuals and transsexuals....

The government of Niger announced on Wednesday that it has established a new agency tasked with combating corruption. The High Authority to Combat Corruption will be comprised of government administration and private sector representatives who...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Wednesday that all those responsible for war crimes during the country's post-election violence will be prosecuted and brought to justice regardless of their side....

A court in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia on Wednesday denied parole for former Yukos oil executive Platon Lebedev . Lebedev and his former business partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky were convicted in December and...

A group of immigrants in Alabama filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the Montgomery County Circuit Court to challenge the controversial Alabama immigration law as in violation of the state constitution. HB 56, signed into...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to arrest suspected war criminal Bosco Ntaganda , a Congolese general wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...