The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Wal-Mart v. Dukes , a gender discrimination class action lawsuit estimated to include more than 1.5 million womenthe...
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Supreme Court hears arguments on Wal-Mart class action suit, witness tampering law
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Nokia files new round of patent suits against Apple
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UN prosecutors demand life sentence for ex-Yugoslav army chief
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Supreme Court rules against health care providers in drug pricing suit
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Supreme Court rejects failure-to-train claim of wrongfully convicted man
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Federal appeals court upholds secrecy provision of whistleblower law
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Israel parliament gives courts power to revoke citizenship
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Berlusconi appears in court on fraud charges
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Egypt police officials charged with murdering protesters
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UN panel urges China to release detained human rights lawyer
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Finnish telecommunications company Nokia announced Tuesday that it filed another complaint against Apple with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) in addition to a lawsuit filed in Delaware. Nokia's newest complaint...
UN prosecutors on Tuesday demanded that ex-Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic receive a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Perisic is on trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Astra USA v. Santa Clara County, CA that health care providers that are third-party beneficiaries of a government contract may...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 5-4 in Connick v. Thompson that a district attorney cannot be held liable under § 1983 for a failure...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed a claim led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) upholding secrecy provisions of a federal whistleblower law. The case involved the Civil...
Israel's Knesset passed a law Monday giving courts the power to revoke the citizenship of those convicted of treason, spying, aiding the enemy or terrorism. The law, initiated by members of nationalist party Israel Beytenu...
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attended a hearing in Milan on Monday to defend himself against charges of fraud and embezzlement. Berlusconi has not attended a case hearing for more than seven...
An Egyptian prosecutor indicted three police officials from the Beni Suef governorate on Monday on charges of murdering protesters during the Egyptian revolution. According to judicial sources, Major General Ahmed Abu Zeid, Colonel Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud...
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances called on the Chinese government Monday to free detained human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng , whom they claim is being held in...
