Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Adam Szubin said Tuesday that his office would be willing to issue a license to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) allowing them to...
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Treasury Department to issue license for terror suspect defense
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Senate hears final statements on Kagan confirmation
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Khadr lawyer petitions Supreme Court to stay proceedings
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Missouri voters pass law seeking to bar health care mandate
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Federal judge approves $600 million Countrywide class action settlement
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Class action lawyers allege Toyota knew about safety problems
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Afghanistan court jails top government official for drug trade ties
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Rights groups challenge US regulation restricting legal assistance for terror suspects
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Obama signs bill to reduce cocaine sentencing disparity
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Treasury secretary Geithner promises swift implementation of financial reform law
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The US Senate on Tuesday heard final statements on the confirmation of US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan . Most Senate Republicans oppose her confirmation, but have chosen not to...
A US military lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to stay proceedings in Khadr's...
Missouri voters on Tuesday approved Proposition C , which seeks to make the individual mandate provision of the recent health care reform law unenforceable in the state. The law, which was passed with...
US District Court for the Central District of California judge Mariana Pfaelzer on Monday gave preliminary approval to a settlement in which Countrywide Financial Corporation agreed to pay $600 million to settle several class action...
A revised complaint to a class action lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Central District of California claimed that the company was...
The Primary Court for the Afghan Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTV) on Tuesday fined former Afghan police chief General Mohlem $14,000 and sentenced him to 10 years in prison for connections he was found to have with...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a federal regulation making it a crime to provide legal services to, or...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed legislation that reduces the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 amends existing law to reduce the current sentencing ratio...
Speaking to a crowd of students and businesspeople at New York University's Stern School of Business on Tuesday, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner promised a rapid rollout of new rules mandated by the Restoring Financial...
