The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In American Needle Inc. v. NFL , the Court heard arguments on whether...

Lawyers for convicted terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla argued Tuesday before the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that their client's conviction should be overturned. Padilla's appeal centers on a number...

One month after hackers attempted to access Chinese human rights activists' e-mail accounts through the Google Gmail service, the company announced on Tuesday that it would rethink its involvement in the Internet market in China,...

A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday approved a revised plan filed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for reducing prison overcrowding in the state. The...

A Virginia judge ruled Tuesday that lawsuits filed by two families whose children were killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech school shooting may proceed. Judge William Alexander of the Franklin County Circuit Court...

A federal judge on Tuesday denied the request by former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio for a new trial on insider trading charges. Nacchio had requested a new trial on the basis that the...

The US military referred charges Monday against Army Capt. Carl Bjork, accused by several Iraqi detainees of ordering the killings of two Iraqi civilians in 2006. The charges against Bjork include one count of reckless endangerment and two counts...

The trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday resumed the trial of Serbian nationalist Volislav Seselj after it had been delayed ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed new charges Tuesday against Bank of America (BOA) , alleging that the company failure to disclose to its shareholders "extraordinary losses" at Merrill Lynch...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 8-1 in NRG Power Marketing v. Maine Public Utilities that the Mobile-Sierra doctrine applies when an entity not party to...