Coleman v. Schwarzenegger, US District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California, September 3, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...

The Russian Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the case of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya should be returned to prosecutors for further investigation. The court overturned a...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made a number of missteps that could have uncovered the fraud committed by Bernard Madoff at an earlier date, according to an inspector general's report ...

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled Wednesday that Canada's Internet Hate Speech law unconstitutionally violates the right to free expression. The law, section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act , proscribed individuals or groups...

Lawyers for alleged al Qaeda media director Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul on Tuesday appealed his conviction and life sentence for conspiring with al Qaeda, soliciting murder, and providing...

Chilean judge Manuel Valderrama disclosed on Wednesday a report on the extent and sources of the secret fortune of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet that amounts to $25,978,602 in accounts held outside of Chile,...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its subsidiary have settled a health care fraud suit for a record $2.3 billion. The DOJ brought a...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has announced that they would not release further documents regarding investigations into alleged detainee mistreatment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Filed late Monday in response to a Freedom of Information Act...

The Colombian House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 85-5 to approve a bill to hold a referendum on whether President Alvaro Uribe [BBC profile; JURIST news...

Snedden v Republic of Croatia, Federal Court of Australia, September 2, 2009 . Reported in...