A New York state appeals court ruled Thursday that Governor David Paterson acted beyond the scope of his constitutional authority when he appointed Richard Ravitch lieutenant governor. The Second Judicial Department Appellate Division affirmed a...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a California state law that allows descendants of victims of the Armenian Genocide to sue in state courts for unpaid insurance...

A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that...

A Swiss banking executive and a Swiss lawyer were indicted Thursday on charges of conspiring to defraud the US, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced . According to the...

A verdict is expected by early 2010 in the trial of former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav , a spokesperson for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ...

Ten accused Mexican drug cartel leaders and 33 others have been indicted in New York and Chicago, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

Planned Parenthood, et al. v. Rounds, et al., US District Court for the District of South Dakota, August 20, 2009 [upholding a South Dakota law that requires doctors to tell women that an abortion terminates a real, unique human life,...

Movsesian, et al. v. Versicherung, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 20, 2009 [holding that a California state law that allows descendants of victims of the Armenian Genocide to sue in state courts for unpaid...

Amnesty International USA, et al. v. McConnell, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 20, 2009 [dismissing a lawsuit challenging amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that expand government power to eavesdrop...

Ten European Union (EU) nations have agreed to accept Guantanamo Bay detainees, and five more are giving the matter serious consideration, according to a Thursday Washington Post report . While Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and...