Mutairi, et al. v. USA, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, approved July 29, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST...

An Act To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act regarding penalties for cocaine offenses, US House Judiciary Committee, approved July 29, 2009 . Reported in...

USA v. Siddiqui, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, July 29, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

Iran officials said Wednesday that they plan to begin trials Sunday for 20 of those detained during protests of the controversial reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . The protesters have been charged...

Anti-death-penalty group Hands Off Cain said Wednesday that the number of countries with capital punishment, as well as the total number of executions was down in 2008 from the previous year. According to the group, at...

Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday that Ireland will accept two detainees being released from the US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay . The detainees will not be admitted as refugees, but...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit against Iran over the 1984 assassination of former chief of the Iranian armed forces Gholam Oveissi in France by...

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad on Tuesday called on the US District Court for the District of Columbia to sign off on the release of their client, claiming...

Bank of America (BOA) announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with Parmalat SpA in litigation stemming from the 2003 collapse of the Italian dairy giant. Under the terms...

The US House Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday approved the Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act , which would restrict the way in which executives for publicly-traded companies can be...