The substantive portion of the civil trial of Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum , accused of illegally downloading seven songs , began in Boston on Tuesday. On Monday, jury selection was completed, and,...

Sotomayor confirmation hearing materials, US Senate Judiciary Committee . Read the full text of the materials. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary...

US detention centers for illegal immigrants have failed to meet basic standards for the treatment of those held at the facilities, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Immigration Law Center ...

Amnesty International on Monday called on Nicaragua to end its total ban on abortions , saying that the lack of an exception for the mother's health has caused numerous deaths. AI also called for...

Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of Iran, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, July 28, 2009 [holding that a US lawsuit against Iran over the 1984 assassination of former chief of the Iranian armed forces Gholam...

Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act, US House Committee on Financial Services, July 28, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted 13-6 to recommend the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court . All 12 Democrats on the committee and one...

Several Hollywood production companies filed suit Monday in Sweden against the operators of the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay , seeking an injunction. The US companies, including Disney, Universal, and Columbia Pictures, filed a writ to sue [The Local...

Human rights group Reprieve announced Tuesday that it is suing the British government over the rendition of Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni from Indonesia to Egypt, where it says he was...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for African, Asian and European countries to strengthen prevention and protection measures against the use of sexual violence in armed conflicts. Ban's position was outlined in...