Projet de Loi relatif à la protection pénale de la propriété littéraire et artistique sur internet (Bill relating to the penal protection of literary and artistic property on the internet), French Senate, July 8, 2009 [granting discretion to suspend the...

Stormans, Inc., et al. v. Selecky, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 8, 2009 [upholding the state of Washington's mandates prohibiting patient discrimination and requiring that pharmacies deliver lawfully-prescribed, approved medications in the context of...

McCullen, et al. v. Coakley, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, July 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....

Prosecutor v. Karadzic, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, July 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed suit Wednesday against the US government, challenging a provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that allegedly interferes with the state's same-sex marriage law . Coakley...

A court in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday convicted 330 people on terrorism-related charges, according to a report by the state-run Saudi Press Agency . The Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution brought charges including belonging to a terrorist...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday rejected an immunity claim brought by war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic , citing irrelevance between a possible immunity...

A former prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the military commission system used to try detained enemy combatants is "broken beyond repair." In testimony [prepared remarks,...

The UK House of Lords on Tuesday rejected a proposed amendment that would have barred the prosecution of those who go abroad to help others commit assisted suicide. The proposed provision of the Coroners and...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Tuesday announced plans to hold a public hearing on a series of regulatory reforms aimed at curbing excessive speculation in energy commodity markets. CFTC Chairman Gary...