Pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday in Myanmar for violating the terms of her house arrest. Suu Kyi allegedly violated these terms earlier this month by allowing...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Ashcroft v. Iqbal that a complaint filed against former US Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and...

Five Somalians suspected of piracy went on trial Monday before a Dutch court in Rotterdam. The men are accused of attempting to hijack a Dutch Antilles freighter in the Gulf of Aden in...

The England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) on Monday ruled that the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) applies to UK troops serving abroad. The court found that the UK's obligation under the Human...

Ashcroft, et al. v Iqbal, et al., US Supreme Court, May 18, 2009 [holding that a complaint filed against former US Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and other officials by a terrorism suspect failed to adequately state...

Secretary of State for Defence v. The Queen on the application of Mrs. Catherine Smith, England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division), May 18, 2009 ....

AT&T Corp. v. Hulten, et al., US Supreme Court, May 18, 2009 . Read the full...

The US Supreme Court Monday ruled 7-2 in AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen that companies do not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by failing to...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In Black v. United States , the Court will consider the appeal of former media mogul Conrad...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday reported to Congress that 2,083 wiretap and search requests for investigating terrorism suspects were granted in 2008 through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) [text; JURIST news...