Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will discuss a possible peace treaty between the two nations at a G8 summit in...

Internet piracy law as amended, French National Assembly, May 12, 2009 . Read the full text of the legislative materials . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

An act to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the ability to marry, New York State Assembly, passed May 12, 2009, . Read the full text...

US Nuremberg trials prosecutor Henry King Jr. died Saturday from cancer at the age of 89. King, a professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law ...

Alabama's Jefferson County Circuit Court on Monday began hearing a $2.6 billion derivative lawsuit brought by HealthSouth shareholders against company founder and former CEO Richard Scrushy for his alleged role...

Accused Nazi prison guard John Demjanjuk arrived in Germany Tuesday to face accessory to murder charges for his alleged involvement at the Sobibor concentration camp after being deported [DOJ...

US District Judge Samuel Kent was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in prison for obstruction of justice for lying to a judicial panel investigating sexual harassment allegations against him....

New York lawyer Mark Dreier pleaded guilty Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to fraud charges for perpetrating a scheme that cost investors more than $400 million. Appearing before Judge...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia on Monday denied a second request for release on bail by former Khmer Rouge official Ieng Thirith . Ieng was Minister of Social Action in...

Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga , the lower house of the Afghan parliament, on Monday demanded that restrictions be placed on foreign forces to avoid further civilian casualties before recessing in protest of recent air strikes. Wolesi Jirga secretary Abdul...