The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) on Thursday added Canada to its Priority Watch List of 12 countries that are not adequately protecting intellectual property rights . In...

The Brazilian Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a law restricting the press as unconstitutional. The court ruled 7-4 that the Press Law , which was enacted...

A bill that would have aided homeowners in foreclosure was rejected 45-51 Thursday by the US Senate . The financial industry had lobbied heavily against the proposed legislation that had come to be...

Al Qaeda operative Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization after reaching a plea agreement ...

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed questions about the specific plans for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility before the US Senate Committee on Appropriations ...

Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Wednesday invited former head of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and federal judge Jay...

The Mexican military is failing to hold its members accountable for human rights abuses, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . According to the report, the use of the...

JURIST has been nominated in New York for a prestigious Webby Award as the best Law website of 2009. By virtue of being a nominee, JURIST is eligible for the Webby People's Voice award in addition to the judge's...

Officials from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that Congress should eliminate the sentencing disparities between crimes committed involving crack and powder cocaine. The statements came during a hearing of the Senate...

US President Barack Obama reaffirmed Wednesday his position that the controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding amounts to torture and defended his decision to ban use of the technique ....