A judge in South Africa's Pietermaritzburg High Court ruled Friday that an earlier decision to prosecute politician Jacob Zuma on corruption charges was procedurally invalid because Zuma was not given the chance...

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional a state law criminalizing the production of falsified, unsolicited bulk e-mail. The court on Friday vacated the conviction of prominent spammer Jeremy Jaynes, and held...

Muslim union workers at the JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado have filed grievances and wrongful termination claims stemming from alleged employment conflicts with their observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan [Beliefnet.com...

Benigno Fitial, governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) , filed a lawsuit Friday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to prevent the US government from taking over the...

The trial of former Polish leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski and seven other Communist-era officials charged in connection with the 1981 declaration of martial law resumed Friday in...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Thursday heard oral arguments in a case brought against four employees of fraudulent job placement companies ISCS and Receiver . The Chicago-based...

Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg released his report on the status of human rights in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Friday, praising ongoing...

US military prosecutors have brought war crimes charges against a detainee at Guantanamo Bay who they allege stored and concealed anti-tank mines in Afghanistan . The detainee, named Obaidullah, was charged...

Voting-rights advocates and elections officials fear that a lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Department of Justice will effectively disenfranchise thousands of voters by causing chaos at the polls in November. Wisconsin Attorney...

The Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana on Thursday settled a shareholder suit against a group of former executives from American International Group (AIG) , including AIG ex-CEO and chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg. The lawsuit, filed in...