The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has renewed its call for an investigation into the actions of law enforcement officials at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Minnesota this week. The ACLU alleges...

Canadian-based Teck Cominco Ltd. asked US District Court Judge John Sedwick Wednesday to approve a $120M settlement agreement with six Eskimo plaintiffs from the Alaskan village of Kivalino. The agreement stems from a 2002 lawsuit filed in...

Pakistani lawyers demanding that the government reinstate judges ousted last year by former President Pervez Musharraf clashed with police in Islamabad on Thursday, according to media reports. Television images showed police beating the lawyers...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged two former brokers for Credit-Suisse with defrauding clients of $1 billion by selling subprime securities that they represented...

Thai ">Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej refused to resign Thursday but instead proposed a national referendum on whether he should continue in office. In a radio address following an emergency Cabinet meeting, Samak encouraged...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the EU violated the fundamental property rights of a Saudi business and a Swedish foundation linked to al-Qaeda [JURIST news...

A lawsuit filed Wednesday in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenges the latest version of a Farmers Branch municipal ordinance which prohibits illegal immigrants from occupying leased property....

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday ruled on a suit brought by several Kentucky environmental groups, including a chapter of the Sierra Club , against Stephen L. Johnson [EPA...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to retailer Costco in a copyright infringement action brought by watch manufacturer Omega . Omega...

Judge Lucy Billings of the New York State Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that challenged the decision made by New York Governor David Paterson to recognize out-of-state...