JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday that lawyers' fees may be included in restitution awards granted to corporate fraud victims. The Second Circuit affirmed the lower court's decision to order...

Three of the largest brokerage firms in the US reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General's office and securities regulators representing 48 states on Thursday, agreeing to pay $10 billion to investors who...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Thursday that a Pennsylvania law imposing reporting and curriculum review requirements on parents who home school their children does not violate federal freedom of religion...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) assigned a new panel of judges Thursday to the upcoming war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic . The changes come...

Former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) head Nawaz Sharif has threatened to withdraw from the government if all of the judges ousted last year by President Pervez Musharraf [official website; JURIST news...

] The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City announced on Thursday that it has agreed to pay $10 million to settle 47 sexual abuse claims against the church. The deal also required the church...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced on Wednesday that his office is reviewing allegations that war crimes have been committed during the recent conflict over Georgia's breakaway region...

London's High Court on Thursday ruled that the UK Foreign Office must turn over evidence "essential" to the defense of Binyam Mohamed , the last British resident still detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to a Tennessee public high school in a lawsuit brought by three students who claimed the...

The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) announced on Wednesday that Iraq has signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) . Only a few of the world's major nations are...