The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics , 06-937 , a patent infringement case on whether a patent...

US President George W. Bush on Tuesday authorized the US Navy to continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the coast of southern California despite a November 2007 ruling by...

The White House admitted late Tuesday that it had recycled its back-up computer tapes of e-mails prior to October 2003. US Magistrate Judge John Facciola ordered the White House earlier this month to report whether...

Supporters of Kenya's main opposition party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) , fought with police Wednesday during demonstrations staged across the country over the disputed re-election of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki . At least two...

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases Wednesday, including New York Board of Elections v. Torres , where the Court upheld New York's procedure for selecting...

Additional charges, including attempted murder, were filed Tuesday against the alleged plotters of an attack on Fort Dix . The US Attorney for New Jersey declined to say why the attempted murder charge was added, but a grand...

US District Judge Henry Kennedy ruled Tuesday that the Libyan government and six Libyan officials should pay more than $6 billion in damages to families of seven Americans who died in the 1989 bombing...

US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) sent a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Michael Mukasey urging him to appoint a special counsel to investigate allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency...

Bringing criminal charges against Blackwater employees for the September 16 killings of 14 Iraqi civilians in West Baghdad would require surmounting numerous legal hurdles, US Department of Justice officials told Congress during...

Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific Atlanta et al., US Supreme Court, January 15, 2008 . Read the full text of the...