The US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Tuesday that three of the five counts of a suit filed by the father of a fallen Marine against the renegade Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may...

The Nevada Supreme Court Monday issued a stay of all executions pending a US Supreme Court ruling in a case challenging lethal injection as unconstitutional under the...

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Tuesday after a meeting with Attorney General nominee Michael B. Mukasey that the Senate will likely approve Mukasey without undue delay. Mukasey's confirmation...

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague Tuesday affirmed the November 2005 lower court acquittal of former Bosnian Army commander Sefer Halilovic [ICTY case...

American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, Maro De la Rosa, and Ahora Newspaper, v. Howard Skolnik, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections, and Nevada Department of Corrections, Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, October 15, 2007 [staying all executions pending...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it will withdraw its Seoul High Court appeal of a 2006 antitrust ruling by the South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) . Last July, Microsoft said it would comply with sanctions imposed...

The European Court of Justice upheld mandatory retirement ages in the European Union Tuesday, saying that mandatory retirement policies do not violate the prohibition against age discrimination if the policy is intended to further the...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) wants access to thousands of people that have been detained in Myanmar in an ongoing crackdown on opponents of the ruling military junta, ICRC Director of Operations...

Three telecommunications companies have declined to provide information to Congress about the role they played in the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program , citing White House objections to their disclosures, national security and pending...

Former Alaska state Representative Tom Anderson was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for his conviction on seven counts of bribery and corruption by an Anchorage federal jury in July. Anderson, a Republican, was...