The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Texas and Arnold & Porter filed a lawsuit Sunday in federal district court challenging the Galveston County Jail's policy of releasing those arrested for felonies and...

Jackson Women's Health Organization and others filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging a number of Mississippi abortion restrictions. The lawsuit claims Mississippi's abortion restrictions have been "designed to choke off access to abortion in the state, primarily...

South Korean prosecutors formally charged jailed ex-president Lee Myung-Bak on Monday with a slew of corruption charges, including bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. These charges make him the country's fourth leader to face a criminal trial in...

A coalition of 23 consumer, child safety and privacy advocacy groups filed a complaint Monday with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that YouTube violated children's privacy laws by collecting and selling data from children under...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda called Sunday for an end to the violence that has recently taken place in the Gaza Strip and raised the possibility of ICC prosecutions against Israel...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Massachusetts weapon ban, finding that the weapons banned fall outside of the scope of the Second Amendment...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday expressed concern over renewed violence and reports of chemical weapons attacks against civilians in Douma, Syria. According to Guterres, he has received reports of airstrikes and shelling, violence resulting in civilians' death,...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: David Kaye , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged Spain on Friday not to...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Hawaii Governor David Ige signed HB 2739 on Thursday, also known as the Our Choice, Our Care Act. The Attorneys General from 14states, led by...

David Kaye , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged Spain on Friday not to press rebellion charges against Catalonian leaders. Kaye said:I am...