The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Tuesday that a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for allegedly discriminating against female employees should go to trial, upholding a 2004...
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Ninth Circuit upholds class certification in Wal-Mart gender discrimination case
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Republicans urge Texas governor to rescind cervical vaccination order
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UK judges to oppose full Islamic veils in courts
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Australia PM to press US for speedy Hicks trial following new charges
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Nations commit to ending illegal use of child soldiers
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UK corporate manslaughter bill stalls after Lords extend liability to prison deaths
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Australia capital district civil union law blocked for second time
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Judge blocks testimony on Iraq war illegality at court-martial of protesting officer
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Putin signs law moving Russia Constitutional Court to St. Petersburg
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US says Khodorkovsky charges raise ‘serious questions’ about Russia rule of law
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Texas Senator Jane Nelson (R) , Chairwoman of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission , urged Texas Governor Rick Perry Tuesday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first US state to require...
UK senior judges have agreed that full Islamic veils should not be worn in British courts and tribunals, according to a report in Tuesday's London Times. After consulting with legal advisers, a panel of senior judges have included in...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday that the Australian government will do more to pressure the US to expedite the trial of David Hicks . In a cabinet meeting on Monday, officials informed Howard...
About 60 nations pledged Tuesday to refrain from the illegal and unacceptable use of child soldiers in armed conflicts during the second day of Free Children from War , a global conference in Paris. Hosted by...
A proposed bill on corporate manslaughter came to a standstill in the UK House of Lords on Monday when Conservative and Liberal Democrats voted for an amendment which broadened the scope of the law to include deaths...
The government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) promised to continue fighting to adopt legislation that would grant legal recognition to same-sex partnerships after Australia's attorney general recommended Tuesday that the country's federal government overturn a proposed...
The US military judge in the court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada prohibited international and constitutional law scholars from testifying Monday about the legality of the war. Watada faces charges of missing movement and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law Monday a bill moving the Russian Constitutional Court from its current Moscow location to St. Petersburg. The bill received final parliamentary approval last month with a...
Efforts by Russian prosecutors to bring new charges against jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky raise "serious questions about the rule of law in Russia," US State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack...
