US Department of Justice attorneys asked a US District Court Monday to replace the judge presiding over an Indian trust class-action lawsuit filed in 1996. Class representatives in Corbell v. Norton are suing to force the federal...

In an interview with the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper to be published Tuesday, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel , whose country is scheduled to take over the six-month rotating EU presidency from the UK at the...

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law brief, the New York Stock Exchange says it has censured and fined Merrill Lynch for what it called "supervisory and operational lapses." In a press release, the NYSE indicated it has fined the...

Leading Monday's states brief, the Rhode Island Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on whether a casino proposed by the Narragansett Indian tribe and the Las Vegas-based Harrah's Entertainment would be a constitutional expansion of...

The Iraqi National Assembly has voted unanimously to allow a seven-day extension to allow Iraq's constitutional committee time to finish drafting the Iraqi constitution . From Baghdad, the Iraq the Model weblog carries updates on...

Iraq's National Assembly has just convened its Monday evening session to consider Iraq's draft constitution . As reported earlier today on JURIST's Paper Chase, there have been conflicting reports over whether an agreement on the draft has...

Senior Teheran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi said Monday it was a lie that jailed Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji , who supporters claim has not eaten for 67 days, was on hunger strike. The situation involving Ganji has...

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday ordered an investigation into the operations of the multi-billion dollar procurement division of the United Nations. Annan said UN Controller Warren Sachs would oversee the division while an independent commission probes earlier...

JURIST is looking for talented, public-service oriented law students from law schools in the US and abroad to join our team of real-time legal news editors this fall.From Los Angeles to London, from Chicago to Cairo - if you're...

Indonesia and Muslim Aceh rebels on Monday signed a historic peace accord to end decades of fighting that killed thousands of people. Along with cessation of all hostilities, the separatists have dropped their long-held demands...