The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Wednesday reopened a complaint by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) against mortgage giant, Freddie Mac . The complaint, based on Third Amendment grounds, was originally filed in...

On Thursday Indonesian officials rejected the findings of the international people's tribunal formed at the Hague that Indonesia had committed crimes against humanity in killing the country's communist party members and followers in the 1960s. The tribunal...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the “anti-circumvention” and “anti-trafficking” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) [act,...

Yesterday the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in State v. Al-Sharif Scriven that the use of high beams on an automobile does not present enough reasonable suspicion for a police officer to stop the vehicle. The...

Software developer Bitmanagement Software GmbH has filed a lawsuit against the United States Navy in the United States Court of Federal Claims . In its complaint, the German software company claims the Navy infringed...

The Israeli Knesset voted 62-45 on Wednesday to enable it to impeach legislators for inciting racism or supporting armed struggle against the state. Impeachment under the new law would reach the full Knesset after referral from...

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Larsen on Wednesday blocked a ballot measure proposing an amendment to the Illinois Consitution that aimed to eliminate the General Assembly's power to draw legislative district boundaries. The proposal advanced...

Pakistani Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Thursday announced his country's intention to ask the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to send a fact-finding mission to Kashmir [JURIST news...

A Hong Kong court on Thursday found three leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy protests guilty on charges related to their occupation of a government building. Joshua Wong and Alex Chow, prominent leaders of the Umbrella Revolution , were convicted...

The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held on Wednesday that the Texas photo voter identification law, SB 14 , had a discriminatory effect on minority voters, violating Section 2 of the Voting...