The Handling of Detainees by UK Intelligence Personnel in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq, UK Intelligence and Security Committee, released March 10, 2005 [revealing that British intelligence officials warned the US about possible detainee abuse in 2002 after the British...

Senate minority leader Harry Reid warned Tuesday that Democrats would block all Senate business - short of military, national security and critical government services measures - if Republicans continued to push for a change in confirmation procedures...

The rebuilding process in Iraq could turn into the largest example of corruption and bribery in the modern world according to the annual Global Corruption Report issued Wednesday by Transparency International . TI warned...

Surrounded by heavy security, the 275 Iraqis elected in January to the nation's first independent parliament in 50 years were sworn in Wednesday, even as several bombs were detonated in the area, attempting to...

According to a report in Wednesday's New York Times, military officials have said that at least 26 prisoner deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan have been concluded to be or are suspected of being the result of acts of criminal...

Riggs Bank , Citigroup , Bank of America and six other banks helped former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet create a secret network of accounts to hide assets from US examiners and international prosecutors,...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 16.The US Senate opens its session at 9 AM ET today, when it will consider S. Con. Res. 18 [bill...

2004 Judicial Business of the United States Courts, Administrative Office of the US Courts, March 15, 2005 . Read...

Cabello, et al. v. Fernandez-Larios, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, per curiam opinion, March 14, 2005 [upholding a $4 million verdict against a former Chilean Army officer for the killing of a political prisoner during the...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Circuit Judge Melloy, March 14, 2005 [ruling that Wal-Mart violated labor laws when it disciplined an employee for wearing a union t-shirt and...