In addition to its long-awaited sentencing ruling in Booker , the US Supreme Court Wednesday handed down two immigration-related decisions. In Jama v. INS , the Court narrowly held 5-4 (Souter, Stevens, Ginsburg and Breyer JJ....

Leading Wednesday's international brief, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez issued a presidential decree Tuesday creating a presidential and national land commission to implement the provisions of Venezuela's four year old land reform law. The law, called...

AP is reporting that the Supreme Court has ruled that federal judges have been improperly adding time to criminals' sentences, a decision that puts in doubt longtime sentencing rules.10:32 AM ET - The ruling is in the consolidated cases...

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it has won a court order directing six advertising companies to stop sending sexually explicit spam e-mails. Read the original FTC complaint . The order was handed...

Defense arguments begin Wednesday in the military trial of Spc. Charles Graner , charged with multiple counts in connection with the highly-publicized abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib {JURIST...

Whitfield v. United States, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, January 11, 2005 . Excerpt:As...

British Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith provided new details in a speech Tuesday on the creation of a proposed UK crime-fighting agency similar to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. The new institution, to be called the...

The Illinois General Assembly Tuesday passed a bill that would require state protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation. The House gave its approval on the last possible day by a vote of 65-51; the Senate had...

Echoing comments made last week by President Bush , Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter urged Congress Tuesday to put limits on asbestos liability lawsuits. Specter said asbestos lawsuits are causing companies to go...

In Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, Thom Calandra, former chief commentator for CBS MarketWatch , will pay at least $540,000 in penalties to settle fraud charges with the SEC . The charges stem from allegations Calandra...