AT&T Corp. v. Hulten, et al., US Supreme Court, May 18, 2009 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Supreme Court Monday ruled 7-2 in AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen that companies do not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by failing to award employees credit for maternity leave taken before the act's effective date. The Court found that although the method of calculating benefits used by AT&T would be prohibited on gender [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In Black v. United States , the Court will consider the appeal of former media mogul Conrad Black to determine whether the "honest services" clause of 18 USC § 1346 applies in cases where there is no finding that the defendant or defendants "reasonably [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday reported to Congress that 2,083 wiretap and search requests for investigating terrorism suspects were granted in 2008 through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) , a decline from 2,370 in 2007. This was the first decrease in warrants since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001. The Foreign [...]

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that sought to block construction of a fence along the US-Mexico border. The Texas Border Coalition , a group of Texan officials and business owners, filed suit last year challenging the condemnation of land for the construction of the fence [...]

JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that former Vice President Dick Cheney's statements about his direct involvement in the authorization of unlawful interrogation tactics such as waterboarding are clear evidence of complicity in international crime, if not also participation in a criminal conspiracy, and use of those tactics [...]

US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Sunday that he wants the Supreme Court nominee who will replace retiring Justice David Souter to be someone who will apply the law without bias. Speaking on Fox News Sunday, McConnell said : what we are looking for, we meaning Republicans in the Senate … is a [...]

Sudanese war crimes suspect and rebel leader Bahr Idriss Abu Garda on Sunday surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Abu Garda is accused of committing three crimes against the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) during a September 2007 attack. The ICC alleges that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) , under Abu [...]

A Malawi court on Saturday barred former president Bakili Muluzi from participating in the upcoming election. The court held that the Malawi Constitution prohibits Muluzi from running for office after serving two consecutive five-year terms beginning in 1994. Article 83 of the Malawi Constitution provides that the president, vice president and second vice president "may [...]

Canadian Attorney General Rob Nicholson introduced legislation Friday into the Canadian House of Commons to amend the Identification of Criminals Act . If the proposed amendment passes, it would provide for the fingerprinting of those arrested but not yet charged as well as other changes in response to the evolving needs of the Canadian criminal [...]