Lawmakers, groups weigh in on Senate passage of class action bill
Lawmakers and interest groups reacted swiftly Thursday to US Senate passage of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 , Leading House Republicans hailed the Senate vote and welcomed the...
In what is to be New England's first execution in 45 years, a Connecticut judge has set a new May 11 execution date for convicted killer Michael Ross and appointed a special counsel to investigate claims by...
US groups lobby Canadian legislators against same-sex marriage bill
Some Canadian MPs have reported that they have been lobbied by US citizens and advocacy groups over - primarily against - pending federal legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage. Several legislators say they have received e-mails,...
Lawyers for Omar Khadr , an 18-year old Canadian citizen and Guantanamo Bay detainee, said Wednesday that their client had been tortured and abused by US interrogators. Khadr is accused of throwing a grenade that killed...
Swedish court orders government to release names of tsunami victims
Swedish media published Wednesday the names of over 500 Swedes missing or killed in the tsunami disaster after the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the release...
Blair offers TV apology for wrongful IRA bombing convictions
In person on national television Wednesday UK Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized to members of the Conlon and Maguire families who were wrongfully convicted and sentenced for the 1974 IRA bombings of British pubs in Guildford [BBC...
Same-sex marriage bans made headway in several state legislatures Tuesday. The Alabama Senate voted unanimously in favor of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages after the House voted overwhelmingly in favor of an identical proposal last week. One chamber...
Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC charges reporter with fraud
Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has indicted television financial commentator and investment adviser Courtney Smith over his alleged role in a stock manipulation scheme. According to the SEC complaint, the head of GenesisIntermedia,...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Defrocked Boston priest convicted of child sex abuse
AP is reporting that after a week-long trial a jury in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has found defrocked Roman Catholic priest Paul Shanley guilty of repeatedly molesting a boy at his church during the...
Richard Posner, University of Chicago Law School:"One of the commonest objections to President Bush's proposal for reform of social security is that there is no need to act now because there is no "crisis." Yet the same people who say...
