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Florida Chief District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled Wednesday that a policy subjecting all Florida Department of Juvenile Justice employees to random drug testing was unconstitutionally applied to an office worker, accepting the plaintiff's argument that testing should be reserved...

Ellen Podgor, Georgia State University College of Law:"According to today's Wall Street Journal article titled Rigas Cable Assets Run By Adelphia May Be Seized we see the government taking a first step to obtaining assets in a case. The government...

Tung Yin, University of Iowa College of Law:"Not surprisingly, the jury has recommended death for Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and unborn son: In arguing for death, prosecutors called Peterson "the worst kind of monster" and said...

A jury has awarded the parents of 17-year old David Boim $52 million in damages in one of the first jury awards against US-based charities accused of supporting terrorism. Boim was killed by gunmen in Israel's West Bank in...

Ellen Podgor, Georgia State University College of Law:"While Martha Stewart remains incarcerated, the world is continuing outside the prison grounds of "camp cupcake." The latest, according to Reuters, is that Martha Stewart will star in a new TV show upon...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, December 6.The US Supreme Court will hear 10 AM ET oral arguments in Wilkinson v. Dotson (case summary from Duke Law School), where...

Defense lawyer Joseph Bevilacqua Jr. has acknowledged that he leaked an FBI videotape to Providence, Rhode Island TV reporter Jim Taricani. Taricani was found guilty for criminal contempt for refusing to reveal the source of the tape and was...

The UN panel charged with suggesting reforms to the UN Security Council is scheduled to present its proposals in New York Thursday. The panel's two main proposals reportedly include expanding Security Council membership by nine seats. The first proposal...

The UK High Court Tuesday lifted an injunction preventing a man from helping his scik wife travel to Switzerland for an assisted suicide. Family Division judge Justice Hedley lifted the temporary injunction, but ruled that police held discretion on...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, November 30.The US Supreme Court will hear 10 AM ET oral arguments in the consolidated cases of Whitfield v. United States and Hall...