A Kuwaiti judge has approved an independent medical commission to investigate allegations of torture by 37 detainees being held by Kuwaiti authorities for plotting attacks against US soldiers and killing four policemen in January. The medical board, made up...

A judge Tuesday pre-approved a $120 million settlement agreement for class action plaintiffs claiming they were molested by priests of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky, marking the largest settlement agreement...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spokesman said today that the agency still plans to pursue a $785 million civil suit against former HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy...

US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley said Tuesday that President Bush has not changed his position on environmental policy but wants to broaden the debate at the G8 summit on matters beyond the Kyoto...

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday struck down the Oklahoma Municipal Employees Collective Bargaining Act as unconstitutional. The state law allowed municipal employees to unionize in cities with populations greater than 35,000. The court found...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, Nepal Bar Association president Shambhu Thapa has called on King Gyanedra to relinquish his position as chairman of the Council of Ministers, which would effectively remove Gyanedra's direct control of the...

Interior ministers for Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Germany meeting prior to the G8 summit Tuesday announced a plan to put together joint flights to deport illegal immigrants from the European Union. The plan calls for planes...

The prospects for an EU software patent directive that would create a uniform software patenting system across Europe appeared limited Tuesday as European legislators expressed reservations about the measure. Many legislators and software companies fear that...

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald on Tuesday demanded the grand jury testimony of TIME magazine reporter Matthew Cooper, even though TIME has turned over e-mails and other documents to the probe into who...

African leaders Tuesday approved a resolution at the fifth African Union Summit seeking two permanent seats on the expanding UN Security Council . The AU is calling for the number of Council seats be increased from...