The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Compliance with the Attorney General's Investigative Guidelines, released to the public on September 14, 2005 . Excerpt:We found that the FBI's...
Making his own opening statement on the first day of his confirmation hearings , US Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts told the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday:a certain...
Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) has announced that it has entered into a consent order with Freddie Mac over the company's multi-billion dollar accounting scandal...
Levar Haley Washington and Gregory Vernon Patterson, both pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges that they planned terrorist attacks in Los Angeles . Washington said that he pled not guilty "n the name of Allah." The two...
British businessman Hemant Lakhani , 69, was sentenced to 47 years in prison by a New Jersey federal court Monday for financially backing terrorist activities. Lakhani was convicted in April of illegal arms sales and attempting to provide...
In Monday's environmental law news, the US Senate could vote tonight on a proposal that would set aside the Environmental Protection Agency cap on mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants. The agency's rule , which was...
Leading Monday's states brief, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled today that an illegal immigrant, suffering from severe pain and diagnosed with acute leukemia, was entitled to Medicaid because he suffered from an emergency medical condition. The court...
US v. Raymond Lee Scott, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, September 9, 2005 [extending the reasonable search and seizure rights established under the Fourth Amendment to defendants awaiting trial on criminal charges, and holding that police...
Former Israeli army General Doron Almog said Monday that he had narrowly escaped arrest on war crimes charges after arriving Sunday at London's Heathrow airport for a planned UK vacation. Allegedly tipped off by British government contacts, Israel's ambassador...
As US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings commenced Monday for nominee John Roberts , Democrats and Republicans sparred over the appropriateness of questioning Roberts about controversial issues such as privacy rights and abortion....