Corporate Officers & Directors Assurance Ltd. (CODA), a subsidiary of ACE Bermuda , has filed a petition in a New York trial court requesting an order compelling former Tyco International CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski [JURIST news...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called for an increased effort to uphold the "fundamental human right" to food for some 854 million around the world who suffer from chronic hunger. In a message marking World Food...
The US House of representatives Tuesday voted 398-21 to pass a shield bill that would prevent courts from compelling reporters to disclose confidential sources. The Free Flow of Information Act of 2007, sponsored by...
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos Tuesday summoned Jerry Yang, chief executive of Yahoo! Inc. , to testify before a hearing next month regarding allegations that the Internet giant gave false information to Congress...
New York City is willing to discuss settlement in a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of over 9,000 firefighters and cleanup workers who may have inhaled toxic dust during the post-9/11 World Trade Center cleanup, Mayor Michael Bloomberg [official...
An Hispanic advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson , claiming that a recently approved state law limiting government privileges allowed illegal immigrants is unfair to all...
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Monday that the country's newly elected Constituent Assembly will consider transforming the current Constitutional Tribunal into a Constitutional Court insulated from political pressure. While the new...
The United Nations Legal Counsel said Monday that an international convention may be the solution to jurisdictional problems of criminal accountability of UN officials and experts on mission . Addressing the General Assemblys Sixth...
The US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Tuesday that three of the five counts of a suit filed by the father of a fallen Marine against the renegade Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may...
The Nevada Supreme Court Monday issued a stay of all executions pending a US Supreme Court ruling in a case challenging lethal injection as unconstitutional under the...