The US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday released testimony and e-mails purporting to show that Bush administration political advisor Karl Rove was involved in the firing of nine US Attorneys [JURIST...
Former financial chief for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, Frank DiPascali, pleaded guilty Tuesday to 10 criminal counts for his role in the Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of billions of dollars. DiPascali...
The US District Court for the Southern District of California on Tuesday dismissed a consumer class action lawsuit against telecommunications company Qualcomm . Christopher Lorenzo sued Qualcomm in November, alleging that the chipset manufacturer...
i4i Limited Partnership, et al. v. Microsoft, Inc., US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, August 11, 2009 [holding that Microsoft has infringed on a patent of Canadian company i4i with portions of its Word 2007 and 2003...
Real Networks Inc., et al. v. DVD Copy Control Association Inc., et al., US District Court for the Northern District of California, August 11, 2009 [enjoining technology company RealNetworks from selling its DVD copying software, RealDVD on the basis of...
A German district court on Tuesday sentenced former Nazi army officer Josef Scheungraber to life in prison for the 1944 reprisal killing of 10 Italian civilians. Scheungraber was convicted of 10 counts of murder and...
A military tribunal has ruled that lawyers for accused 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh will not be made aware of what interrogation techniques were used on him by the CIA prior to his transfer to Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Monday that former Westar Energy CEO David Wittig and former Chief Strategy Officer Douglas Lake may face a third trial on charges of...
The Bangkok Criminal Court on Tuesday refused to extradite a suspected Russian arms trafficker to the US to face prosecution for supplying weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) . In denying the extradition request [AFP...
A Myanmar court on Monday convicted opposition pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi of violating the terms of her house arrest, sentencing her to an additional 18 months under house arrest. Suu Kyi had...