Patent holding company NTP on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Apple and several other smart phone makers for patent infringement related to the use of e-mail systems that utilize technology patented by NTP. The complaint,...
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A majority of Italian media went on strike Friday to protest a bill currently under consideration that would restrict the use of wiretaps and criminalize the reporting of wiretap transcripts by the news...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Friday that former Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek Eav , more commonly known as "Duch," has fired his international lawyer, just weeks before...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday emphasized the importance of upholding the rights of immigrants in any US immigration reform proposal. In a report, Tough, Fair, and Practical , the organization called on the Obama...
Australian Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis on Friday concluded an investigation into Google's collection and storage of private data over unsecured wireless networks, determining that the company's actions violated the Australia Privacy Act...
Former Rwandan pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday and pleaded not guilty to charges of genocide and crimes against humanity relating to...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled Thursday that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) definition of marriage as between a man and a woman is...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee Hussein Salem Mohammed . The government had argued that...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday rejected a request from the Obama administration to stay a preliminary injunction lifting the government's six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling . The three-judge...
UK Home Secretary Theresa May on Thursday announced interim stop-and-search guidelines for suspected terrorists in response to a January ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , which found that searches performed...
