Leaders from 25 European Union (EU) countries on Friday signed the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance which is directed at improving fiscal discipline and promoting greater financial information disclosure between member...
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The Florida House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would ban the use of religious or foreign law in legal decisions and contracts. The bill, which passed 92-24, would effectively ban the use of...
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill on Thursday that would require a woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound before the procedure. The bill was passed by the...
Guatemalan Judge Miguel Angel Galvez denied former dictator Efrain Rois Montt's amnesty claim Thursday. Rios Montt is being charged for crimes committed throughout the country's 36-year civil war , which officially ended in 1996. The case involves at...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday heard arguments in a challenge to illegal immigration legislation recently passed in Alabama and Georgia, but the three-judge panel chose to defer its ruling until after...
Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein. He is charged with 41 counts of crimes committed in...
A German court on Friday dismissed suits by Apple and Samsung against each other over smartphone technology. Samsung alleged that Apple violated its patents for 3G technology while Apple argued that...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that a warrantless search of a suspect's cell phone to collect its phone number does not constitute a violation of Fourth Amendment [Cornell LII...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Wednesday that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is immune from suit under the Torture Victim Protection Act...
Maryland joined the seven states that allow same-sex marriage when Governor Martin O'Malley (D) signed the Civil Marriage Protection Act on Thursday. With signing the bill the governor released the...
