Nokia announced Wednesday that it filed litigation against Research In Motion (RIM) , the Canadian parent company of BlackBerry, in courts in the US, UK and Canada to block sales of BlackBerry smartphones. The move came after a...
Four gay men filed suit on Tuesday against a conversion therapy group in New Jersey which they claim had promised to make the men straight. The suit , the first of its kind in the US, alleges that...
Four female service members filed suit Tuesday against the US Army and the Department of Defense to end a policy which bars women from combat units and related posts. The suit, filed in the US...
Arizona has appealed a district court ruling that granted an injunction to the enforcement of a public funding law that would prohibit public funding from going to clinics that provide abortions, which would effectively defund Planned...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday denied a request by the state of Alabama to reconsider its August ruling partially striking down the state's immigration law [HB 56,...
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed serious concern regarding Colombia's proposed constitutional reform to their military justice system. The proposed reform seeks to alter the...
The Egyptian Court of Cassation on Wednesday suspended work until President Mohammed Morsi rescinds a decree he issued last week that removes judicial review of his actions and vastly expands his power,...
The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) . The court is considering whether § 502(a)(3) of...
The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly on Monday approved a resolution calling for a global ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). The committee's resolution calls on the UN's 193 member countries to enact...
El Salvador should address the continued challenges to the independence of its judicial system, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Gabriela Knaul stated on Monday. Her mission was to examine El...