A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that lawyers for a detainee at Guantanamo Bay may not review top secret documentation. Wali Mohammed Morafa, who has...
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Massachusetts law that established "buffer zones" for abortion clinics. The buffer zone creates a protected area outside of the abortion...
Chief prosecutor in the Guantanamo tribunal, Brigadier General Mark Martins, on Wednesday recommended that the Pentagon drop the conspiracy charge against those suspected of plotting the September 11 attacks, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed . Martins hopes to...
The Michigan Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a Michigan Civil Service Commission (MCSC) policy granting health care benefits to same-sex domestic partners of state employees. Attorney General Bill Schuette argued against the...
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. that Nike's covenant not to enforce a trademark against Already's existing products and any future "colorable imitations" moots Already's action to have the...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Missouri v. McNeely on whether the Fourth Amendment allows a police officer to take a warrantless blood sample to test...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday ordered the New York Police Department (NYPD) to cease using a "stop-and-frisk" practice outside of apartment buildings in...
Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility filled a motion Tuesday with the International Trade Commission to drop two key patents from it case against Microsoft. The claim alleges that Microsoft infringed on Motorola Mobility's patents related...
The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) released a report Wednesday highlighting the lack of protections provided to domestic workers worldwide. The report details the ways in which domestic workers are more vulnerable than other workers...
The Vietnam Supreme People's Court in the central Nghe An province on Wednesday sentenced 14 Catholic Redemptorist bloggers to jail terms ranging from 3 to 13 years of combined prison and house arrest. The defendants are associated with Viet...