The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Harrington v. Richter that the section of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) [28 USC § 2254...
The Spanish National Court announced Friday that they are seeking the extradition of alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk so he can stand trial on charges relating to his alleged...
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state statute and portion of the New Jersey Constitution authorizing the recall of US senators is unconstitutional. The ruling was issued in a case involving...
The Irish High Court ruled Monday that the country does not recognize any laws that would allow Internet services providers to suspend service to customers suspected of Internet piracy. The judgment was issued after the Irish recording...
A dispute among the Pakistani judiciary worsened on Monday as more than 1,300 civil judges resigned in protest over the treatment of judges by lawyers and to express solidarity with Lahore District and Sessions Judge Zawar A Sheikh. The...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced the filing of a civil antitrust lawsuit against credit card companies Visa, MasterCard and American Express . The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court...
An Indian court on Thursday ruled that the disputed holy site Ayodhya must be split among Hindus, Muslims and Nirmohi Akhara, a Hindu sect representing the Hindu...
US lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill that would prohibit the US State Department (DOS) from issuing visas to individuals, or their family members, who are connected to the death of Russian lawyer Sergei...
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ordered a district court judge to reconsider the stay of execution in the case of Albert Brown. Brown was convicted...
A human rights group and lawyers for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , a Saudi man accused in connection with the 2000 USS Cole attack , filed a request Tuesday with Polish prosecutors for an investigation...