Reaction to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's In Larger Freedom report outlining his plans to reform the UN has been mixed. Annan is calling for an expanded Security Council membership, the establishment of a new Human...

CBS WTSP-TV 10 in Tampa is reporting that US District Judge James Whittemore has refused to order the re-insertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, saying that the brain-damaged Florida woman's parents had not established a "substantial likelihood of success"...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, March 22.The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In the first...

Schiavo v. Schiavo, complaint by Terri Schiavo's parents to the US District Court, Middle District of Florida, seeking a temporary restraining order allowing re-insertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube pending federal review of her case, March 21, 2005. Read the...

Estimates of the Size and Characteristics of the Undocumented Population, Pew Hispanic Center, Jeffrey S. Passel, March 21, 2005 [documenting recent massive growth of the illegal immigrant population in the United States - a 23 percent increase was reported in...

French lawmakers are expected on Tuesday to strike the final blow to the nation's maligned 35-hour work week , ending the national experiment lauded by workers but criticized as a drain on the country's economy. With national unemployment...

CBS-10 TV in Tampa is reporting that US District Judge James Whittemore has ended this afternoon's hearing on Terri Schiavo's parents' petition for the re-insertion of her feeding tube pending a federal hearing of her case without making a...

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, former HealthSouth Corp. chief financial officer Weston Smith has testified that former CEO Richard Scrushy made all decisions at the company. The testimony undermines Scrushy's defense that he...

In Monday's environmental law news, facing a declining tiger population, India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has banned gifts of live tigers to foreign dignitaries, established a wildlife crime prevention bureau, and created a taskforce of forest officials,...

A UK government minister said Monday that Camilla Parker Bowles can become queen after Prince Charles ascends to the British throne. Christopher Leslie, minister responsible for the UK Department for Constitutional Affairs answered...