According to a report in Wednesday's New York Times, military officials have said that at least 26 prisoner deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan have been concluded to be or are suspected of being the result of acts of criminal...
Riggs Bank , Citigroup , Bank of America and six other banks helped former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet create a secret network of accounts to hide assets from US examiners and international prosecutors,...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 16.The US Senate opens its session at 9 AM ET today, when it will consider S. Con. Res. 18 [bill...
2004 Judicial Business of the United States Courts, Administrative Office of the US Courts, March 15, 2005 . Read...
Cabello, et al. v. Fernandez-Larios, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, per curiam opinion, March 14, 2005 [upholding a $4 million verdict against a former Chilean Army officer for the killing of a political prisoner during the...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Circuit Judge Melloy, March 14, 2005 [ruling that Wal-Mart violated labor laws when it disciplined an employee for wearing a union t-shirt and...
The US Judicial Conference Tuesday recommended a complete review of judicial security inside and outside the courtroom after recent high-profile killings of a Georgia state judge and a federal district judge's family members . In its...
The insurgency in Iraq is increasingly made up of organized crime and hired criminals, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers said Tuesday after visiting the country. Myers acknowledged that Saddam Hussein loyalists and insurgents from...
In Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board official website] has announced it has upheld a petition by railroad company CSX Co. that contends a Washington DC City Council prohibition...
The insurgency in Iraq increasingly is made up of organized crime and hired criminals, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers said Tuesday after visiting the country. Myers said that Saddam Hussein loyalists and insurgents from...