Carhart v. Gonzales, US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, July 8, 2005 . Excerpt:Because the Act does not contain a...
Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, Big Four accounting firm Deloitte is under investigation by federal regulators. Bloomberg News is reporting that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board accidentally released a private...
Briefing on the medical treatment of US detainees, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Steve Jones and Army Surgeon General and Commander US Army Medical Command, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, July 7, 2005. Excerpt:The assessment findings...
Leading Friday's states brief, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision today that found the state's Department of Natural Resources cannot regulate groundwater unless the legislature confers such authority. Judge John Wright, writing...
G8 leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia issued a final joint statement on counter-terrorism Friday denouncing once again Thursday's terror attacks in London, and calling on...
The US has vowed to oppose any attempt to remove politically-beleaguered Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , dogged by allegations of election fraud , unless that is done through a constitutional process. US embassy Charge d'Affaires Joseph...
The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis Friday upheld a Nebraska federal district court ruling in Carhart v. Gonzalez finding the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional because it...
The German Finance Ministry announced Friday it would extend Germany's national terrorism coverage insurance pool for two years past its planned 2005 expiration date. The decision to extend the Extremus Versicherungs AG [official website, in...
Three members of Italy's far-left Red Brigades , who were among five people sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the murder of government economic advisor Marco Biagi, were sentenced Friday to another life term for the...
Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor General Azimbek Beknazarov has announced that his government will deport 13 of 29 detained Uzbek refugees accused of participating in a May uprising in in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan , rejecting claims the refugees...