The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved S. 256, the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Prevention Act of 2005 , a measure that would make it tougher for consumers to erase debt in bankruptcy proceedings, but battle lines...

Documents from US military investigators obtained by the ACLU under Freedom of Information Act provisions and released Friday suggest that US personnel engaged in widespread abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan, and that US soldiers attempted to cover up evidence...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, Feb. 18.On Capitol Hill, the US Senate convenes at 10 AM ET for the reading of President George Washington's farewell address...

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2005, passed by the US Senate, February 17, 2005 ....

The Iraqi prisoner who died while in US custody at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and whose corpse was shown in photographs that emerged from the abuse scandal died in a position known as "Palestinian hanging"...

Citing a need for additional protections in light of advances in understanding the human genetic code, the Senate on Thursday unanimously approved the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2005 aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from...

Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi Thursday warned the Shiite coalition victorious in last month's election against banning the Ba'ath Party formerly associated with Saddam Hussein from...

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has concluded Bear Stearns Cos. , the sixth-largest US securities firm, violated federal laws which protect investors when it aided brokers in making illegal after-hours mutual-fund trades....

The US House of Representatives has approved the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 , a bill intended to curb class action lawsuits by transfering most large, multi-state class actions to federal courts. The bill now...

Six Rwandan citizens have filed a lawsuit in France against French soldiers for their role in the Rwanda genocide . The Paris army tribunal, the only court which can try French troops for conduct committed abroad, will decide...