Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Feb. 17.On Capitol Hill, the US Senate meets at 10 AM ET today, when it will consider S. 5 ,...

HR 310, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005, passed by US House of Representatives, February 16, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill here....

Senator Arlen Specter , the chair of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee charged with vetting judicial nominees, including Supreme Court candidates, announced Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with a form of cancer known as Hodgkin's Disease [American...

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it would appeal a US District Court opinion that would prevent pursuit of $280 billion in damages from tobacco companies for charges of civil racketeering. The 3-judge...

The UN upheld its ban on its officials testifying in front of US Congress in a letter from Mark Malloch Brown, chief of staff for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to Senate investigating subcommittee chair Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) ...

Newly appointed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced Wednesday the reinstatement of a federal obscenity case against a California pornography company. Charges against the company were dismissed by US District Judge Gary Lancaster because prosecutors overstepped their...

The US Senate voted Wednesday to continue the declassification of files that may reveal CIA agents who were hired despite their prior affiliation with the German Nazi party. The CIA reversed its objections last month concerning the disclosure of...

The Israeli Knesset Wednesday narrowly approved a measure to compensate Jewish settlers evacuating from the Gaza Strip. The bill passed 59-40, reflecting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's "unity" coalition and amid protests from Sharon’s own Likud party [political...

Lawyers for Deutsche Bank told US Bankruptcy Judge Letitia Clark Wednesday that Russian oil company Yukos' request for bankruptcy protection should be thrown out for lack of jurisdiction ....

The corruption trial of former Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz began Wednesday, making Yilmaz the first head of government to be tried by Turkey's Supreme Court. Yilmaz and former Economics Minister Gunes Taner are accused of pre-determining the winner...