A UK court on Tuesday granted Home Secretary Charles Clarke more time to decide on a US request to extradite three British bankers indicted on fraud charges stemming from the Enron scandal. A court ruled last fall...

The parents of Terri Schiavo have filed a full appeal with the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals , urging the court to act because Schiavo is "fading quickly." The parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, filed an emergency...

Embattled Russian oil company Yukos reported Tuesday that it will drop its appeals for bankruptcy protection in US courts, and instead pursue other options in an attempt to keep the company from breaking...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit Tuesday against internet phone provider Vonage , alleging that the service does not adequately warn customers about problems they have in trying to call 911. Vonage does not route 911 calls...

The US government filed a motion Tuesday asking the judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui case to set a trial date in October. District Judge Leonie Brinkema had stayed legal proceedings pending the Supreme...

The US Supreme Court ruled in three cases Tuesday, all on appeal from the Ninth Circuit. In Muehler v. Mena the Court ruled unanimously that police did not violate the Fourth Amendment rights...

Democratic Republic of Congo leaders on Tuesday announced that several senior militia leaders had been arrested, with other reports indicating that top leader Thomas Lubanga was among them. The leaders were arrested on Saturday, although...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the Wall Street Journal is reporting American International Group Inc. (AIG) has fired CFO Howard I. Smith and a vice president Christian M. Milton after the executives indicated they...

In Tuesday's international brief, a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Commission by UN Special Rapporteur Doudou Diene has called on Germany and the EU to increase efforts to ban political groups based on racist, xenophobic,...

Jordan's State Security Court on Tuesday convicted three Iraqis for smuggling weapons into the country as part of a plan to attack US and Israeli targets. The three were charged with importing weapons including grenades, rockets and...