US Bankruptcy Judge Eugene Wedoff Friday approved a 90-day extension of the exclusivity period covering the bankruptcy reorganization plan of UAL Corporation, parent of United Airlines . During the exclusivity period, no other parties may submit...

Denmark's High Court ruled Friday that Danish supermarket chain Dansk Supermarked Group has the right to ban employees from wearing religious headscarves, saying that the legislature "has weighed the right of an employer to demand a uniform...

The US Commission on Civil Rights , newly reconstituted with the addition of a new Republican chairman and another Republican appointee , has removed from its website a controversial staff report highly critical of the civil...

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said Friday that he would be willing to call a national election over the issue of same-sex marriage, the subject of pending legislation in the Canadian House of Commons where Martin presides...

Updating a report from earlier today in JURIST's Paper Chase, Federal Communications Chairman Michael Powell has now announced his resignation from the Commission. In a statement released in Washington, he said: Having completed a bold and aggressive agenda, it...

The European Union announced Friday its unanimous approval of a measure to end penalty sanctions imposed on $4 billion worth of US exports. The European Council recommended the sanctions end on February 1 and approved a program...

Leading Friday's international brief, a key member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement , now the ruling party in Southern Sudan, has expressed concern about the makeup of the proposed UN peacekeeping force to be deployed in March....

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has warned that should China's National People's Congress enact an "anti-secession" law aimed at keeping Taiwan from becoming independent, Taiwan will enact its own "anti-annexation" law and might hold a referendum. Chen urged...

The Chinese Ministry of Education announced Friday that China's current restriction on marriage and childbearing for university students will be lifted. An official with the MOE student affairs department acknowledged that a new draft regulation on college...

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, Fidelity Investments announced two more traders have left the firm over the government's investigation into employees who inappropriately solicited and received expensive gifts and entertainment from brokers who wanted the...