Incoming US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has added to his DOJ staff three of his former aides from the White House Counsel's office. When he took over earlier this month as Attorney General, Gonzales brought...

In Monday's environmental law news, a US citizen has settled a claim against Australian home products manufacturer James Hardie Industries for asbestos-related injuries. The confidential settlement is believed to be the first payout from the Australia-founded company...

UK High Court Justice Ronnie Weatherup has dismissed an application by Irish republican party Sinn Fein for a judicial review of the British government's decision to withdraw taxpayer funding of a development grant worth about £100,000 annually...

Spanish prosecutors are seeking 74,000-year prison terms for each of the three suspects accused of using Spain as a staging ground for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. The prison terms correspond to all the charges,...

US District Court Judge William D. Quarles Jr. has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Baltimore Sun challenging on First Amendment grounds an order from Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. which barred thousands of state employees...

The California Republican Party has changed a party rule which allows the party to endorse Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger 16 months before the 2006 gubernatorial primary. Schwarzenegger, who still has not decided whether he will seek...

US District Judge Barbara Jones Monday suspended the fraud trial of former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers until Wednesday without explanation. The postponement comes just before the defense's cross-examination of the government's star witness, Scott Sullivan, the former finance chief...

DNA tests announced in a Sri Lanka court Monday confirmed that "Baby 81," a baby boy rescued from debris in the wake of the tsunami, does in fact belong to the couple who had launched a legal...

Eleven al Qaeda suspects began their trial in Yemen on Monday, charged with trying to support insurgents battling against US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The defendants were also charged with planning attacks in Yemen. The defendants admitted to...

President Bush on Monday urged Congress to re-authorize the USA Patriot Act, the widely-criticized legislation passed in the wake of September 11. "We must not allow the passage of time or the illusion of safety to weaken our resolve...