British police are bracing for hate crimes against Muslims in response to the announcement Tuesday that the perpetrators of the London bombings were British citizens and are vowing to handle any calls swiftly and vigorously. Police chiefs and community leaders have met in Scotland Yard to discuss and prepare for potential retaliation. The chief constable [...]

An Egyptian court Tuesday ordered Tarek el-Zomor released from prison for his involvement in the 1981 assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat . El-Zomor was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group which organized Sadat's murder because it disagreed with his Camp David peace negotiations with Israel. The court order said el-Zomor [...]

The US Tuesday urged the UN General Assembly to vote against a draft resolution by the so-called G-4 to expand the UN Security Council by adding six additional permanent seats and four non-permanent seats to the current 15 members. The debate over the resolution submitted by Germany, Japan, India, and Brazil has split the General [...]

US District Judge Royce Lamberth blasted the US Interior Department Tuesday and ordered it to admit to American Indian plaintiffs that information being provided to them regarding outstanding lost royalties on earnings from Indian land may be unreliable, calling the Department's handling of a trust fund the "oblivious hand-me-down of a disgracefully racist and imperialist [...]

Leading Tuesday's states brief, a Kentucky circuit judge issued two stays of execution today to allow two prisoners to continue their challenge to the state's use of lethal injection as a form of execution. Last week, the same judge ruled that the use of lethal injection was constitutional . While no death warrants are in [...]

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill, passed by the UK House of Commons on July 11, 2005 likely to stir up racial or religious hatred," carrying a maximum sentence of 7 years]. Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, American Express has settled a lawsuit with New Hampshire and residents of the state. The state said it sued after learning the company had pressured agents in New Hampshire to sell its own underperforming options. New Hampshire had originally asked for $17 million in damages. Reuters has more. [...]

Italian Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu presented new anti-terror measures in Italy's parliament Tuesday amid increased fears of attacks in Italy in the wake of Thursday's bombings in London . The measures, including provisions allowing police to hold suspects longer who have not been charged, would give police greater investigative powers and provide incentives for those [...]

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter , co-sponsor with Senator Patrick Leahy of a bill to end asbestos injury lawsuits and pay the claims from a private fund instead, said Tuesday he was still urging the bill to be brought forward despite criticism , a tight legislative calendar, and a looming battle in the [...]

Lawyers for former star investment banker Frank Quattrone asked an appeals court Tuesday to throw out his conviction due to confusing jury instructions given at his trial. Quattrone, sentenced to 18 months in prison , was convicted on charges of obstructing a federal stock investigation after he sent out an e-mail to employees at Credit [...]