Under a new, broader definition of terror attacks, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) announced Tuesday there were 3,192 such attacks worldwide in 2004 resulting in 28,433 people killed, wounded or kidnapped. Under the old definition, the center had reported in April that there 651 significant international attacks and 9,000 victims. The new figures include politically [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Scott Gerber of Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law says that the second President of the United States has some good advice on the upcoming Supreme Court nomination process necessitated by the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor… The Left's call for President Bush to nominate a moderate replacement for retiring [...]

In an effort to reduce growing criminal legal aid expenses, the UK government laid before Parliament Tuesday a new strategy to require law firms to compete with each other on price for bulk contracts with the Legal Services Commission to represent defendants in magistrates' and crown courts. The reforms are expected to save £7 million [...]

US v. Romo, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 5, 2005 . Excerpt: Robert Romo appeals his conviction for threatening the President in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 871(a). Although he confessed to a licensed counselor that he made such a threat, he now claims that the counselor's trial testimony was [...]

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the prison therapist of a Montana inmate did not violate the psychologist-patient privilege when he contacted the Secret Service to report a letter the inmate wrote threatening to kill President Bush. Robert Romo sent the letter to the White House and then told his therapist [...]

A Kuwaiti judge has approved an independent medical commission to investigate allegations of torture by 37 detainees being held by Kuwaiti authorities for plotting attacks against US soldiers and killing four policemen in January. The medical board, made up of three medical professors from Kuwait University , was directed to examine the detainees after the [...]

A judge Tuesday pre-approved a $120 million settlement agreement for class action plaintiffs claiming they were molested by priests of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky, marking the largest settlement agreement yet for US church abuse victims. The ruling allows $40 million of the diocese assets to be paid to victims right away [...]

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spokesman said today that the agency still plans to pursue a $785 million civil suit against former HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy despite his acquittal last week in the criminal case against him. The SEC filed a complaint in March 2003 accusing [...]

US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley said Tuesday that President Bush has not changed his position on environmental policy but wants to broaden the debate at the G8 summit on matters beyond the Kyoto accord. Hadley said Bush was concerned with focussing on solving "inter-related problems" such as pollution, poverty alleviation and the development of [...]

Leading Tuesday's states brief, the Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday struck down the Oklahoma Municipal Employees Collective Bargaining Act as unconstitutional. The state law allowed municipal employees to unionize in cities with populations greater than 35,000. The court found the law unconstitutional because it discriminated against municipal workers in towns with smaller populations, and Justice Steven [...]