The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a six-page order Friday evening suggesting that the Enron Corp. was engaging in illegal activity when it entered contracts with utility companies and cities during the energy crisis of 2000-01. The order marked the first time the commission has noted that such contracts may have been signed fraudulently. [...]

China's State Council Saturday approved the resignation of Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, submitted earlier this week . While Tung cited his failing health as his reason for resigning, some believe he was pushed out by the Chinese government for poor handling of the SARS outbreak and domestic legal and economic issues. China [...]

UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke Saturday issued the first "control orders" limiting the movements of uncharged terror suspects under authority granted by the Prevention of Terrorism Act that was passed by Parliament Friday. The orders were issued against a total of 10 suspects previously released on bail under strict conditions. Pursuant to a compromise provision [...]

At the instance of UK Members of Parliament, the Bar Council , the governing body for English barristers, is launching an independent inquiry into the legal advice that England's Attorney General provided to Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2003 on the legality of going to war with Iraq. The inquiry follows revelations late this week [...]

The US Department of Justice announced Friday that the government will pay over $25 million to Holocaust survivors, settling a long term class action suit over the US Army's pilfering of the Hungarian Gold Train . The train contained valuables belonging to the survivors that was loaded by the Hungarian Nazi government trying to move [...]

Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA Patriot Act, US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, released March 11, 2005 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, passed by the UK House of Commons and House of Lords and received royal assent, March 11, 2005 . Read the full text of the legislation from Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Log of (and links to) Department of Defense reports of investigations into US treatment of prisoners in Iraq obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, posted online by the ACLU March 10, 2005 . Read the full text of the reports here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase [...]

Santa Clara Superior Court Judge James P. Kleinberg ruled Friday that Apple Computer could subpoena the e-mail records of the PowerPage Macintosh enthusiast website. Apple has been engaged in legal actions against PowerPage and other Mac fan sites alleging that they published trade secrets about new Apple products; the site owners have argued that they [...]

A US Department of Justice report released Friday described allegations of mistreatment of Muslim prisoners at several US federal prisons and documented one instance where a warden and guards discriminated and retaliated against Muslim inmates who had complained. The allegations and findings were contained in a regular semi-annual report of alleged civil liberties and civil [...]