The UN Human Rights Council held its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Monday, reviewing the human rights record of Bahrain.
New EU anti-terror laws proposed by the European Commission fail to adequately reconcile human rights concerns and may conflict with the Council of Europe´s Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism
Novartis AG has agreed to buy Nestlé S.A.´s stake in eye care company Alcon Inc. in a two-step deal worth about $39 billion.
A Pittsburgh couple has sued Google alleging their privacy is being invaded by the Internet giant´s wildly popular "Street View" mapping feature.
Yahoo Inc, responding to a three-week deadline issued by Microsoft Corp to accept its $42 billion takeover bid, again rejected the deal for undervaluing the Web pioneer.
The trustee in SonicBlue’s bankruptcy is seeking disgorgement of fees and damages against two law firms connected to the case: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Levene, Neale, Bender, Rankin & Brill.
The US Department of Justice on Friday sued Fox Broadcasting Company to collect unpaid fines issued for the broadcast of the controversial 2003 reality show "Married by America."
Reports of yet another controversial Justice Department memo by John Yoo have surfaced. This one said the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures doesn’t apply to military operations in terrorism cases on U.S. soil.
A controversial proposal to allow bankruptcy judges to rewrite homeowners’ mortgages has died in the Senate. Sen. Richard Durbin had backed the bankruptcy change, but he agreed to table the proposal so it would not threaten a larger bill to help struggling homeowners, the New York Times reports.
An en banc 9th Circuit has ruled that a website can be held liable for violating fair housing laws. The ruling by 11 judges of the San Francisco-based court found that Roommates.com can be sued for violating federal fair housing laws because it requires users to provide information that individuals would be barred from seeking in person or over the phone.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Thursday signed legislation that bans protests within 150 feet of a funeral one hour before, during and two hours after the end of a service.
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff joined forces Thursday to speak out against the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 in separate letters to US senators, arguing that the bill poses a threat to national security.
Law enforcement officials from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated the constitutional privacy and due process rights of suspected illegal aliens by raiding their homes, according to a complaint filed in New Jersey federal court Thursday.
The US Department of Defense (DOD) is circumventing legal limits on its relatively narrow power to issue so-called national security letters (NSLs) by getting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to use its broader NSL-issuing powers on the DOD´s behalf, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Tuesday.
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have sued the Environmental Protection Agency in an effort to force regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
The US House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday voted 38-12 to approve the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, a bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory power over tobacco products.
The US Justice Department filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court on Monday seeking review of a Ninth Circuit ruling affirming a district court opinion rejecting the Bush administration´s attempt to exempt the US Navy from environmental laws so that the Navy could continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the coast of southern California.
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against a New York Law firm accused of aiding and abetting securities fraud by a collapsed hedge fund that was one of its clients.
A judicial ethics commission has recommended a $25,000 fine and 30-day suspension for a judge who sent two “bizarre” and “threatening” letters to the publisher of the Boston Herald.
The Bush administration plans to invoke legal waivers to push through completion of 267 miles of fencing along the US-Mexico border by the end of this year, federal officials said Tuesday according to AP.
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