Sarath Fonseka found guilty of being involved in politics while in the military after entering presidential race this year.
Since a judge let him out of prison for a rape that prosecutors now say he did not commit, Michael A. Green has had trouble sleeping.
Are U.S. law firms losing international business opportunities because a surprising number of in-house lawyers prefer to seek counsel in other countries?
Claude Cassirer, 89, who fled Nazi Germany as a youth, is seeking to recover a Pissarro masterpiece seized from his Jewish family by the Nazis. The painting is on display at a Madrid museum.
A serious move is afoot to force fast-food giants to make kids meals more nutritionally viable if they want to sell them with kid-luring toys.
Tongan lawyers accused the Government yesterday of trying to influence the judiciary and called an inquiry into the independence of judges a farce.
On paper, José Serra of the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB), Brazil´s biggest opposition party, should be able to win the presidential election due on October 3rd without breaking a sweat.
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker said Thursday that California officials could begin issuing licenses to gay men and lesbians beginning Wednesday, in an order flowing from his decision last week striking down a state ban on same-sex marriages.
Bulgaria´s judiciary has been accused of corruption after suspects accused of plotting to kill the prime minister were released - due to lack of evidence. The EU has warned Sofia to tackle organized crime and corruption.
Paris Hilton was sued Wednesday for allegedly wearing someone else´s hair.
A ruling by New Brunswick´s top court that declares victims "cannot be allowed to hijack" a trial and chastens a judge so moved by tearful accounts of loss that he doubled an expected sentence is prompting debate over whether it is time to rethink the judicial system´s focus on victims´ rights.
Las Vegas Sands Corp.´s Singapore casino resort and a lawyers´ group settled lawsuits over unpaid bills and compensation for a May conference, which marred the opening of the $5.5 billion complex.
Brazil´s government has ordered its air force to officially record any sighting of unidentified flying objects.
In a twist on a theme we´ve seen in a couple of prior bankruptcies, the creditors committee in the Capmark Financial Group case is taking aim at heavyweight lenders who loaned Capmark money just before its bankruptcy and the advisers who negotiated the loans -- including Dewey & LeBoeuf.
The Federal Election Commission routinely dismisses complaints without explanation, depriving complainants of a basis to seek judicial review, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a public interest organization.
Zimbabwe´s president on Monday ruled out prosecuting those behind the 2008 violence and killings that engulfed the country and accounted for about 200 deaths.
A Vancouver lawyer has been awarded $6-million for injuries she received while dancing at a nightclub in 2001, in what an expert says is a glimpse into the potential lifetime earnings of a promising lawyer.
The judge who sent Lindsay Lohan to prison has removed herself from the case after a prosecutor complained she improperly contacted experts or participants in the case privately.
More than 90 percent of prisoners in Russian prisons and pretrial detention facilities have health problems, the Prosecutor General´s Office said Wednesday.
The American Bar Association´s governing body Tuesday voted in favor of supporting same-sex marriage at the urging of 14 groups, including two New York bar associations.
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