Attorney Ravi Batra can question "Law & Order" producer Dick Wolf in connection with a $15 million libel action the lawyer filed in 2004 against 35 defendants, including Wolf and NBC Universal, a New York judge has ruled.
Supreme Court Judge Bill Wilson does not owe lawyer Alan Galbraith a cent, the High Court at Wellington heard this morning from Justice Wilson´s lawyer, Colin Carruthers, QC.
A French judge has dropped charges against an Algerian official over the killing of a leading Algerian opposition figure, a lawyer says.
A new law has come into force in Greece banning smoking in enclosed public spaces and tobacco advertising.
The BBC has lost a legal fight to stop publication of a book which reveals the identity of Top Gear´s driver The Stig.
The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to stay his ruling last month that blocks the government from funding research that involves human embryonic stem cells.
James Hardie Industries, the biggest seller of home siding in the U.S., lost a dispute with the Australian Tax Office over claims it owes A$459 million ($412 million) in back taxes, interest and penalties.
Facebook has not obtained parental consent to use the names and likenesses of minors as required under California law, says plaintiffs attorney.
Latin America has never been more democratic: of 34 nations in Central and South America and the Caribbean, all except one (Cuba) are constitutional democracies, with laws guaranteeing open elections, independent courts, legislatures, and freedom of expression.
A campaign is under way to win the hearts and minds of state attorneys general in the run-up to a major Supreme Court case testing the constitutionality of limits on the sale of violent video games.
On their own time, state judges are experimenting with social media such as Facebook, according to a new survey. But judges doubt that that they could use the new media tools in their professional lives without violating judicial ethics codes.
Brazilian presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva´s chosen successor, said people who defend government spending cuts are wrong and to do so is a "crime."
India´s ban on BlackBerry services, which was expected to begin Tuesday, has been delayed pending a 60-day security test.
Tourists used to try to avoid Rio´s notorious slums. Now officials are inviting them to come and visit instead.
Keyhan daily attacked French first lady after she condemned stoning sentence against woman convicted of adultery.
Lawyers for former Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba complained to the International Criminal Court on Monday they cannot conduct a fair defense because prosecutors have seized his assets.
A New Hampshire high school student shocked so severely in a shop class that his heart stopped is suing his teacher, the school district and the city of Dover.
A federal administrative law judge said Monday that in the past four years, there have been more than 200 threats, including death threats, against ALJs and that there is not enough being done to ensure that judges who hear administrative cases are adequately protected.
US hedge funds are taking legal action against Porsche in a New York court for allegedly manipulating stock prices during its 2008 takeover tangle with Volkswagen. Public prosecutors in Stuttgart are investigating too.
It´s official: Morrison & Foerster is on a hot streak.
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