Facebook Inc., the most-visited U.S. website, Google Inc. and other U.S.-based companies would have to comply with stricter data-protection rules being planned for the European Union, the region’s justice commissioner said.
The U.S. Justice Department is suing the state of California and Gov. Jerry Brown because prison authorities required a Sikh prison inmate to cut his beard.
The Obama administration is ramping up its search for a new Federal Bureau of Investigation director, as Robert Mueller´s term approaches its end in early September, with former Bush and Clinton administration officials and a federal judge among those being considered.
Changes concerning the Legal Services Board and Citizens Advice, including the closure of the LSB´s website, have brought the independence issue to the fore again.
CIA contractor, Raymond Davis, is released after families of the two Pakistanis he killed, pardoned him in exchange for compensation.
A woman whose "life was hell" and "appalling" after an operation which left her with chronic faecal incontinence has been given the go-ahead to sue her surgeon for medical negligence.
The White House today proposed sweeping revisions to U.S. copyright law, including making "illegal streaming" of audio or video a federal felony and allowing FBI agents to wiretap suspected infringers.
A Manhattan mother is suing her 4-year-old daughter´s preschool, calling it "one big playroom" that deprived the child of the edge needed to get into an elite elementary school.
French carmaker Renault - RENA.PA made a public apology to three executives accused of industrial espionage after the Paris prosecutor said the trio had no case to answer.
Raymond E. Bowman, the former president of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., admitted to his role in what prosecutors said was a $1.9 billion fraud that included attempting to deceive the federal bank bailout program.
The lead law firm for some 10,000 plaintiffs in the 9/11 respiratory illness litigation has been ordered to cooperate with a special counsel appointed by Southern District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein to alleviate a conflict of interest the judge said may have "seriously prejudiced" 59 plaintiffs.
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced five Somali pirates to life sentences on Monday for attacking the USS Nicholas.
Seven Guatemalans filed a class action lawsuit on Monday with the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that they had been the subject of non-consensual human medical experimentation by the US Public Health Service - PHS.
March 15 is World Consumer Rights Day and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) encourages Canadian consumers to protect themselves by fully understanding their rights and responsibilities regarding financial products and services.
Minister for Consumer Affairs Michael O´Brien has used World Consumer Rights Day to remind Victorians to be aware of their rights as consumers.
Consumers Union joins consumer groups across the globe to call for stronger consumer financial protections on World Consumer Rights Day.
Judges to decide on nature and extent of copyright in 3D objects, in this case, replica Star Wars costumes.
Lethal Weapon actor sentenced to probation, fined, and given community service after striking a deal with prosecutors.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted 94-2 Wednesday to approve a bill (HB 1888) that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of gestation.
A grand jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Thursday indicted 14 suspects for overtaking a yacht containing four Americans.
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