As income tax filing deadline rolls around, spare a thought for the millions of Americans overseas who have been singled out by Congress for special treatment, with a new form that will add to the hassle of tax time for many and, critics say, set up the unwary for penalties.
Jennifer Robinson says she was told she was on a ´watch list´ and would need official approval to return to her native Australia.
Waving a gun, real or fake, at a photographer is a crime in France. Pippa Middleton and her friend, allegedly a lawyer, are reported to have been questioned by French police. Has she broken the law?
The European Parliament has adopted a controversial bill clarifying US access to personal data about airline passengers in the EU.
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed claims against Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and 40 other defendants that they helped mislead investors in General Electric Co´s $12.2 billion stock offering in 2008.
Twitter said on Tuesday that it would structure its patents so they could not be used for offensive litigation purposes without permission from the people who developed them.
A pair of African American men expect to file a lawsuit against ABC television and the producer of reality dating shows "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" charging racial discrimination, attorneys said on Tuesday.
Forbes released this year´s Global 2000, the magazine´s annual guide to the biggest companies with the top composite scores based on their rankings for sales, profits, assets and market value.
Johnny Depp is being sued by a disabled woman who claims she was roughed up by the actor´s security guards.
Oracle is trying to convince a jury that Google´s top executives have long known that they stole a key piece of technology to build the Android software that now powers more than more than 300 million smartphones and tablet computers.
When Anders Behring Breivik took the stand in the Oslo courthouse overnight and spoke of Sitting Bull, sushi and flat screens to explain his mass killings in Norway last year, he was met by smirks, impatience and scoldings.
The chiefs of iPhone-maker Apple and smartphone giant Samsung have agreed to meet in the coming months to try to resolve patent disputes before the matters go to trial, legal filings showed.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a generic drugmaker in a case over how companies can fight brand-name rivals in an effort to get their cheaper medicines to market.
The ongoing battle between American Airlines and an outspoken and recently fired flight attendant is heading to court.
When Dmitri Krioukov was given a traffic ticket for running a stop sign, he came up with a rather calculated way of proving his innocence.
Google Inc. "impeded" and "delayed" a U.S. inquiry into its data-collection practices, according to the latest in a series of regulatory probes of the company´s privacy practices.
The American Bar Association on Monday abandoned the idea of allowing non-lawyers to take an ownership stake in law firms.
Facebook Inc, which runs the world´s largest social networking website, won a court ruling on Friday rejecting a bid by thousands of advertisers to sue the company as a group for overcharging them.
A Brazilian judge moved two $11bn civil cases against Chevron and drilling-rig operator Transocean related to an offshore drilling accident and spills to a different court in Rio de Janeiro, a decision that removes a crusading prosecutor from the cases.
A transformation is underway in the polished hallways and corner offices of Washington’s venerable legal industry.
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