Mandatory sentences of life in prison without parole for juvenile offenders violate the US constitution, the Supreme Court has ruled.
It is another cautionary tale about a well-trodden subject: the difficulty (or is it impossibility?) of work/life balance.
Vivendi SA said it will appeal a $956 million verdict in a lawsuit over its 2001 purchase from Liberty Media Corp. of its stake in USA Networks Inc.
Plaintiffs seeking more than 4 billion euros ($5 billion) in damages from Porsche SE may find it difficult to make their case in a German court system that offers them only a limited view of the company´s inner workings.
Microsoft suffered another defeat at the hands of the European Commission, after failing to overturn a hefty fine in a court battle that is likely to draw the curtain on an antitrust feud lasting more than a decade.
Wednesday´s newspapers in Beijing mark the signing of an international treaty on intellectual property rights (IPRs).
A court has banned sales of Samsung´s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the US while it decides on the firm´s patent dispute with Apple.
A federal judge in Massachusetts has denied Netflix Inc.´s request to throw out a lawsuit brought by the National Assn. for the Deaf.
A former Los Angeles County sheriff´s deputy who was believed to be trying to smuggle heroin, stuffed inside a burrito, into a courthouse jail was sentenced Monday to two years in jail.
A former Jackson attorney has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison in Madison County Circuit Court for embezzling more than $500,000 from several clients that he represented in 2008 and 2009.
The suit claims three justices violated the law when they used staff to help them complete paperwork to appear on the ballot for merit retention.
Microsoft Corp.´s decade-long struggle against a European Union antitrust probe that led to more than 1.68 billion euros ($2.1 bn) in fines will enter its final phase tomorrow when an EU court rules on the company´s challenge.
Singapore police arrested Kong Hee, the founder of a church in the Asian city whose pop singer wife Ho Yeow Sun has performed with artists like Wyclef Jean, for allegedly falsifying accounts.
Some of Brazil´s most notorious criminals offered 48 days off jail terms each year if they read 12 books.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down key parts of an Arizona law that sought to deter illegal immigration, but let stand a controversial provision allowing police to check a person´s immigration status while enforcing other laws.
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