Spain´s highest court upheld the country´s gay marriage law on Tuesday, rejecting an appeal lodged by the ruling People´s Party seven years ago and confirming the legality of same-sex unions.
President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
An Egyptian school teacher received a six-month suspended jail sentence on Tuesday for cutting the hair of two 12-year-old girl pupils who were not wearing Islamic headscarves, a judicial source said.
An Apple´s lawsuit against Google´s Motorola Mobility unit over alleged patent abuse was thrown out on Monday just hours before trial, a setback for the iPhone maker in its efforts to gain leverage in the smartphone patent wars.
American Suzuki Motor Corp., the U.S. distributor of Suzuki Motor Corp. automobiles and motorcycles, filed for bankruptcy protection to wind down its automotive division.
Jimmy Savile´s estate, the BBC and five other institutions including Stoke Mandeville hospital have been issued with formal notice that they face legal action from 43 victims seeking damages for alleged sexual abuse.
A computer technician charged with helping the Pope´s former butler in stealing confidential documents was not a close friend, denying he had frequent contact with his alleged accomplice, a court has heard.
The Constitutional Court is expected on Tuesday to vote in favor of gay marriage in a long-awaited decision concerning the seven-year-old law, which was challenged by the Popular Party while it was in opposition.
The heirs of Superman creators Jerome Siegel and Joseph Shuster will take their 15-year-old fight with Time Warner Inc.´s DC Comics unit to reclaim the rights to the comic book hero before a federal appeals court.
Comcast Corp. and Amgen Inc. are to ask the U.S. Supreme Court today to further limit class actions following a decision last year in the landmark Wal-Mart Stores Inc. discrimination case that restricted such group litigation.
A Brazilian model and actress died on the operating table during a liposuction surgery.
In the latest blow to multinational drug companies, a government board in India has revoked the patent of Roche Holding AG´s expensive drug for an infectious liver disease.
Latin American companies have sold a record amount of bonds in the US this year as borrowers have sought to tap global investors´ appetite for higher yielding assets.
Lawyers for as many as 10,000 potential plaintiffs pursuing claims over BP Plc´s 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill said their clients today will opt out or reject the company´s $7.8 billion settlement reached in March.
Language-software maker Rosetta Stone Inc has agreed to drop its trademark infringement lawsuit against Google Inc over the search engine company´s advertising practices.
Google denied a newspaper report on Wednesday that it had received a 1 billion euro tax claim from the French authorities.
Greece´s Parliament narrowly approved a law Wednesday that gives the government greater flexibility to privatize the country´s public utilities as euro-zone finance ministers all but ruled out a proposal to reduce the amount of debt that Greece owes them.
American Airlines and ticket distributor Sabre Holdings said on Wednesday they have settled a dispute over alleged anti-competitive business practices.
A Brazilian couple was charged in Miami with attempting to smuggle undocumented immigrants aboard boats from the Bahamas.
The U.S. District courthouse in lower Manhattan, which also houses the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, will remain closed on Wednesday in the aftermath of the massive storm that hit the East Coast, court officials said.
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