A federal judge approved a $4 billion settlement of criminal charges Tuesday between BP PLC and the U.S. Justice Department over the deadly Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico.
The horrific fire in a nightclub in southern Brazil at the weekend will indeed, as Samantha Pearson wrote on Monday, add to scrutiny on Brazil.
A Nevada woman who was attacked by a man she met on Match.com is suing the dating website for failing to alert her of the dangers that come with an online match.
A bipartisan group of senators unveiled on Monday a set of principles for comprehensive immigration legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants already in the country illegally, contingent on first securing the nation´s borders.
China has seen its first case of an AIDS patient being awarded compensation for discrimination on account of his condition.
Starbucks has dismissed reports it held urgent talks with government officials over fears it was being singled out for criticism of corporate tax avoidance.
Harvard law professor Vicki Jackson argued in a brief filed Thursday that the US Supreme Court does not have the power to review the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 - DOMA.
Infamous royal prank call DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian have escaped the axe despite employer Southern Cross Austereo´s axing of their Hot 30 program over the weekend, two months after putting it in hiatus because of the suicide of a British nurse.
A German court has ruled that people may seek compensation from internet service providers (ISPs) if their internet access is disrupted.
Cinemark Holdings Inc. shouldn´t face civil claims for wrongful death over the July shooting rampage at its theater in Aurora, Colorado, that left 12 people dead, a federal magistrate judge said.
A former Central Intelligence Agency officer who helped capture alleged al-Qaeda lieutenant Abu Zubaydah was sentenced to 30 months in prison for disclosing secret information to journalists about two other CIA agents.
A federal appeals court has denied a communications company´s bid to appeal a decision related to the bankruptcy of WorldCom, finding that the company´s attorney failed to meet a key deadline through his own negligence.
A New York appeals court on Thursday reinstated claims brought by Reed Smith against three other law firms in connection with a longstanding legal malpractice case.
A Milan court on Monday set a timetable for hearings in the underage sex trial of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, setting the last session of the trial for early March, two weeks after the February 24–25 national elections.
No smoke without fire as thousands of tobacco retailers take to the streets of Brussels to protest against the European Commission´s proposed restrictions on cigarettes.
A 27-year-old man was ordered Tuesday to spend six months in a live-in rehabilitation center for stalking Hollywood actress Mila Kunis, as well as to keep away from the "Black Swan" star.
the UK, should the country exit the European Union.
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