Europe rights court says Russian military tortured Chechen brothers
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that two Chechen brothers were tortured by the Russian military during their 6-month detention in 2000 and awarded each brother 35,000 ($57,665) compensation. Adam and Arbi Chitayev,...
Cisco filed a lawsuit against Apple, Inc. on Wednesday in federal court, requesting injunctive relief from Apple's use of the name "iPhone," to which Cisco has held the trademark since 2000. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled [recorded...
Lobbyist Jack Abramoff on Wednesday began serving his six-year prison sentence on fraud and conspiracy charges. Abramoff will serve his sentence at a minimum-security facility in Cumberland, MD, a location close to the Washington, DC prosecutors...
An Italian court on Monday convicted Egyptian Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed for his role in the 2004 Madrid train bombings , sentencing him to ten years in prison. Ahmed's trial began earlier this year [JURIST...
Supreme Court to hear second 'partial birth' abortion ban case
The US Supreme Court on Monday announced it would hear a second case challenging the constitutionality of the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 . The court granted certiorari in Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood...
Ex-Bush administration official on trial for alleged obstruction of Abramoff probe
The trial of David Safavian , former chief of staff at the General Services Administration (GSA) and former White House chief procurement officer, begins Wednesday. Safavian is charged with making false statements to Senate and GSA...
Supreme Court considers insanity defense, will rehear 'knock and announce' case
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Clark v. Arizona , 05-5966, a case in which the Court will decide the constitutionality of Arizona statutes governing...
Environmental brief ~ US FWS proposes pulling bald eagle from endangered list
Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on its original 1999 proposal to remove the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) from the federal...
Gore fires legal broadside at Bush; says Constitution in 'grave danger'
In a scathing and fiery speech in Washington Monday on eavesdropping and excesses of executive power, former Vice-President and 2000 Democratic Party nominee Al Gore declared that the US Constitution was in "grave danger" and...
Enron settles with FERC in investigation of 2000 western power crisis
Enron and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement Tuesday over allegations that Enron manipulated electricity supplies during the power crisis in California, Oregon, and Washington in 2000-01....
