US Army Sergeant Kevin Benderman will go before a general court-martial at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Thursday on charges of desertion and missing movement after he failed to report for his unit's deployment flight to Iraq...

Updating a story previously reported in JURIST's Paper Chase, police in south London's Stockwell area arrested three women late Wednesday for allegedly harboring several suspects in last week's failed London bomb attacks . Reuters has more....

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Wednesday that notwithstanding White House warnings, Democrats plan to request additional legal writings by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, including work he produced during his tenure as principal deputy solicitor general in...

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has announced that the SEC approved a new rule requiring firms to better inform clients about non-managed fee-based accounts (NMFBA). NYSE Rule 405(A) forces...

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the California Supreme Court today overturned a lower court and ordered that state voters will be given the opportunity to vote on Proposition 80 during a November 8th special election [California Secretary of State election...

Police in Britain have confirmed that Yasin Hassan Omar, a Somali citizen with British residency, was among four men arrested when he was subdued with a stun gun after officers raided a home in Birmingham early Wednesday...

US Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) has hinted that he might not support Timothy Flanigan, President Bush's pick for Deputy Attorney General, if Flanigan is not willing to allow proper Congressional oversight of his role. Flanigan,...

A French court Wednesday found 13 individuals and companies in the Mont Blanc tunnel disaster trial guilty of manslaughter, with former French head of tunnel security Gerard Roncoli receiving a six month prison sentence. Gilbert...

The former warden of Abu Ghraib prison , Maj. David Dinenna, testified at a preliminary hearing on Wednesday for two Army dog handlers accused of using the animals to abuse detainees that the US Department...

Five people were sentenced on Wednesday by a French court for their role in a child sex ring after one of the biggest criminal trials in the country's history . Since March, 66 defendants have been on trial...