The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that the three oil drilling companies charged with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act have agreed to a plea agreement settling the case for $26...
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Thirty-eight US states and Samsung Electronics agreed Tuesday to a $90 million settlement, pending court approval, to resolve allegations that Samsung fixed prices and engaged in other anticompetitive activities in the market for DRAM memory chips for...
Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Wednesday condemned new charges brought against him by the Russian government earlier this week, calling the indictment "absurd and ungrounded." Prosecutors charged Khodorkovsky and business...
The UN signed an agreement Tuesday to create an international tribunal to try suspects accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005. The agreement must now be ratified by the...
Opening arguments were heard on Wednesday in a defamation action brought by the Paris Mosque and the Union of Islamic Organizations of France against Charlie-Hebdo magazine and director Philippe Val for...
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs called on four of the largest record companies who distribute their music through iTunes to allow Apple to sell music without anti-piracy protection in an letter placed on Apple's website Tuesday. Jobs...
Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups, February 6, 2007 ....
The US Army on Tuesday set a trial date for Lt. Col. Steven Lee Jordan , the only military officer to face charges in connection with abuses of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news...
US Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced a bill Tuesday entitled the "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007" designed to protect the personal information of American consumers. The legislation resembles...
Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, February 6, 2006 [ruling that a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for allegedly discriminating against female employees should go to trial, upholding a 2004 certificate of the...
