Officials from the Ensco Offshore Company appeared in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday in connection with a lawsuit the company filed last year against the moratorium...
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Media magnate Conrad Black returned to the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Thursday for a status hearing before judge Amy St. Eve . St. Eve will begin...
The Associated Press (AP) and artist Shepard Fairey on Wednesday reached a settlement agreement on their opposing copyright infringement claims stemming from Fairey's unauthorized use of an AP photo of incumbent US President Barack...
The state of Texas on Wednesday failed for the third time in two months at its attempts to block new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations governing greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral argument in two criminal cases, one involving law enforcement creating exigent circumstances for entering a home without a warrant, and the other interpreting a provision of the Armed Career...
The Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) on Wednesday ordered the US Department of the Interior (DOI) to reinstate Teresa Chambers as U.S. Park Police chief after determining her termination was unjustified. The MSPB...
The Italian Constitutional Court held hearings on Tuesday to determine the constitutionality of a law that grants temporary immunity to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for charges he currently faces in Milan....
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Washington state's "top-two" primary election system is constitutional. Judge John Coughenour of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington held that voters were not confused...
The US Supreme Court voted Tuesday to stay the execution of convicted murderer Cleve Foster until it decides whether to grant his petition for certiorari. Foster,...
The Illinois Senate , sitting in a lame-duck session, on Tuesday passed a bill abolishing the state's death penalty . The amended bill (SB3539) , approved by the House last week, passed 35-22...
