The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a $1.023 billion settlement with 41 American Indian Tribes Wednesday. The announcement comes following a 22-month negotiation period after the...
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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday issued an opinion holding that a former Goldman Sachs programmer did not violate a federal law prohibiting theft of trade secrets when he copied...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday called for urgent national and international action to bring an end to the political instability and continuing human rights violations in Mali. According to Pillay,...
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday upheld as constitutional a right to education law that requires most schools to reserve one-quarter of its class seats for poor, underprivileged children. The ruling comes after a number of...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday asked the court to report Libya to the UN Security Council for failing to turn over the son of former Libyan leader Muammar...
Prosecutors in Turkey ordered the arrest of dozens of former military leaders on Thursday for their alleged role in the ouster of former prime minister Necmettin Erbakan . Prosecutors allege that the military leaders, including four retired generals,...
The Connecticut House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to repeal the death penalty by a vote of 86-63. The Connecticut Senate passed the bill last week . After the bill's final passage, Governor...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a brief in the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the recently passed Texas photo identification law [SB 14...
The anti-trust division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York accusing Apple and other...
A group of minorities in France has filed a lawsuit alleging police searches are conducted on the basis of racial profiling, according to a statement made by their lawyers and the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) on...
