The Swiss Federal Administrative Court (FAC) on Wednesday ruled that Switzerland is not permitted to give the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a Credit Suisse client's account information. In a...
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The chief US military judge at Guantanamo Bay assigned himself on Monday to preside over the tribunals of five alleged plotters of the 9/11 terror attacks . Army Col. James Pohl scheduled the hearing...
A complaint allegedly filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) could reopen a human rights lawsuit against Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, Reuters reported Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges wrongdoing by Humala during his service as...
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on Tuesday proposed amendments to Virginia's voter ID legislation as passed by the General Assembly during the 2012 session. McDonnell's amendments include extending the time a voter would have...
Former Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband Jose Miguel Arroyo pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to corruption charges before a special anti-graft court in the Philippines. The corruption charges stem from a government...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday rejected the government's broad reading of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) . This decision directly contradicts the rulings of three other appeals...
National gay rights advocacy group Lambda Legal on Tuesday filed suit on behalf of eight same-sex couples against the state of Nevada claiming that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates their rights...
The Arizona House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that bans abortions after 20 weeks into a pregnancy, with an exception carved out only for medical emergencies. In addition to...
A panel of judges for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments on Tuesday over the constitutionality of new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations requiring cigarette...
A civil rights activist on Monday filed suit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to challenge the state's "No Duty to Retreat" law , a piece of legislation that he believes...
