Arar v. Ashcroft, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, November 2, 2009 [holding that Canadian citizen Maher Arar cannot sue the US government for damages based on his detention in the US and his detention, interrogation,...

Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. US Patent and Trademark Office, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of New York, November 2, 2009 [denying a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging patents on human genes, allowing...

Brown v. City of Pittsburgh, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, October 30, 2009 .Reported in...

In re: Expungement of juvenile records and vacatur of Luzerne County Juvenile Court consent decrees or adjudications from 2003-2008, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, October 29, 2009 [overturning thousands of juvenile-offender convictions issued by a judge indicted on federal corruption charges...

Sherely, et al. v. Sebelius, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, October 27, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest...

2009 Report on International Religious Freedom, US Department of State, October 26, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on religious freedom....

Declaration of a National Emergency with respect to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic, White House, October 24, 2009 [granting Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius authority under section 1135 of the Social Security Act to allow medical...

West Bank road segregation judgment, Israel Supreme Court, October 22, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....

The Queen on the Application of Binyam Mohamed v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, High Court of Justice: Queen's Bench Division, October 16, 2009 [holding that previously redacted text regarding the alleged torture of former Guantanamo detainee...

American Civil Liberties Union, et al. v. US Department of Defense, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, October 16, 2009 [refusing to force the Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency to release non-redacted versions of...