The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday struck down part of the nation's anti-money laundering and terrorist financing law pertaining to lawyers, on the grounds that the legislation infringed on lawyers' duty to their clients....
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Lawyers for Abigail Noel Fisher filed a new appeal before the US Supreme Court Wednesday, challenging, for a second time, the University of Texas affirmative action program. This prolonged legal battle began...
Greece's new government, led by the left-wing Syriza party , vowed Monday to extend legal status to same-sex couples. Justice Minister Nikolaos Paraskevopoulos in a speech before the Greek parliament stated that...
The London High Court on Friday rejected a request for an injunction by Iran's main oil tanker firm, NITC , which the company had sought to block the re-imposition of sanctions by the EU. High Court...
The Romanian Parliament on Wednesday voted to allow prosecutors to investigate prominent politician Elena Udrea on suspicion of corruption. A parliamentary committee voted 20-1 to launch a formal criminal investigation of...
An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced 230 protesters to life in prison, finding them guilty of taking part in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo in December 2011. Among those sentenced, was prominent activist Ahmed...
Uganda's attorney general on Monday assured the International Criminal Court (ICC) that the government will cooperate in the trial of rebel commander Dominic Ongwen . The former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander made...
A court in Egypt on Monday confirmed death sentences for 183 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood and ousted president Mohammed Morsi . The men were convicted in December of playing...
Nominee for the position of US Attorney General , Loretta Lynch, stood before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. Lynch, a US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, will face two days of hearings...
The state of Georgia executed inmate Warren Lee Hill Tuesday despite arguments made by his attorneys that he was intellectually disabled. The US Supreme Court denied Hill's application for stay of execution, rejecting both his petition for...
