A US judge Wednesday denied Sami Al-Arian's request for a mistrial after suggestions emerged that the jury was tainted in the ongoing trial against the ex-professor . Sami Al-Arian and three other defendants are...

After legislators quashed the impeachment of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , opposition lawmakers said Thursday that they are attempting to collect enough votes to continue the impeachment process. In proceedings boycotted by the...

Among many other things, Hurricane Katrina has devastated the legal system in New Orleans, causing major disruption of legal services across the state of Louisiana and beyond. The storm has interrupted business in local courts [US District...

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Hawaii taxpayers may sue to halt state funding of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for purported discrimination against non-native residents . A three-judge panel of the...

US Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts has completed the last of ten practice sessions held to prepare him for his confirmation hearings, set to begin next week. The grueling sessions, which have been...

Four Navy SEALs who filed a lawsuit against the Associated Press (AP) for publishing pictures of the men posing with Iraqi detainees agreed Thursday to drop all claims and not appeal the July dismissal of...

The Shell Group agreed Thursday to pay $9.2 million to settle lawsuits brought last year by shareholders when the oil company admitted to overstating its oil and gas reserves by 20 percent in 2004. The...

A Cuban-born anti-Castro former CIA operative withdrew his petition for asylum in the US Wednesday, stating that if he continued to testify, he was afraid he may have to reveal state secrets. Luis Posada Carriles entered the...

Detainees at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay have started another hunger strike in an effort to "receive a fair hearing and humane treatment," according to human rights lawyers with the Center for Constitutional Rights...

US President George Bush told ABC's Good Morning America Thursday that there should be "zero tolerance" for the looters who have ransacked New Orleans' stores in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, one day after New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin...