Prepared testimony at hearings to consider the nomination of John R. Bolton, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, as US permanent representative to the United Nations, John R. Bolton, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 11,...

United States v. Stewart, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, April 11, 2005 [ruling denying an appeal by Stewart to modify or change her sentence. The appeal would have led to...

Solidarity founder and former Polish President Lech Walesa said Monday he has filed charges against Radio Maryja , a radical Roman Catholic radio station in Poland, over...

US District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum Monday denied an appeal by Martha Stewart to modify or change her sentence. The appeal would have led to an early release from house arrest. Stewart argued that she should...

The New York State Assembly Codes Committee will vote Tuesday on a measure to reauthorize the state's death penalty, which was declared unconstitutional in June. The New York State Assembly recently released a report detaling...

John Bolton , President Bush's nominee for US ambassador to the UN, appeared Monday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee . Senate Democrats largely oppose Bolton, who has been criticized for his statements on the irrelevance of...

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, Warren Buffett is set to appear before the SEC, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the US Department of Justice to answer questions related to...

Dutch officials Monday demanded an explanation as to why a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight was forced to turn around by US authorities on Friday. The 278 passengers aboard the flight returned to Amsterdam 11 hours later...

Microsoft has agreed, after mediation, to pay computer manufacturer Gateway $150 million over four years to settle claims arising from the software giant's mid-1990s antitrust case, in which Gateway was specifically identified as having...

In a strong move for a government-funded body, the first annual report of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Human Rights has confirmed the widespread belief that the country's security forces are involved in torture. The Council noted...