The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday heard arguments in a challenge to illegal immigration legislation recently passed in Alabama and Georgia, but the three-judge panel chose to defer its ruling until after...

Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein. He is charged with 41 counts of crimes committed in...

A German court on Friday dismissed suits by Apple and Samsung against each other over smartphone technology. Samsung alleged that Apple violated its patents for 3G technology while Apple argued that...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that a warrantless search of a suspect's cell phone to collect its phone number does not constitute a violation of Fourth Amendment [Cornell LII...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Wednesday that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is immune from suit under the Torture Victim Protection Act...

Maryland joined the seven states that allow same-sex marriage when Governor Martin O'Malley (D) signed the Civil Marriage Protection Act on Thursday. With signing the bill the governor released the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the state of Washington did not violate the constitutional rights of certain legal immigrants when it discontinued their food stamp benefits to...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of California on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the US Attorney's authority to prosecute medical marijuana providers in the state. The...

Google's new privacy policy , which took affect Thursday, is in violation of European law according to the EU's Justice Commissioner Vice-President Viviane Reding . The new policy allows data collection from one Google service to...

Bahrain is convicting hundreds of opposition activists in unfair and politically motivated trials, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The 94-page report details alleged due process violations in both civilian and military courts....