A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to the federal health care reform law for lack of standing. The suit...

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday filed a corruption lawsuit in a US federal court against a natural gas trading company. In the suit against Swiss-based RosUkrEnergo , Tymoshenko...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 5-4 in AT&T v. Concepcion that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) , which provides for judicial facilitation of private dispute...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan on whether the First Amendment allows states to...

A Somali man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to piracy, kidnapping and weapons charges related to a yacht hijacking in February that left four Americans dead....

A study released Tuesday by PLoS Medicine asserts that US military medical personnel responsible for treating Guantanamo Bay detainees consciously disregarded evidence of physical and psychological torture. The report's authors, including a retired...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Sorrell v. IMS Health to determine whether a state law prohibiting prescription drug manufacturers...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday ordered a new sentencing hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal , a former member of the Black Panthers who was convicted and sentenced to...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 7-1 in United States v. Tohono O'odham Indian Nation that the tribe cannot bring a suit based on the same...

A UN panel of experts said in a report released Monday that the Sri Lankan government and rebel forces may have committed war crimes during the final stages of the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...