Retail Industry Leaders Association v. James D. Fielder, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, January 17, 2007 [ruling that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act requiring Wal-Mart...
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act [text,...
Walter Forbes, former Chairman of Cendant Corp. , the huge New York-based company that owns Ramada, Howard Johnson, Avis, Coldwell Banker and Century 21, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and seven months in prison pursuant to a...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Wednesday that three former Croatian generals will begin their war crimes trial at The Hague in May. Ante Gotovina , Ivan Cermak and...
European Commission investigators have again asked EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes to formally charge computer chip maker Intel with antitrust violations, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday. In October,...
The Bush Administration will from now on submit all domestic surveillance requests to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for review and approval under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, according to a letter [PDF text; US DOJ...
A US military judge ruled Tuesday that 1st Lt. Ehren Watada , a US Army officer who refused deployment to Iraq because he felt the war is 'unlawful,' cannot argue that point in...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Smith v. Texas , 05-11304, where the court must decide whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was...
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be sentenced to death at a hearing before the Iraqi High Tribunal now scheduled for January 25, according to a court spokesperson speaking to the press...
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an alien convicted for aiding and abetting a theft offense can be deported under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) . In Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez [Duke...