Citigroup, UBS, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank were charged Wednesday in Milan in connection with the collapse of Italian dairy giant Parmalat SpA . Judge Cesare Tacconi issued the indictments accusing the banks...

Al-Skeini and others v. Secretary of State for Defense, UK House of Lords, June 13, 2007 [ruling that the Human Rights Act of 1998 applies to overseas British soldiers if an alleged human rights abuse occurred within the legal jurisdiction...

Prosecutors in Switzerland said Wednesday that they have decided to appeal last week's acquittal of all 19 executives and consultants charged in connection with the collapse of Swissair Group , the...

The US House of Representatives Wednesday passed the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 , which closes a loophole that allowed Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho to purchase firearms despite a court order...

The warden of a prison where Jonathan 'Jack' Idema , the last of three imprisoned US citizens convicted of illegal imprisonment and torture in Afghanistan in 2004, confirmed Idema's release Wednesday, saying that Idema left Afghanistan shortly after...

European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx expressed concern in letters sent Monday to the Portuguese ministers for justice and the interior that privacy and data protection are increasingly being sacrificed in the...

A Filipino court acquitted Imelda Marcos of all five charges of tax evasion Wednesday, finding that the prosecution failed to demonstrate criminal intent in Marcos' failure to pay income and estate taxes between 1985 and 1989. Marcos,...

Gallenthin Realty Development, Inc. v. Borough of Paulsboro, New Jersey Supreme Court, June 13, 2007 . Read the full text...

Navy Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby , commander of Joint Task Force - Guantanamo Bay, told AP Tuesday that there are two ongoing investigations into the apparent suicide death of a Saudi Arabian detainee, adding that...

Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virgina Tech Tragedy, US Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, and Department of Education, June 13, 2007 [finding that educational, health, and law enforcement workers don't understand privacy...