Credit Suisse First Boston v. Billing, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2007 [holding that federal antitrust laws do not apply to a case where investors are filing a class action lawsuit against underwriters and institutional investors for their alleged manipulation...
The US delegation to the Meetings of the Group of Governmental Experts for the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) said Monday that the United States will not support a ban on the...
Thai Attorney General Phatchara Yutithamdamrong said Monday that he would seek a criminal trial against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife regarding a 2003 land purchase by Pojamarn Shinawatra from the...
Dutch interrogators accused of prisoner abuse in Iraq were cleared Monday with the release of two government ordered reports that found no torture but...
The judge presiding over the trial of 26 US CIA agents and two former Italian intelligence officials in the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr ...
Two generals pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that include torturing prisoners of war and destruction of their property during the Croatian War of Independence . Mirko Norac and Rahim Ademi had originally...
The Superior Court of Quebec has ruled that some 20,000 cattle breeders can proceed with their class action lawsuit against the federal government of Canada for its handling of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) [USDA backgrounder,...
A White House spokesperson Sunday disputed claims by retired US Army Major General Antonio Taguba that President Bush "had to be aware" of the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib before the photos ...
Prominent human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith said Sunday he expects detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay to be closed after US President George Bush leaves office next year, adding that the recent dismissal of...
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Monday, including Credit Suisse First Boston v. Billing , where the Court held that federal antitrust laws do not...