The US House of Representatives passed two measures Thursday that would require stricter regulation of lobbying practices. The Lobbying Transparency Act , which passed 382-37 , would amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995...

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, passed by the US House of Representatives, May 24, 2007 [requiring more frequent disclosure reports for contributions by lobbyists, places greater restrictions on gifts given to members of Congress, and increasing penalties for failure...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko fired Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun Thursday, prompting Interior Minister Vasyl Tsushko to dispatch police to form a protective chain around the General Office of...

Lobby Transparency Act, passed by the US House of Representatives, May 24, 2007 . Read the full text of...

Global Corruption Report 2007, Transparency International, May 24, 2007 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's...

US v. Timothy J. Rigas and John J. Rigas, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, May 24, 2007 [upholding the fraud convictions of Adelphia Communications founder John J. Rigas and son Timothy J. Rigas on the grounds that...

Judicial corruption is hurting the rule of law around the world, according to an annual report on the problem released Thursday by Transparency International (TI) . TI's Global Corruption Report 2007 found judicial corruption...

UK Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer , the first Secretary of State of the new Ministry of Justice (MOJ) , sought to resolve differences between the judiciary and the government over the recent split of the...

The US Senate voted 74-24 Wednesday to slash the number of temporary guest workers that could be annually admitted into the United States under the proposed Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 ....

UK Home Secretary John Reid said Thursday that control orders employed against persons suspected to be national threats when there is not enough evidence to hold them for trial are "far from...