Howard M. Engle MD et al. v. Liggett Group, Supreme Court of Florida, July 6, 2006 [rejecting a record-setting jury verdict that had awarded $145 billion in punitive damages in a class action challenge brought by smokers against tobacco companies...

Perdue v. O'Kelley, Supreme Court of Georgia, July 6, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Former US Army soldier Steven Green pleaded not guilty Thursday in US District Court to rape and murder charges in connection with the death of an Iraqi woman and three of her relatives...

Daniel Hernandez v. Victor L. Robles , New York Court of Appeals, July 6, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling . Reported in...

Lawyers for Saddam Hussein turned to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday, asking it to investigate alleged violations of law regarding his treatment and that of defense witnesses by US personnel. A copy of...

Five special rapporteurs making up the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday called on the US to set a date for...

Mexican ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon narrowly won Sunday's presidential election with some 220,000 votes more than leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , according to...

The European Parliament adopted an interim report Thursday that agrees with earlier findings by the Council of Europe (COE) that European states were complicit in alleged incidents of CIA extraordinary rendition . The report [EP...

Iraqi officials and local leaders have stepped up pressure on the US military to take swift corrective action in the face of allegations that troops raped an Iraqi woman and murdered her and her family near the town of...

Work on the new interim constitution of strife-torn Nepal formally began Thursday, the six-person Interim Constitution Drafting Committee (ICDC) announced at a press conference. The ICDC, formed three weeks ago in a historic contract [text; JURIST...