A New Jersey state jury in Atlantic City found Merck not liable Thursday for a woman's heart attack, saying that Merck adequately warned doctors of the health risks from the company's painkiller Vioxx [Merck...

JURIST is back online after a major power failure in central Pittsburgh early Thursday knocked out power to the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and surrounding campus buildings. JURIST's staff dispersed to remote locations during the...

Wilson v. Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, July 13, 2006 [asserting that Vice President Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, I. Lewis Libby and 10 unnamed administration officials violated her rights to privacy, free speech, and equal...

Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, passed by the the US House of Representatives, July 13, 2006 ....

Kerrigan v. Connecticut, Connecticut Superior Court, July 12, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion per...

The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) for 25 years. The renewal bill now goes to the Senate for approval after...

Former South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park , was convicted Thursday on charges of money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and acting as an unregistered agent of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. A...

Jose Padilla and his attorneys may view classified information from the US Department of Defense (DOD) in preparation for his terrorism trial, US District Judge Marcia G. Cooke has ruled. Although defense...

Valerie Plame, the undercover operative whose revealed identity precipitated the CIA leak scandal , filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against Vice President Dick Cheney, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove [official...

Amnesty International issued a scathing statement on Thursday condemning Israel and Lebanese political group Hezbollah for causing civilian deaths and taking hostages in violation of Geneva Convention protections. Israeli air strikes killed 40 civilians and injured 60...