HR 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by the United States House of Representatives on April 21, 2005 [allowing oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic National Widlife Refuge as well as calling for $8.1 billion in tax breaks to...

In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Shira Scheindlin, April 21, 2005 [ruling that some 80 lawsuits can proceed against oil companies claiming that a...

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) , ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, has called for a congressional investigation of the role played by US intelligence officials in prisoner abuse scandals in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, citing...

The US House of Representatives passed a Republican-backed energy bill late Thursday aimed at increasing domestic production, including provisions that would permit drilling in the Alaska wildlife refuge and protect the manufacturer of gasoline additive MTBE...

US military spokespersons issued statements Thursday clarifying proposed changes to the military’s policy on consensual sodomy, refuting earlier interpretations by rights groups that the amendments would decriminalize consensual sodomy among members of the armed forces. Pentagon officials...

AP is reporting that a military jury has convicted Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar of murder and attempted murder in a grenade attack on fellow soldiers in Kuwait.8:05 PM ET ~ Akbar, 33, was charged with killing two fellow soldiers...

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has reached a settlement agreement with Hynix Semiconductor as part of the DOJ's ongoing investigation into price-fixing in the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) industry. Under the...

Former Merrill Lynch executive Daniel Bayly has been sentenced to 30 months by in prison US District Judge Ewing Werlein for his role in an Enron Nigerian barge scam. Bayly will also face six months of supervision...

In a case somewhat similar to that of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo, Justice Mark Hedley of the High Court in London Thursday upheld a court order allowing a critically ill baby to die if she stops breathing. Charlotte...

In Thursday's environmental law news, US District Judge Shira Scheindlin has ruled that some 80 lawsuits can proceed against oil companies claiming that a gasoline additive, methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) , contaminated groundwater. The suits allege...