AP is reporting that FCC officials have confirmed that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell will announce his resignation from the Commission Friday. A publicly-unconfirmed report of a possible announcement was carried early this morning in the...
US bankruptcy court Judge Letitia Clark ruled late Thursday that Russian oil company Yukos cannot seek information as to whether the Russian state Gazprom monopoly illegally took part in the sale of Yukos' main oil-producing...
The US Army has charged Sgt. Kevin Benderman for refusing to return to Iraq for a second tour of duty because he now objects to war, an Army spokesman from Fort Stewart Georgia said late Thursday....
An Irish appeals court Friday quashed the only criminal conviction stemming from the 1998 Omagh bombing which killed twenty-nine people and injured hundreds more in the largest terror attack in the history of the...
Danish authorities have charged five soldiers - an intelligence officer and four military policemen - with "incorrect treatment" of Iraqi prisoners held in southern Iraq, Danish news agency Ritzau reported Friday. Denmark has 500 troops in the...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, Jan. 21.The 55th Presidential Inauguration comes to a close today with a National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral. C-SPAN has...
Creating a political dustup just 10 days before the Iraq's first democratic elections, the spokesman and vice-president of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq refused to resign Thursday despite a board vote to eliminate his...
A week after the United States agreed to release accused terrorist Mamdouh Habib to his native Australia, the Guantanamo Bay detainee's return home is now being delayed by logistical problems centered on the US government's...
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the state's constitution does not require governmental recognition of same-sex marriage. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three same sex couples who argued that law was unconstitutional because...
Chile's Supreme Court said Thursday that a judge who has been investigating allegations of tax fraud against former dictator Augusto Pinochet can begin an international search for secret bank accounts belonging to Pinochet. Judge...