A new US Department of Defense plan for defending the US from terrorist attacks, quietly approved last month , has raised questions about the level of involvement by the US military on its own soil. The plan,...
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New defense plan raises questions about domestic legal role of US military
Egyptian presidential candidate trial postponed after witness claims coercion
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Moroccan court sentences Islamic militants to death
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US terror center reports 3000+ terror attacks worldwide in 2004
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UK lawyers to bid on publicly funded defenses under new legal aid scheme
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Privilege ruling on threat to kill President [9th Circuit]
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Appeals court supports therapist revelation of patient threat to kill President
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Kuwaiti judge orders medical commission to investigate allegations of torture
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Judge pre-approves $120 million settlement for church abuse victims
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Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC to pursue civil suit against Scrushy
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The forgery trial of Egyptian presidential candidate and prominent al-Ghad party opposition leader Ayman Nour was delayed Wednesday after a witness recanted his testimony in court. Ayman Hassan said security agents threatened to hurt his nieces if...
A Moroccan court Tuesday sentenced two men, Taoufik Hanouichi and Mohcine Bouarfa, to death for "murder in connection with a terrorist group." The trial included 46 other defendants arrested as part of an effort to dismantle militant Islamic networks...
Under a new, broader definition of terror attacks, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) announced Tuesday there were 3,192 such attacks worldwide in 2004 resulting in 28,433 people killed, wounded or kidnapped. Under the old definition,...
In an effort to reduce growing criminal legal aid expenses, the UK government laid before Parliament Tuesday a new strategy to require law firms to compete with each other on price for bulk contracts with...
US v. Romo, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 5, 2005 [ruling that the prison therapist of a Montana inmate did not violate the psychologist-pateint privilege when he contacted the Secret Service to report a letter...
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the prison therapist of a Montana inmate did not violate the psychologist-patient privilege when he contacted the Secret Service to report a letter the inmate wrote threatening...
A Kuwaiti judge has approved an independent medical commission to investigate allegations of torture by 37 detainees being held by Kuwaiti authorities for plotting attacks against US soldiers and killing four policemen in January. The medical board, made up...
A judge Tuesday pre-approved a $120 million settlement agreement for class action plaintiffs claiming they were molested by priests of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky, marking the largest settlement agreement...
Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spokesman said today that the agency still plans to pursue a $785 million civil suit against former HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy...
