The Spanish Supreme Court announced Friday that Judge Baltasar Garzon will stand trial on November 29 for ordering illegal wiretaps in jailhouses. Garzon was indicted in April for ordering the placement of wiretaps in jailhouses to record conversations between inmates and their lawyers. Garzon gave the order as part of an investigation into a network [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia gave final approval Thursday to a $1.25 billion settlement for black farmers who were discriminated against by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in disbursement loans and other forms of relief. This is the second round of settlements given to farmers who were [...]

The corruption trial of former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was postponed Friday for health reasons. Sanader has suffered from coronary problems and is expected to undergo a medical examination in preparation for trial now scheduled to start next week. Sanader, who was elected to parliament after he stepped down from the prime minister position [...]

Ukrainian authorities should review the conviction of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , says a resolution passed Thursday by the European Parliament that called her imprisonment “a violation of human rights and an abuse of the judiciary designed to silence Ukraine’s leading opposition politician.” Failing to do so, they say, calls the Ukrainian government’s commitment [...]

Lawyers for a asked Polish prosecutors to investigate his alleged abuse at a secret CIA prison in Poland, where he claims he was the victim of enhanced interrogation techniques. Likewise, in April 2007, the alleged al Qaeda loyalist denied ties to terrorism and asked a US Combatant Status Review Tribunal to investigate his claims of [...]

The American Center for Legal Justice (ACLJ) and 105 members of Congress filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court Thursday urging the court to take up a Florida case challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . Last month, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and a group of 26 states [...]

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Luis Moreno-Ocampo , confirmed Friday that there has been informal contact with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi , discussing the possibility of his surrender to the court. Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) reported earlier this week that Saif al-Islam and [...]

Lawyers representing women who claimed discrimination by Wal-Mart filed an amended lawsuit Thursday narrowing their claims to California stores of the retail giant. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California , alleges discriminatory practices against more than 90,000 women regarding pay and job promotion. The suit is expected [...]

Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance (INR) , the body charged with investigating Nazi and communist-era crimes, on Thursday announced a new probe into Nazi crimes aimed at tracking down living Nazi perpetrators. The investigation, opened by the branch in Krakow , follow investigations conducted during the Communist era that were concluded in the 1980s without [...]

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) filed suit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . DOMA defines marriage for federal purposes as a legal union between one man and one woman. The suit alleges that DOMA unconstitutionally denies gay and lesbian service members [...]