The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases of Safeco Insurance v. Burr and GEICO General Insurance v. Edo , 06-00084 and 06-00100, cases in which plaintiffs claim the insurance companies GEICO and Safeco breached the dictates of the Fair Credit Reporting Act when they failed to notify customers that poor [...]

Argentine Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide issued a second international arrest warrant on Tuesday for former Argentine President Isabel Peron , currently living in exile in Spain. The warrant demands that Peron be returned to Argentina for questioning about the Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance (Triple A), a government-supported death squad. Prosecutors in Argentina believe the Triple A [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday overturned the 22-year sentence of Ahmed Ressam , convicted of attempting to blow up Los Angeles International Airport on the eve of the millennium. The court reversed Ressam's conviction for carrying explosives while committing a felony, one of the nine charges of which he [...]

Attorneys for Marine Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich, charged with the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha , have asked Marine Lt. Gen. James Mattis to launch an investigation into the leak of a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) report after the Washington Post earlier this month printed photos of Iraqis allegedly killed by Wuterich [...]

Thailand's former ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party went on trial Tuesday on charges of committing election fraud during last year's parliamentary elections by allegedly misusing the independent election commission and illegally paying smaller parties to run candidates against it to satisfy minimum vote requirements. On the eve of the trial, former Prime Minister Thaksin [...]

EU law enforcement officials agreed Monday that a police data-sharing agreement among members states should be expanded to include all 27 member nations. German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made the announcement at the end of two-day meeting of EU justice and interior ministers , the first during Germany's EU presidency . Schaeuble suggested that the [...]

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Tuesday that Dragan Zelenovic will plead guilty to rape and murder charges stemming from the Bosnian Serb's time as a police officer and paramilitary leader during the Bosnian war. Zelenovic was extradited to the ICTY last year and in July pleaded not guilty to [...]

More than 130 deans of US law schools signed a statement released Monday expressing their dismay at comments made last week by DOD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson in a radio interview critizing top US law firms for providing pro bono representation to Guantanamo detainees. "We," the deans wrote,are appalled by [...]

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi said Tuesday that he was taken by surprise by the hangings Monday of former Saddam Hussein-era Revolutionary Court judge Awad Hamed al-Bandar and former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti , sentenced to death with Hussein in November in connection with crimes against humanity committed in the town of Dujail [...]

Jury selection begins Tuesday in the CIA leak trial of former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and attorneys for both sides plan to ask potential jurors questions about their political affiliations. US District Judge Reggie Walton approved a final list of questions proposed by attorneys that will be asked of the group of [...]