Kay Staley v. Harris County, Texas, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, August 15, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

A US federal appeals court has ruled that a non-citizen cannot sue a US corporation for discrimination that allegedly occurred while he was working outside the US. The decision by the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued on Tuesday is significant because it means non-citizens employed outside the country are not protected by the [...]

Philippine legislators on Wednesday quashed a second impeachment complaint against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . The House Committee on Justice on voted 56-24 to dismiss the impeachment complaint against Arroyo for lack of evidence, though opposition leaders say they have seven boxes of documents to support allegations that Arroyo was guilty of "culpable violations [...]

Russia has temporarily halted the extradition of 13 Uzbeks accused of terrorist acts in connection with last year's uprising in Andijan that resulted in the massacre of hundreds unarmed Uzbek civilians by Uzbek government troops, pending an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights . The Russian Prosecutor-General decided to postpone the extradition because [...]

The British government will likely pardon 306 British soldiers – a number that includes 25 Canadians, 22 Irishmen, and 5 New Zealanders – who were executed for cowardice and desertion during World War I , ending a 16-year campaign mounted by families to have the deceased posthumously pardoned, UK Defense Secretary Des Browne announced Wednesday. [...]

UK Home Secretary John Reid told journalists on Wednesday that in response to threats of terrorism, the civil liberties of individuals must be "balanced" against the "collective right to security." Reid's comments followed his Wednesday appearance before a meeting of top European Union justice officials during which he briefed them on the UK investigation into [...]

Patrick Chauke, chairperson of the South African Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs , on Wednesday ruled out an amendment to the South African Constitution legalizing same-sex marriage . Chauke said, however, that a bill legalizing same-sex partnerships will be presented to Parliament by October, just prior to the deadline set by the South African Constitutional [...]

Lu Jianhua, a Chinese sociologist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences accused of an unspecified crime involving state secrets, went on trial Wednesday at the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court. Though the facts of the closed-door case were not disclosed to the public, Lu's wife Qu Ligiu told reporters that she suspects the [...]

British police officials and rights groups have spoken out in response to reports that the UK Department For Transport (DFT) may implement an airplane passenger profiling program to identify potential terrorists in the wake of last week's foiled terror plot to bomb US-bound passenger planes. Although DFT policy prevents it from commenting publicly on security [...]

US District Court Judge Sim Lake on Tuesday granted a request by a lawyer for former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay to supplant Lay's name in court records with Lay's estate. As probate law permits a legal representative of an estate to appear on behalf of the estate, the lawyer, Samuel Buffone, is now expected to [...]