Google announces settlement in 'Buzz' privacy class action lawsuit
Internet company Google announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit regarding privacy breaches relating to its Google Buzz social networking program. The settlement is in response...
Amnesty International calls for review of 'Cuban Five' trial
Amnesty International (AI) released a report outlining fairness concerns the group has with the 2001 conviction of the "Cuban Five" . The men - Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Antonio...
Federal appeals court upholds verdict for Chevron in Nigeria protest deaths
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a jury verdict clearing Chevron of wrongdoing in the 1998 deaths of two protesters occupying a Nigerian oil platform operated by...
Microsoft Corporation on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas finding that the...
Tenth Circuit finds memorial crosses along highways unconstitutional
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that crosses placed beside Utah highways as memorials to deceased Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) troopers is an unconstitutional government endorsement of...
Supreme Court rules no cause of action for foreign plaintiffs in securities fraud litigation
The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 8-0 in Morrison v. National Australia Bank that the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (SEA) does not provide a...
Supreme Court upholds law criminalizing material support for terror organizations
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-3 in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project that a federal law criminalizing providing material support for groups designated as terrorist organizations is...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Thursday that the Office of the Prosecutor has filed a motion to amend the indictment against former Bosnian Serb Commander...
Germany prosecutors charge ex-Red Army Faction member with murder
German federal prosecutors said Wednesday that they have charged former Red Army Faction (RAF) member Verena Beckman for the 1977 murders of federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and two other men. Beckman was originally arrested...
An appeals court in Malaysia ruled on Tuesday that the country's ban on sodomy is constitutional. The court made the ruling while considering the appeal of Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahaman, who was convicted of sodomizing a 14-year-old...
