The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in Philip Morris USA v. Williams , 05-1256, a case involving the damages awarded in a wrongful death action against Philip...
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East Timor president imposes emergency rule as office of attorney general looted
East Timor President Xanana Gusmao said Tuesday that he is taking control of national security and defense in response to the increasing and often violent unrest related to the March firing...
BREAKING NEWS - Jury finds Lay, Skilling guilty in Enron fraud case
CNN is reporting that the jury in the 16-week criminal fraud and conspiracy case against Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling has found both defendants guilty. Lay and Skilling were charged with multiple...
CIA nominee stresses legality of NSA wiretapping during confirmation hearing
General Michael Hayden defended the legality of the NSA's domestic surveillance program Thursday and said that the program was a critical tool in tracking down terrorists, in testimony during his confirmation hearing [full transcript,...
Cheney urged NSA to wiretap domestic calls, emails without warrants: NYT
US Vice President Dick Cheney and his legal advisor and current chief of staff David S. Addington argued after Sept. 11 that the National Security Agency should listen in on domestic phone calls and emails...
Enron jury instruction to allow lower burden of proof to convict Lay, Skilling
Former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling face an uphill battle after Judge Simeon T. Lake III agreed with prosecutors in the Enron trial Wednesday that jurors should be allowed to find...
Bribery trial begins for ex-Alabama governor, former HealthSouth CEO
The trial for former Alabama Governor Donald Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy begins Tuesday as the pair face federal bribery and racketeering charges . Siegelman is accused...
Rice presses Libya for release of nurses in Bulgarian AIDS case
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday urged Libyan authorities to release five Bulgarian nurses who are accused of infecting over 400 patients, primarily children, with the HIV virus. The medics have been imprisoned since 1999...
The Libyan retrial of five Bulgarian nurses accused of infecting over 400 patients, primarily children, with the HIV virus is scheduled to begin on May 11 in Tripoli, Bulgarias foreign ministry announced Saturday....
Environmental brief ~ US FWS proposes pulling bald eagle from endangered list
Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on its original 1999 proposal to remove the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) from the federal...