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Second Circuit dismisses 9/11 civil suits

April 17, 2013 11:04:25 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on three cases related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks Tuesday, upholding the dismissal of almost all of the claims against the defendants. In In Re...

April 12, 2013 09:30:00 AM

Kim Brancato, DePaul University College of Law

April 10, 2013 11:04:47 AM

Judge Lew Kaplan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday that the trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden , is scheduled...

February 11, 2013 11:48:23 AM

If Scotland became independent it would have to reapply for European Union (EU) membership, according to a report released Monday by the HM Treasury , the UK's economic and finance ministry. A referendum on...

March 15, 2011 09:21:41 AM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief with the Supreme Court Monday urging the court not to take a case challenging the constitutionality of the 2010 health care reform law [HR...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII

On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.

Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to spying for USSR

On April 28, 1994, Aldrich Ames, a former CIA official, pleaded guilty to passing US secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. Ames further confessed that he continued spying for Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the case of Aldrich Ames from the FBI. Also read a CNN interview with Ames.