Merck says judge dismisses key case alleging Fosamax causes bone damage Merck & Co. on Tuesday said a U.S. district court dismissed claims ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Arkansas lawyer who once specialized in securities fraud litigation was sentenced in Manhattan federal court on Monday to ...
Senate confirms controversial Obama nominee for Chicago appeals court The Senate on Thursday confirmed U.S. District Judge David Hamilton for the Chicago-based federal appeals court, approving a nominee targeted by conservatives as a liberal activist. Hamilton was approved on a 59-39 vote ...
US war crimes envoy addresses international court's ruling body in sign of softening hostility The American war crimes ambassador said Thursday the U.S. is committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity, in a speech signaling a softening of hostility toward the ...
Atlanta judicial leaders declare court 'emergency' as they brace for cuts of up to $53M Georgia's biggest court system has warned that a 2010 Fulton County proposal that cuts $53 million from the judicial budget could force them to shut down the ...
Constitutional Court chief Valery Zorkin, back center, chairs a meeting of the court on the death penalty in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying that a moratorium on capital punishment should ...
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks during a symposium on the Constitution at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon) Copyright 2009 AP News
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks during a symposium on the Constitution at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon) Copyright 2009 AP News
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks about Constitution at Ohio law school U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context ...
Rwandan genocide court acquits priest of genocide charges and orders his release from jail A United Nations court on Tuesday acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide, murder and extermination in Rwanda's 1994 genocide after the judge said the prosecution had failed ...
Review of life without parole for juveniles should spur a new discussion In 2005 a 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court declared that it is cruel and unusual — thus a violation of the Eighth Amendment — to execute juveniles for ...
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A U.N. court's appeals chamber has acquitted a Rwandan leader who was sentenced to 20 years in prison over the 1994 genocide because of shortcomings in the evidence. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said late ...
