By DAVID LEE (CN) – The sellers of homes do not have to disclose “psychological stigmas,” such as murders, to prospective buyers, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. The state’s highest court unanimously ruled Monday in favor of Kathleen and Joseph Jacono regarding the sale of their Delaware […]
For Immediate Release May 17, 2014 Expo Center Topeka, Kansas 6:33 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. Wow! (Applause.) Look at you guys. (Applause.) All right, you all rest yourselves. You’ve got a big day tomorrow. I want you guys to be ready. […]
By TIM HULL (CN) – The government can continue to forcibly drug the man it says threatened to kill federal employees over a delusional asbestos cover-up, the 9th Circuit ruled Friday. Charles Lee Gillenwater II was charged in 2011 with sending threatening emails to employees of the Occupational […]
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 10-Apr-2014 – “This study dashes hopes for this democratic kind of interest-group influence,’ PRINCETON, N.J.—Affluent individuals and business corporations already have vastly more influence on federal government policy than average citizens, according to recently released research by Princeton University and Northwestern University. This research suggests […]
By NICK DIVITO MANHATTAN (CN) – Since Americans expect their phone companies to keep records of their calls, they have no basis to challenge the National Security Agency’s mass collection of that data, a lawyer for the government argued Friday. Americans have “no reasonable expectation” to privacy when […]
Grim discovery: Investigators gather at a crime scene in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, after the body of a 16-year-old girl was discovered. | KYODO <!– –> by Michael Hoffman Special To The Japan Times <!– Meta –> Sep 14, 2013 Online: Sep 14, 2013 Print: Sep 15, 2013 Last […]
Xinhua will escape from Olympic 2020 gaffe, no doubt By Phil Muncaster Posted in Policy, 10th September 2013 04:09 GMT Use of social media in China just got more dangerous after the country’s Supreme Court announced tough new guidelines which could see untrue posts which are viewed […]
September 3, 2013 Steven Aftergood It is generally understood that there is no legally enforceable “right” to be granted a security clearance for access to classified information. And a landmark 1988 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Department of the Navy v. Egan has often been interpreted to […]
Source: Reuters – Thu, 22 Aug 2013 03:52 PM Author: Reuters GENEVA, Aug 22 (Reuters) – India must not go ahead with the imminent execution of a professor convicted of charges related to bombing the All Indian Youth Congress in 1993, the International Commission of Jurists said […]
Mingo County judge arrested on federal charge by Kate White Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury was arrested Thursday after federal authorities allege he targeted his ex-lover’s husband, using his position on the bench to manipulate criminal charges against the man. The indictment returned Wednesday by a […]
By BARBARA LEONARD WASHINGTON (CN) – A woman whose vaccination challenge spurred a minor reform of federal law may have a case for attorneys’ fees, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. Claiming that vaccinations for hepatitis B caused her multiple sclerosis, Dr. Melissa Cloer sought benefits under […]
By BARBARA LEONARD WASHINGTON (CN) – An Indiana farmer owes Monsanto more than $84,400 for infringing its patent by saving genetically engineered seeds, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. In addition to selling a glyphosate-based herbicide called Roundup to farmers who want to keep weeds out of their crops, […]
By BARBARA LEONARD WASHINGTON (CN) – A group of refugees living in the United States cannot sue the foreign oil companies that allegedly conspired with the Nigerian government to torture them, the mostly unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. After surviving rape, imprisonment and other […]
Feb 26, 2013 20:21 Moscow Time Photo: EPA US-based journalists, lawyers and human rights groups cannot challenge a federal law that allows surveillance of some international communications, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in a case touching on government efforts to fight terrorism. The United States Supreme Court […]
Military Clears Claims Over Raped Veterans By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – Top military officials have qualified immunity from the claims of 12 veterans who claim to have been raped during active duty, a federal judge ruled. In a 2012 complaint, 11 women and one man said they […]
Tens of thousands stage protest in capital while Ashraf government fears coup plot Saeed Shah Tuesday, 15 January 2013 Pakistan is facing a deepening crisis after the country’s highest court ordered the arrest of the Prime Minister today, just hours after tens of thousands of protesters demanding the […]
By ROSE BOUBOUSHIAN (CN) – A college student whose liver failed allegedly as a result of using the acne treatment Solodyn may sue Medicis and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals for negligence, a federal judge ruled. Brittani Tigert, a 21-year-old college student, was prescribed Solodyn to […]
Monday, 17 December 2012 Nothing seems to work in Grecia!Go-slow action by Greek judges and prosecutors since September has resulted in more than one million cases being postponed, adding to a massive backlog that has built up in the country’s courts over the years, reads daily “Kathimerini”. Hundreds […]
Britain’s highest court is to debate whether soldiers in battle are entitled to the right to life under human rights legislation. Private Phillip Hewett died with 2 other soldiers when their armoured Land-Rover vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. Photo: Reuters 6:30AM GMT 10 Nov 2012 The […]
By Agence France-Presse Monday, November 5, 2012 22:15 EST Topics: supreme court WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court heard two cases that could limit the scope of class action lawsuits, after the court rejected a discrimination claim by 1.5 million female workers against retail giant Wal-Mart. Comcast, the […]
Two women have applied to the Guinness World Records for the lowest salary in the world By Kerry Mcqueeney PUBLISHED:11:24 EST, 22 October 2012| UPDATED:12:59 EST, 22 October 2012 For more than 40 years they’ve toiled away, meticulously scrubbing and cleaning toilets in southern India However, […]
October 3, 2012 | By Jillian C. York A Dark Day for the Philippines as Government Passes Cybercrime Act The government of the Philippines today has passed the troubling Cybercrime Prevention Act. The Act covers a range of offenses, but—as we wrote last month—is particularly problematic because of […]
