JUDGE TELLS TRUMP UNIVERSITY LITIGANTS THEY WOULD BE WISE TO SETTLE

In the tentative ruling Curiel, based in San Diego, said Trump's lawyers can renew objections to specific campaign statements and evidence during trial... READ MORE›

DUTCH GOVERNMENT ORDERED TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS IN LANDMARK RULING

The Dutch court's ruling should encourage courts around the world to tackle climate change now... READ MORE›

GERMAN ETHICS COUNCIL CALLS FOR INCEST BETWEEN SIBLINGS TO BE LEGALISED BY GOVERNMENT

In a statement outlining its recommendations, the Ethics Council said the law against incest put couples in a tragic situation ... READ MORE›

JITTERS IN TECH WORLD OVER NEW CHINESE SECURITY LAW

Segal added that one recourse would be to argue through the World Trade Organization that what China considers national security concerns are not valid... READ MORE›

THREE SPANISH JOURNALISTS MISSING IN SYRIA, FEARED KIDNAPPED BY ISLAMIC STATE

Antonio Pampliega, JosA C Manuel LA?pez and A?ngel Sastre were last heard from on 12 July in Aleppo, says Spanish Federation of Journalists... READ MORE›

FORMER BLACK PANTHER FREED AFTER 43 YEARS IN US PRISON

An US man kept in solitary confinement for 43 years has been released after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal... READ MORE›

MISSING BRADFORD SISTER 'MAY ALREADY BE IN SYRIA'

One of three Bradford sisters missing with their nine children may already be in Syria police believe... READ MORE›

LEGAL AID WORK REFUSED BY LAW FIRMS IN CUTBACKS PROTEST

She said firms in Merseyside, Manchester, Yorkshire, Newcastle, Durham and London were refusing to take work funded by legal aid from 1 July... READ MORE›

POLISH COURT TURNS DOWN US REQUEST TO EXTRADITE POLANSKI

Over the years, prosecutors and judges in Los Angeles have said that Mr. Polanski must return to the United States to face sentencing... READ MORE›

JUDGE DELAYS OSCAR PISTORIUS RULING

The prosecutor told Judge Masipa she had misinterpreted the law when she acquitted Pistorius of murder, and sentenced him to five years in prison... READ MORE›

QAEDA LEADER IN SYRIA IS KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE US SAYS

Officials fear that the Khorasan militants could provide these sophisticated explosives to their Western recruits, who could sneak them onto United States-bound flights... READ MORE›

JUDGE ORDERS BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER TO PAY $100M TO VICTIMS

U.S. District Judge George O'Toole denied the motion for a new trial Friday... READ MORE›

NEW HEARING BEGINS IN IRAN FOR WASHINGTON POST CORRESPONDENT JASON REZAIAN

Rezaian 39 is accused of engaging in espionage on behalf of the United States government and conducting activities against Iran IRNA reported... READ MORE›

JUDGE AARON PERSKY UNDER FIRE FOR SENTENCING IN STANFORD RAPE CASE

Threatening phone calls have flooded into the Santa Clara County Superior Court since then, said Gary Goodman, a supervising attorney for the county public defender's office... READ MORE›

CHINA RANKS LAST OF 65 NATIONS IN INTERNET FREEDOM

BEIJING -- China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group... READ MORE›

FACEBOOK MUST HAND OVER NEW YORK USERS' INFO TO PROSECUTORS, COURT RULES

Facebook must hand over new york users info to prosecutors court rules... READ MORE›

FORMER PRESIDENT OF CHAD CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES

Others testified about relatives who had disappeared, and former prisoners described being wounded after their limbs were tied behind their backs... READ MORE›

Related Stories Torture is still rife in Mexico and is routinely used to extract confessions, according to a new report by human rights organisation Amnesty International... READ MORE›

POST CORRESPONDENT JASON REZAIAN SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM IN IRAN

But in announcing a conviction in October, Iranian authorities did not provide any details of the verdict... READ MORE›

TRUMP SUPPORTERS' FALSE CLAIM THAT TRUMP U JUDGE IS A MEMBER OF A PRO-IMMIGRANT GROUP

To recap this simple fact San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association ? National Council of La Raza... READ MORE›

'SIX MONTHS? REALLY?': LEGAL EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON SENTENCE IN STANFORD SEX ASSAULT CASE

Nancy Brewer, a retired assistant public defender with Santa Clara County, said that Persky is widely regarded as a competent, thoughtful and intelligent judge... READ MORE›

Execution Date Set for 'Delusional' Murderer Scott Panetti in Texas... READ MORE›

BILL COSBY GIVES DEPOSITION IN PLAYBOY MANSION SEX ABUSE CASE, LAWYER SAYS

Bill Cosby gives deposition in Playboy Mansion sex abuse case, lawyer says... READ MORE›

CHARLESTON CHURCH GUNMAN DYLANN ROOF BOUGHT PISTOL LOCALLY

For all these reasons, law enforcement officials say, the sale of the gun to Dylann Roof was legal... READ MORE›

It was not clear whether the Arab commitment to take all necessary action against Islamic State and other militant groups would include direct military involvement in Iraq or Syria... READ MORE›

OSCAR PISTORIUS' LAWYERS ARGUE FOR HOSPITALIZATION OF 'BROKEN MAN'

Former Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius arrived in court in South Africa's Pretoria on Monday to be sentenced for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp... READ MORE›

LANDON WEBB WINS BATTLE TO OVERTURN 'MENTALLY INCOMPETENT' STATUS

The Nova Scotia government suspended the Incompetent Persons Act today as the parents of Landon Webb gave up guardianship of their 25-year-old son... READ MORE›

GHONCHEH GHAVAMI RELEASED ON BAIL FROM PRISON IN IRAN

Miss Ghavami's mother, Susan Moshtaghian, wrote on Facebook Ghoncheh returned home from prison... READ MORE›

TRANSGENDER WOMAN MOVED FROM MEN'S TO WOMEN'S PRISON

Tara Hudson has been transferred from HMP Bristol to Eastwood Park in Gloucestershire, according to Jackie Brooklyn... READ MORE›

L'OREAL MILLIONAIRE VERSUS CHIP STAND OWNER IN BATTLE OVER STINKY SKI CHALET

But Laure Sauthier, Owen-Jones's lawyer, said he and his neighbours were merely trying to apply the law... READ MORE›