Can human genes be patented? Utah firm at US court
The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting genes that can be found inside the human body, as it heard arguments in a case that could profoundly reshape U.S. medical...
View ArticleGoogle Video trial to continue to Italian supreme court
Three Google executives are heading back to court in Italy, where the prosecutor has appealed their acquittal on charges of allowing a video to be posted in breach of Italy's privacy laws, one of the...
View ArticleCourt ruling shuts door on human rights lawsuits
The Supreme Court has ruled Nigerian plaintiffs who said foreign oil companies had been complicit in violating their human rights may not sue in US courts. The decision severely limits the sweep of a...
View ArticleUK Supreme Court rules for news-clipping service
The British Supreme Court has decided in favor of news-clipping service Meltwater in its long-running dispute with UK newspaper publishers, who accused Meltwater of copyright infringement because of...
View ArticleFormer Pakistani president arrested on treason charges
Former Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf - his planned glorious homecoming ruined by a Supreme Court that has refused to allow him to contest next month's elections - has borne the indignity...
View ArticleFormer Pakistani president arrested on treason charges
Former Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf - his planned glorious homecoming ruined by a Supreme Court that has refused to allow him to contest next month's elections - has borne the indignity...
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Pakistan Government Says it Won’t Charge Musharraf
Pakistan's caretaker government told the Supreme Court on Monday it will not file treason charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf The post Pakistan Government Says it Won’t Charge...
View ArticleMyer and Ellery end week-long court battle
Myer and designer Kym Ellery have settled their legal dispute following a week of expensive litigation in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Reported by The Age 2 days ago.
View ArticleMusharraf's treason charges put off
Islamabad: Pakistan's caretaker government declined to bring treason charges against the detained former military leader Pervez Musharraf, saying it was beyond its mandate. The decision, which was read...
View ArticleWikiLeaks donations by Visa ruled OK in Iceland
The three-year blockade against donations to WikiLeaks may have just been chiseled away, in Iceland, by a ruling handed down by the European country's Supreme Court. Reported by CIO 20 hours ago.
View ArticleThe newsreader's empire collapses
From the TV screen to the Supreme Court: Simone Semmens faces huge headache after repossession of mansion. Reported by The Age 18 hours ago.
View ArticleViolence in indigenous communities must stop, says judge
A Supreme Court judge has sentenced an Aboriginal woman to six years' jail for killing her partner. Reported by The Age 19 hours ago.
View ArticleMan who raped wife has sentence cut
He drugged and anally raped her because he missed "cuddling", and wins appeal in Supreme Court. Reported by Brisbane Times 6 hours ago.
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NKorea Charges US Man In Plot To Overthrow Regime
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a...
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Justice Stephen Breyer Has Shoulder Surgery After Bike Accident
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is at a Washington, D.C., hospital recovering from shoulder surgery. Breyer required shoulder replacement surgery after he fell from his bicycle on Friday. The...
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Sandra Day O’Connor Admits Bush Vs. Gore Regrets
Of one of the most controversial Supreme Court actions in living memory, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has admitted that the intervention in Bush vs. Gore back in 2000 may have not been prudent...
View ArticleCourt ruling exposes Tinkler to litigation
Nathan Tinkler can now be sued by liquidators after the NSW Supreme Court approved a funding agreement between Blackwood and the liquidators of one of his failed companies, Mulsanne Resources....
View ArticleRio warns of job losses if courts stall project
Miner applies to the NSW Supreme Court to fast-track its bid to reverse a court decision to block the extension of its Warkworth coal project. Reported by The Age 19 hours ago.
View ArticleDisabled Irish woman loses assisted suicide court case
A woman in the final stages of multiple sclerosis does not have the right to an assisted death, the Irish Supreme Court has ruled. Reported by The Age 6 hours ago.
View ArticleMine rejection will cost jobs, Rio Tinto warns
Rio Tinto applies to the NSW Supreme Court to speed up bid to reverse block of its Warkworth coal project. Reported by Brisbane Times 2 hours ago.
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