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Amid Scandals, States Overhaul Lobbying Laws
2023-12-11By JOHN M. BRODERPublished: January 24, 2006Stung by their own scandals, lawmakers in many states have outpaced Washington in enacting new laws intend...
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Court Opens Campaign Law to Challenges
2023-12-11WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 - The Supreme Court, ruling on Monday in an important campaign finance case, opened the door to a new round of legal challenges to...
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Heroin Enters Prisons via Legal Loophole
2023-12-11(UK) Heroin is being smuggled into prisons across the region by inmates exploiting a simple loophole in the law.The class A drug has been brought in u...
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"We're Not Breaking Any Law"
2024-08-06(UK) WESTERN Isles council has hit back at claims that it is banning gay marriages, and says it is fully complying with legislation on civil partnersh...
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Law Review to Redefine Murder
2023-12-11(UK) The first comprehensive review of the law of murder for more than 50 years will recommend a fundamental change that would see many killings downg...
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Tougher Law Plan to Jail More Rapists
2023-12-11(UK) A radical overhaul of the rape laws, including a potential new definition of whether a woman is fit to give consent to sex, has been prepared by ...
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Anti-Sikh Riots Lawyer Honoured in US
2024-08-06California's Lieutenant-Governor Cruz M Bustamante has honoured senior lawyer HS Phoolka with an achievement award and a state commendation for hi...
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Lawyers Say U.S. Is Toying with Padilla
2024-08-06WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for Jose Padilla, the U.S. citizen facing terrorism charges, accused the Bush administration Friday of playing games with the na...
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New Pricing System for Green Electricity
2023-12-11Senior officials from the government's top pricing and tax decision-making group yesterday said China has come up with a pricing system for electr...
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Details of IPR Piracy Cases Released
2023-12-11China's Ministry of Public Security released details of 10 major piracy cases involving infringement of foreign intellectual property rights (IPR)...