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- Mother of the baby abandoned in a Wal-Mart toilet jailed and faces charges of assault
- NYT reporter Judy Miller braves court order by going to jail
- Time succumbs as law seeks a name
- Jury selection on for Klan activist's trial
- Citigroup settles class action suit in Enron case for $ 2 billion
- Suit against AIG, its former top staff
- Microsoft only has days to comply with EU antitrust ruling
- Morgan Stanley ordered to pay $1.4B to Revlon chief
- Supreme Court lifts ban on inter-state sale of wine
- Jackson's former lawyer says the pop star is innocent
- Drama in real life: Actor Rpbert Blake in his wife's death
- Drama in real life: Actor Robert Blake in his wife's death
- The Red-headed bomb's sex trail takes a turn towards house arrest
- Former employee of NIMH avoids jail after threatening a tax official
- US court upsets a trial court tobacco verdict of $10.1 billion
- Teaching Intelligent Design violates First Amendment, says Federal Judge
- Libya's highest court attracts public ire with its ruling in AIDS Case
- America's second oldest prisoner ever executed after pleas fail
- Guilty on four counts pleads Botnet hacker
- Lender Ameriquest pays $325m to settle predatory lending case
- US civil rights group sues AT&T for aiding NSA in spying
- RIM gets some respite in the patent case as it wins prelimary ruling
- Lawsuit alleges iPods' hearing risk; Apple turns deaf ear
- Wal-Mart, others file lawsuit against 'fair share healthcare' law
- Late term abortions come up again for US Court decision
- Police manage to recover some stolen Securitas cash from a van; forensic analysis still in progress
- A new row on abortion takes shape in South Dakota with a new law
- While S Dakota law causes outrage, pre-law polls point to an undecided America
- Apple vs. Apple opens at Royal Courts in London
- eBay-MercExchange row puts focus on inadequate patent laws
- Merck hit with $9 million in punitive damages in Vioxx trial
- Apple faces patent case on iTunes software
- Judge says surfing while on work does not call for dismissal
- Foreign prisoners' scandal rocks Britain
- RIM again in trouble, this time Visto claims patent infringement
- Supreme Court finds substance in former Playmate's claims to tycoon husband's fortune
- Barrett loses royalty bid on Bob Marley's legacy
- U.S. judge annuls Georgia ban on same-sex marriage
- U.S. recording industry sues XM Satellite on music gadget
- FBI tapes Louisiana Democrat accepting cash bribes
- Law firm, partners charged with fraud, conspiracy
- Microsoft in legal challenge over security features in Vista
- File-sharing firm StreamCast drags eBay, others to court
- Former Enron executives found guilty
- Apple fails to unmask sources of leaked info; shield law protects bloggers, says court
- Service mark claim over Web 2.0 creates a controversy
- Enron verdict has reinforced confidence in the judicial system
- Britain proposes maintenance rights for separated cohabitants
- Microsoft v/s Adobe in lawsuit over PDF?
- Austrian Bank Bawag agrees to settle Refco lawsuits
- Chinese court upholds Pfizer's Viagra patent
- Brown brings in amendments to inheritance tax provision
- Qualcomm files third patent infringement complaint against Nokia
- Supreme Court allows death row convicts to challenge lethal injection method
- U.S. nurses file class action suits against hospitals for conspiring to fix wages
- Dutch music site loses voice after court ruling
- Senate panel approves telecom reform bill
- Take-Two gets subpoenas over Hot Coffee issue
- U.K. Tory leader wants human rights act to be replaced by bill of rights
- Supreme Court refuses to vacate stay for second Tennessee execution
- Former Alabama governor, ex-CEO convicted on bribery, fraud charges
- NJ Casinos lose appeal to remain open
- House and Senate begin sensitive hearings on immigration
- Anti-smoking lobby suffers adverse verdict
- California court to debate gay marriage
- Foster parents get parenting rights in Ireland
- Jury returns split verdicts in Jacko case
- U.K. Banks to cancel credit cards of online child pornography offenders
- NatWest Three refused permission to stay in Britain before trial
- Senate, House split over tax breaks inclusion in pensions
- SEC makes it mandatory for companies to disclose top management salaries in detail
- Kazaa to pay $100 million to record majors, will go legitimate now
- Judgment day for TADA accused, Mumbai waits with baited breath
- Dell dragged to court over false advertising claims in China
- Nordic states to take on Apple against DRM use in iTunes
- Brazilian authorities to move against Google for withholding user information
- Apple pays $100 million to settle patent dispute with Creative Technology
- 20-year-old gets life without parole in murders over Xbox
- Bankruptcy filings decline as new law comes into effect
- Prudential settles market timing case for $600 million
- Beatles can sue EMI: Court
- Canadian court freezes media tycoon Conrad Black's assets
- Japan's Livedoor founder denies fraud charges
- Horse slaughter ban bill gets House nod
- Software pirate gets 7-year prison term; $5.4 million fines
- Coke, Pepsi win court battle against ban in Indian state
- Pioneer sues Samsung company on patent infringement
- Lawsuit against 'light' cigarettes gets class action certification
- House subcommittee hearing H-P spying episodes
- Pakistan monitoring Afzal situation
- Court dismisses copyright lawsuit against singer-writer Beyonce
- Five face felony charges in HP case
- Familiar tale as Saddam's genocide trial resumes
- Worlds largest spam blocker, Spamhaus, caught in a legal battle.
- Firm bans birthday cards for fear of violating new age discrimination law
- Britain's top court gives a landmark ruling in libel case
- Wal-Mart told to pay $78 million to workers in damages
- Caterer Compass settles lawsuits
- Scalia defends his opinions in a debate with the ACLU president.
- Blind sheik's lawyer may receive 30-year sentence