WASHINGTON - The Justice Department and the NYPD are feuding over surveillance of suspected terrorists - and how quickly it can be legally approved. Intelligence officials familiar with the spat say the department is accusing federal lawyers of...

A new study shows many New York City cyclists ignore traffic and helmet laws. The Hunter College study, released yesterday, found that almost 50 percent of children under age 14 did not wear helmets even though the law requires they do. Only 43...

With chants of "No Justice, No Noodles," several dozen disgruntled deliverymen rallied outside the Asian-themed eatery Republic in Union Square to demand an end to what they called retaliation over their federal labor law violation lawsuit. Eight...

Investment losses give lawmakers a smaller target, but members of Congress aren t dropping the idea of requiring colleges to spend more of their assets.

Tennessee State and Hampton Universities have blocked access to the site on their campus networks. In Delaware, a student has sued anonymous posters for comments about her on the site.

The New York Police Department wants the F.B.I. to loosen its approach to the electronic surveillance law.

In RIAA lawsuit news, the Tennenbaum case ??? in which uber-lawyer Charles Nesson now represents the defendant ??? is taking an Internet star turn. Ray Beckerman reports that in a pretrial memo (PDF), Nesson discloses that he intends to call some of the biggest legal names in digital rights. Nesson says he will call: Grateful Dead lyricist and EFF founder John Perry Barlow (above) "to testify about the state of the Plaintiffs industry and explain the factors and motivations that have driven Plaintiffs to abuse federal process." Former EFF attorney Wendy Seltzer, currently at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, to "describe factual background regarding the tactics of Plaintiffs that rise to the level of abuse." Lawrence Lessig "to...

Indonesia: Thousands in tents after Sulawesi quake (19/11/2008 - 10:21:34)

US environmentalists accuse President Bush of trying to rush through changes to the Endangered Species Act.

The New York Police Department wants the FBI and the government to loosen their approach to the law that governs electronic surveillance.

Executives from the Big Three automakers -- General Motors, Ford and Chrysler -- were on the hot seat on Capitol Hill as they pleaded with lawmakers to pass a $25 billion rescue package.

A new study shows that only one in eight children s education TV programs meet high quality standards. Commercial television broadcasters in the U.S. are required by law to air a minimum of three hours per week of children s educational programming. Most programs designated as educational offer only limited educational value for child viewers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is refusing to make public the security pact it has signed with Iraq, even though it has already been published in full in an Iraqi newspaper, a congressional hearing was told on Wednesday.

A session of Iraq’s Parliament collapsed in chaos as a discussion among lawmakers about a security agreement boiled over into shouting and physical confrontation.

General Motors, Ford and Chrysler were on the hot seat on Capitol Hill as they pleaded with lawmakers to pass a $25 billion rescue package.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An Indian warship destroyed a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and gunmen from Somalia seized two more vessels despite a large international naval presence off their lawless country.

A $100 million damagestrial over a notorious firehouse assault got off to a wild start in Manhattan federal court yesterday after a city lawyer accused former smoke-eater Robert Walsh of provoking the violence and exaggerating his injuries...

A Queens man was accused yesterday of being the gunman in the slaying of a lawyer outside a Long Island restaurant. Darnell Festus, 23, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the Oct. 20 murder of Nesconset lawyer James DiMartino. "I was...

Soldiers, police officers, teachers and doctors were in fear of losing their jobs today after the entire membership list of the BNP was posted on the internet.

A securities lawyer says several colleges or charitable foundations have contacted him about filing lawsuits against their brokers or investment managers.