Judge hears arguments in spy program case
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Government attorneys continued Monday to argue that state secrets would be breached if a lawsuit challenging President Bush&#039;s domestic spying program is heard in federal court.
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A judge is being asked to decide whether a company that gathers evidence on behalf of the RIAA should be required to have a private investigatorâs license in order to do so.
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An attorney for two former Cold War-era spies told the Supreme Court Tuesday that the husband and wife should be allowed to seek lifetime pay from the CIA, but the government contended that spies had no such legal rights.
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A federal judge in Washington today scheduled a hearing on whether the CIA violated a court order by destroying videotapes showing harsh interrogation methods, rebuffing pleas from the Justice Department to stay out of the dispute.
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WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Bush administration to tell him whether two CIA interrogation videos destroyed in 2005 were relevant to his case.
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The federal judge who struck down President Bush's warrantless surveillance program turned aside a government request for an indefinite stay Thursday but said the government could have a week to appeal.
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A Portuguese judge is to consider  whether the suspects in the Madeleine McCann case should see police files.
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The state's top judge yesterday characterized the campaign to stop construction of a high-security research laboratory in Boston's South End as a not-in-my-backyard squabble, a potentially telling assessment in a high-stakes legal case.
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A federal judge has ruled that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow secret wiretapping and searches without a showing of probable cause
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A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private investigator facing trial on wiretapping and conspiracy charges, can represent himself at trial next month. Judge Dale S. Fischer of United States District Court said she was bound by Supreme Court case law to let Mr. Pellicano do so, but urged him to reconsider. The ruling raises the prospect that Mr. Pellicano, who often grabbed the limelight in his career as an investigator to the stars, would again take center stage at his trial, set to begin Feb. 27. By acting as his own lawyer he will cross-examine prosecution witnesses like Anita Busch, the former journalist who the authorities say was wiretapped by Mr. Pellicano and was threatened in a scheme he orchestrated, as well as other cooperating witnesses who prosecutors say hired Mr. Pellicano to wiretap their adversaries.
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In ordering a New Hampshire man to stop sending spyware that takes over parts of a user&#39;s computer, a federal judge has sent a warning shot at spammers in the United States.
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The legal team of Bernard J. Ebbers needed more time to examine hundreds of boxes of new evidence gathered by federal prosecutors so it could prepare a defense, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Tuesday.
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A U.S. judge deciding if the CIA should be held in contempt for destroying video tapes of interrogations of suspected Islamist militants said on Thursday he believed the court had been deceived by the agency.
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A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorist and espionage cases criticized President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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A U.S. military judge was considering a request Thursday by lawyers for Osama bin Laden's driver to interview the confessed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks Â a man they say could prove their client was no terrorist.
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A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments Monday morning on whether to release Libby's tapes after they are played in court
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The U.S. Department of Justice has asked an appellate court to keep its arguments secret for a case in which privacy advocate John Gilmore is challenging federal requirements to show identification before boarding an airplane.