The US Supreme Court has denied a plea from anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to end restrictions on its movement as Japan's whalers accused the activists of violating orders to stay away.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 14, 2013 not rated yet 1

Oil giant Chevron said it was disappointed by the US Supreme Court's decision not to block an $18 billion fine sought by Ecuador for environmental damage in the Amazon.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 09, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 9

Vodafone has petitioned an Indian court to stop the government from auctioning off rights to the cellphone spectrum it now uses for 18.7 million customers in three cities, the company said Wednesday.

Technology - Telecom

Feb 20, 2013 not rated yet 0

A Seoul court on Wednesday upheld jail terms handed down to seven South Koreans for leading an online smear campaign against a hip-hop musician that claimed his US academic degrees were fake.

Technology - Internet

Oct 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

The British government has insisted that bloggers and posts on social media would not be caught by a new system of press regulation, but campaigners warned the new rules could be open to interpretation.

Technology - Internet

Mar 20, 2013 not rated yet 1

An unidentified computer hacker broke into the official website of a Moscow court that sentenced Pussy Riot band members to jail, defacing its front page with obscenities and an anti-Vladimir Putin slogan, ...

Technology - Internet

Aug 21, 2012 not rated yet 1

(AP)—A Chinese magazine's report on abuses at a notorious labor camp is giving reformers added ammunition in a campaign to abolish a part of the penal system that China's government says needs change.

Technology - Business

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The Supreme Court will hear arguments later this month in two separate cases that could pave the way for federal recognition of same-sex marriages, while also overturning state restrictions that deny same-sex ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Mar 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

Japan's one-time maverick Internet tycoon Takafumi Horie used Twitter Wednesday to announce his release from prison after serving nearly two years for accounting fraud.

Technology - Other

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP)—A court in Brazil said it has ordered YouTube to remove clips of the movie that has touched off deadly protests across the Muslim world, the latest in a spate of court-ordered content-removal cases against the video-sharing ...

Technology - Internet

Sep 26, 2012 not rated yet 2

(AP)—The man U.S. authorities claim led a plot to funnel cutting-edge military technology to Russia kept a low profile in his suburban Houston neighborhood and was unknown to leaders in the city's Russian ...

Technology - Other

Oct 05, 2012 not rated yet 0

The fugitive founder of Sea Shepherd has stepped down from key roles at the militant anti-whaling group, passing the Antarctic harpoon chase mantle to a former Australian politician.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

France's top court on Tuesday upheld energy giant Total's conviction for negligence in a 1999 shipwreck and oil spill that blackened much of the country's Atlantic coastline.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

Same-sex marriage takes center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court this week. Stanford Law Professor Jane Schacter talks about the arguments.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP)—An Italian appeals court on Friday overturned the convictions of three Google executives found criminally responsible for a video on a Google site that showed a disabled teen being bullied.

Technology - Internet

Dec 21, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 6