alleging tire manufacturers have hidden from the public the information that tread separation failure occurs approximately six years after the tire's date of manufacture.
Supreme Court Decision Not a Green Light for Executions The United States should not resume execution by lethal injection, despite a US Supreme Court decision that upheld its constitutionality, Human Rights Watch said today.
A police raid on a Turkish human rights organization is the latest incident in an escalating pattern of harassment of gay rights groups, Human Rights Watch said today. In a letter to Turkish Minister of Interior Besir Atalay, Human Rights
Ruling Shows Government Contempt for Democratic Rights A military tribunal's conviction of 25 leading members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood demonstrates the Egyptian government's continued determination to crush any organized political opposition, Human Rights Watch said today.
Supreme Court Announces 100 Death Sentences Afghan President Hamid Karzai should suspend the death penalty and reject signing execution orders for about 100 prisoners whose death sentences were announced by the Supreme Court on April 16, Human Rights Watch said
The Illinois Appellate court announced that an Illinois employer still had to pay the remaining balance of an employee's medical bill after the employee won a worker's compensation lawsuit . The employee was injured on the job when the bus
A Canadian court has certified a class for a class action lawsuit against Guidant for failing to warn consumers about the dangers of its popular implantable defibrillators. According to news sources, though Guidant recalled the defective heart defibrillators , some
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) settled a personal injury lawsuit for $1.25 million. An elderly Chicago woman filed the personal injury lawsuit against the CTA because she was seriously injured in 2006 when the CTA's Blue Line derailed by the
Every business depends on email and the Internet. But reading the press, it's tempting to believe that the risks sometimes outweigh the benefits. Viruses, phishing, spyware, spam, trojans, worms, pornography, hate mail and the like are presented, particularly by the
The increased demands of regulatory compliance are causing corporate business and IT security managers to review their access governance policies and procedures with an eye toward improving the efficiency and reliability of their systems,while reducing the complexity and cost associated
Yesterday, we settled a serious car accident case in mediation that I never thought would settle. The client was looking well beyond the fair value of the case, valuing the claim at $2.1 million (our maximum potential recovery with Maryland
