LAW & SOCIETY

After four nights of the worst riots in decades, Britain's capital is quiet but the aftermath of the unrest continues with courts open through the night to deal with 1,200 arrested looters.

David Cameron is flying back from Italy to chair an emergency meeting in Downing Street after riots in London continued unabated in its third day.

Casey Anthony would have to wait a little longer before she could be set free. CNN reported that the release date, after a not guilty verdict, has been rescheduled for July 17, not July 13 as originally planned in a statement released by Florida's Orange County Corrections last Thursday. According to the statement of Allen Moore, the department's public information officer, the new date is a result of "a detailed recalculation of the projected release date".

Lindsay Lohan had dodged a bullet for consuming alcohol while she is on house arrest, and it seems she won't be wearing orange jumpsuits in the near future.

On June 9, the U.S. Supreme Court, by unanimous decision, upheld a $290 million jury verdict against Microsoft for willfully infringing a patent of a small Canadian firm. The case can be depicted as a classic David vs. Goliath or can be a plot to a John Grisham novel. However, what's more significant -- in the area of intellectual property law -- is that the Supreme Court has settled the issue of whether a lower standard can be used to invalidate patents.

John Hemming, the MP who named Ryan Giggs in Parliament, has spoken out the reasons why he went on revealing the footballer's name in court.

Within the same day that its managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn filed his resignation from the International Monetary Fund, the institution came out with its own official list of code of conduct for its officers and employees to follow.

A Malaysian who once was with the late Osama bin Laden’s band of warriors in Afghanistan and has remained on the FBI’s list of “most wanted terrorists” is reportedly now hiding in Mindanao in the southern Philippines.

Mel Gibson’s ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva has decided to let bygones be bygones and dropped the charges she filed against the actor in a court hearing recently.

Sony has admitted and confirmed that some of the credit and debit card data on its PlayStation Network for videogame players were stolen. Therefore, customers must take action in checking their accounts with their banks.

Senior royal sources have confirmed that no prenuptial agreement was drawn up before the Royal Wedding on April 29 and it was all Prince William’s idea.

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard has remained firm on her North Korean counterpart's military programme especially its nuclear weaponry.

Plunder charges were filed Tuesday against former Philippine president Gloria Arroyo before the Department of Justice.

Just when everyone thought that Lindsay Lohan would be happy to escape three-year imprisonment when the felony grand theft was reduced to a misdemeanor and was sentenced only to 120-day jail time.

“Bad Lieutenant” star Nicolas Cage was arrested in New Orleans Saturday, April 16 and was booked for multiple charges according to New Orleans Police Office said.

Rapper Webbie has been arrested when the Tennesse Highway Patrol officers found drugs in his car and charged with drug possession and tampering with evidence.

Prosecutors confirm that Motley Crue rocker, Vince Neil has been charged with battery and disorderly conduct for reportedly hitting ex-girlfriend in March.

Admitting that she is disgusted over an inflatable sex doll that resembles her, teen singer, Miley Cyrus has been reported considering suing the company responsible for the manufacture of the effigy has gone on sale in the market.

Using an old strategy that has only brought on public ire and scorn for much more respectable organizations like the RIAA and MPAA, a porn film distributor and producer think they can get away with the big bucks by focusing on 'pornheads.' Specifically, closet pornheads who would pay money to be kept out of the limelight of a very public lawsuit. But alleged offenders who call the bluff will soon discover that the cards are mostly in their favor.

“Femme Fatale” hitmaker Britney Spears and her father, Jamie have been slapped with a $10-M lawsuit over fragrance deal by a brand marketing company brokering for the singer’s fragrance line.

Australian Customs and Border Protection and Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service have charged a 49-year-old Hong Kong for allegedly trying to smuggled some 8.5 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Some 25 kilograms of heroin with an estimated street value of $4.5 million were seized by Customs and Border Protection officers.

It’s good news for Lindsay Lohan today : for the first time since her first appearance at the LA Superior Court on February 9 over a stolen necklace, the actress has received good news today on an unrelated yet another legal case.

Popular singer, Madonna is now the subject of a lawsuit filed by eight workers following her decision not to pursue plans to build school for girls in Malawi.

The Queen of Talk has eluded a $100 million-lawsuit for her alleged violation of copyright infringement over a political booklet titled, “How America Elects Her President”.

Actor, George Clooney has been asked as witness for the Silvio-Berlusconi trial along with an Italian foreign minister and a group of showgirls.

A major tobacco-industry funded advertising blitz has backfired, with new research revealing the "It won't work, so why do it" campaign persuaded more people to support the plain packaging of cigarettes than oppose it.

A 21-year-old United States national has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) at Sydney Airport for importing three kilograms of cocaine into Australia.

Lindsay Lohan has turned down the guilty plea offered by an LA court judge that could have ended the actress’s legal battle over the felony grand theft filed against her by the District Attorney’s office over a stolen necklace.