TAMPA – The Department of Justice has sued the Hillsborough County Circuit Court clerk on behalf of an employee it says was demoted when she was called up to serve in the Army Reserves. ...more

October 15, 2007

The U.S. Supreme Court, not its Florida counterpart, should decide whether to stay an execution scheduled next month while the federal justices consider a lethal injection challenge, a lawyer for the state argued Thursday. ...more

October 13, 2007

A $4.6 billion settlement on Tuesday by one of the last holdouts among polluting power companies signals the end of a long legal debate over acid rain - and a tougher battle ahead over carbon dioxide and the use of fossil fuels. ...more

October 9, 2007

The European Union's second-highest court affirmed the EU's nine-year pursuit of Microsoft Corp., rejecting the software maker's appeal and strengthening the bloc's hand as it pushes ahead with cases against other major technology companies. ...more

September 18, 2007

Standing across from the St. Francisville courthouse, Mabel Mangano's face was drawn and her eyes were wide, but her hands were finally relaxed. ...more

September 9, 2007