WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge ordered a French company Thursday to pay a $500,000 fine for acting as middleman in the sale of submersible cryogenic pumps to Iran.

WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge Monday dismissed a government watchdog's lawsuit seeking records on missing White House e-mails.

WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) -- The National Association of Manufacturers will appeal a U.S. District Court ruling that dismissed its lawsuit against a lobbying disclosure law.

WASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Washington said the existing antitrust agreement between Microsoft and plaintiffs is adequate to resolve issues.

HARTFORD, Conn., June 12 (UPI) -- Allegations by Google that Microsoft's new operating systems puts competitors at a disadvantage revived antitrust claims against U.S. software giant.

DALLAS, March 15 (UPI) -- A federal judge has refused to order the shutdown of two slaughterhouses near Dallas and one in Illinois.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The former U.S. Defense Department official who arranged to bilk millions in Iraqi reconstruction money said a U.S. businessman started the scheme.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Judges on a court overseeing U.S. government intelligence matters set a meeting with Bush administration officials on spying on people in the United States.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The terror trial of an Australian man being held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been ordered stopped by a U.S. federal judge.