Law & Society

Lawyers who last year successfully challenged the copyright to 'Happy Birthday to You' are aiming to do the same thing with the popular civil rights anthem 'We Shall Overcome.' They asked a US judge to declare the song in the public domain which can be used by anybody without paying royalty.

Peabody Energy Corp filed a bankruptcy protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The company said, the declaration was due to coal industry downturn and debt troubles.

The victims' families of the March Germanwings plane crash files a lawsuit against Lufthansa after the its piloty school failed to check Andreas Lubitz's medical records. Lubitz, who co-pilot the plane, committed suicide by crashing the Airbus A320 flight into the French Alps, killing 150 people on board.