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Federal appeals court prevents oil companies from moving Louisiana coastal wetlands lawsuits to federal court

A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a decision Monday to keep oil companies from moving lawsuits that blame them for coastal wetlands loss in Louisiana to federal court. In 1972 Congress enacted the Coastal Zone Management Act, which led Louisiana to enact the Louisiana State and Local […]

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China imposes sanctions on 11 US citizens

In a press briefing on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijan announced sanctions on 11 US citizens. This decision comes in response to the sanctions imposed by the US on Hong Kong and Chinese officials accused of curtailing political freedoms in Hong Kong. On Friday the US imposed sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and […]

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California judge blocks Uber, Lyft from classifying drivers as independent contractors

California Judge Ethan Schulman of the San Francisco Superior Court issued a preliminary injunction on Monday against Uber and Lyft, blocking the companies from classifying their drivers as independent contractors. California passed a new law, Assembly Bill 5, that required companies to classify workers as employees if they controlled how workers did their jobs. The […]

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Canadian man dies in ICE custody after positive COVID–19 test

A 72–year–old Canadian man has died while in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at Farmville Detention Center in Virginia after he yielded a positive COVID–19 test result. James Thomas Hill tested positive for COVID–19 on July 11 following a mass detention center outbreak. Though Hill’s official cause of death is unknown, staff report […]

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Hong Kong police arrest 10 people under new national security law

Hong Kong police arrested 10 people on Monday under the new national security law for suspected collusion with foreign forces. Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying and senior officials of Apple Daily newspaper were detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces. Two hundred police officials raided the offices of Apple Daily. The police also arrested Agnes Chow Ting, […]

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Lebanon government resigns amid anger over Beirut explosion, widespread corruption

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced on public television Monday that his cabinet was resigning following three days of protests over the Beirut explosion and alleged government corruption. On August 4 an explosion at Beirut’s shipping port, believed to have been caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, killed at least 220 people and injured […]

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AbbVie reaches settlement with California over marketing of HUMIRA drug

The pharmaceutical company AbbVie, Inc. has reached a settlement agreement with California over allegations that it violated the state’s Insurance Frauds Prevention Act. The settlement, reached Thursday, includes AbbVie’s agreement to alter its marketing practices for the drug HUMIRA, which is used primarily to treat inflammatory conditions like psoriasis, arthritis and Crohn’s Disease. The company […]

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Trump’s economic executive actions raise constitutional questions

The four executive actions President Donald Trump signed Saturday may face legal challenges because the Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the power to tax and spend. Trump signed three presidential memoranda and an executive order to provide economic relief for the economic crisis caused by COVID-19. The three memoranda seek to increase the unemployment […]

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France’s highest constitutional authority throws out terrorism security law

The French Constitutional Council, France’s highest constitutional authority, has rejected as unconstitutional legislation that included special parole conditions and electronic tracking for those who served prison terms for terrorist offenses. The Constitutional Council found Friday that the legislation unfairly discriminated against former detainees who had served full sentences. The law prohibited former detainees from changing […]

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Mali president appoints 9 judges to constitutional court as compromise with opposition

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita appointed nine judges to the Mali Constitutional Court by decree. This action was taken on Friday as part of a compromise to ease the current political crisis between Keita and opposition groups. The opposition alliance, called the June 5 Movement, has participated in mass protests demanding Keita’s resignation over his […]

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Nagasaki urges nuclear weapons ban on 75th anniversary of atomic bomb

During a Peace Declaration speech marking the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Sunday, Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged world leaders to do more for a nuclear weapons ban. During World War II, the US detonated nuclear bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The US bombed Hiroshima on August […]

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Venezuela court sentences ex-Green Berets to 20 years imprisonment for attempted coup

A Venezuelan court sentenced two former members of the US Army Special Forces, known as the Green Berets, to 20 years in prison for their role in an attempt to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. In the ruling on Friday, the two men were found guilty of conspiracy, trafficking in illegal arms and terrorism. According to […]

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Mexico creates justice commission for Yaqui indigenous group

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has signed a decree that sets up a Justice Commission for the Yaqui People, seeking to solve land, water and infrastructure problems of the group. The decree, signed on Thursday, focuses on the central themes of “[t]erritory, water, justice and well-being for the Yaqui people.” The Yaqui have long […]

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Federal court uses Supreme Court opinion to uphold Arkansas abortion restrictions

A panel of federal judges used a recent Supreme Court opinion to uphold Arkansas abortion restrictions Friday. The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld the regulations by deferring to Justice Roberts’ concurring opinion in the recently-decided Supreme Court case, June Medical Services L. L. C. v. Russo. By deferring to Justice Roberts’ […]

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Federal court blocks Idaho ban on changing transgender birth certificate sex

A federal court blocked Idaho’s ban on transgender individuals changing their sex on their birth certificates Friday. The court reasoned that the ban violated a previous court order that prohibited any policy that prevents transgender individuals from changing their birth certificate sex. The court’s original order pertained to an executive agency rule that prohibited such […]

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El Salvador court declares decree to reopen economy unconstitutional

The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador Friday declared an executive decree aimed at regulating the reopening of the economy unconstitutional. President Nayib Bukele’s Ministry of Health issued Executive Decree No. 32 last month. The decree dealt with health protocols to guarantee the right to health of people during the […]

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US circuit court rules House Judiciary Committee can sue to enforce subpoenas

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled Friday that House committees can sue to enforce their subpoenas. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit filed by the House Judiciary Committee against former White House counsel Donald McGahn. The Committee had subpoenaed McGahn’s testimony in April of 2019 as part of its […]

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Federal judge overseeing opioid litigation rejects request to dismiss lawsuits

US District Court of the Northern District of Ohio Judge Dan Polster Friday denied a request by five retail pharmacy chains to dismiss opioid lawsuits filed by two Ohio counties. Lake and Trumbull Counties brought a common law absolute public nuisance claim against several pharmacies for dispensing prescription opioids to customers. The court previously concluded […]

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States ask federal court to stop Trump from not counting undocumented immigrants in 2020 census

A coalition of states and organizations led by New York filed papers in federal district court on Friday seeking to overturn President Trump’s order that would exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment base following this year’s census. President Trump issued a memorandum last month ordering the exclusion of undocumented immigrants from the census count for […]

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Federal judge grants DOJ bid to scrap antitrust rules limiting how movies are distributed to theaters

A US District Court judge on Friday granted the federal government’s request to terminate a set of antitrust rules, the so-called Paramount Decrees, that “for over seventy years have regulated how certain movie studios distribute films to movie theaters.” The decrees, a result of the landmark 1948 Supreme Court case United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., […]

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UN commissioner flags rampant rights violations against journalists covering war in Yemen

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Thursday that there have been a high number of human rights violations against journalists covering the ongoing civil war in Yemen. The conflict began in March 2015. Since that time, the UN Human Rights Office has documented 357 human rights violations and abuses against journalists, including […]

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China court sentences fourth Canadian national to death for drug crimes

The Foshan Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Canadian citizen Ye Jianhui to death Friday for manufacturing and transporting drugs. It was the fourth death sentence imposed on a Canadian by a Chinese court since Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies Company, was arrested in Vancouver in 2018 on a US warrant. The death […]

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Egypt approves anonymity bill to protect sexual assault survivors

The Egyptian cabinet has approved a draft bill protecting the identities of sexual assault and harassment victims as part of a national campaign to end sexual violence. The campaign aims to encourage women to report sexual crimes without fear of retaliation. Cabinet members drafted the bill in July following the arrest of a man who […]

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US imposes sanctions on Hong Kong and China officials over security law

The United States Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions Friday on 11 Hong Kong and mainland China officials over their involvement in undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and curtailing citizens’ freedom of expression and assembly through the implementation of the National Security Law. Among those sanctioned is Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, characterized by the Treasury […]

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Federal judge orders all detainees at California ICE detention center to be tested for COVID-19

A federal judge has ordered all detainees at the Mesa Verde Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center to be tested for coronavirus. The decision issued Thursday was a result of a class action suit brought by detainees alleging that ICE had refused to take any meaningful action to mitigate the spread of coronavirus throughout the […]

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