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APRIL 3, 2025

Amnesty International welcomed on Wednesday the decision of Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court to accept a class action lawsuit from 24 asylum seekers who were arbitrarily detained by Lithuanian authorities between 2021 and 2022.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

The German Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled a law allowing double jeopardy in criminal cases where new evidence was available was unconstitutional. In 2021, the Bundestag added a fifth provision. However, the court found the 2021 reform conflicted with Article 103 of the Basic Law.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

A federal appeals court in Los Angeles overturned the decision to house homeless people living on the streets of Skid Row in a controversial ruling on Thursday. However, there was no standing for this claim, as structural racism did not form any part of the plaintiff’s submission to the court.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled by a 5-2 majority Friday that the federal government’s Impact Assessment Act (IAA) and its accompanying regulations are partially unconstitutional, as they empower the federal government to create environmental regulations that should have been within provincial jurisdictions.

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2021

The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. The Act came into force last year, and its provisions are now deemed void as of April 2021. It froze rental rates for 1.5

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The UK High Court Wednesday held that the Home Office acted unlawfully in implementing the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). However, the court said that the way the scheme operates is “unlawful.” The IMA therefore succeeded in their claim, as the court found the current state of the scheme “unlawful.”

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JURIST

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Indian Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that women can sit for the NDA (National Defence Academy) admission exam in a landmark interim order which will allow more women to serve in India’s armed forces.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle ruled Monday in the case Cuomo v. Berland expressed disappointment in the ruling, saying , “We respectfully disagree with the court’s result and are reviewing all options, including, if appropriate, interim legislation.”

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2022

The US District Court for the Northern District of New York Monday issued an order which granted a preliminary injunction allowing non-pregnant inmates with opioid use disorders the Jefferson County Correctional Facility to access methadone prescriptions.

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JUNE 22, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) can continue their lawsuit against the University of Texas Austin (UT) for racial discrimination in their admissions process. The court found that the lawsuit was barred under res judicata because of it’s similarity to Fisher v.

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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that Uber drivers are not exempt from laws requiring private arbitration of disputes. The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) allows federal courts to enforce private arbitration agreements commonly found in employment contracts.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the majority, criticized the lower court ruling , which called the law “overbroad,” saying: Properly interpreted, this provision forbids only the intentional solicitation or facilitation of certain unlawful acts.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that an “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 must be a “natural person” and not artificial intelligence (AI). The court noted that when crafting the legislation, Parliament did not anticipate that machines would be acting as inventors.

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JURIST

JULY 8, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Thursday ruled that the state of Maine cannot restrict who can gather signatures in ballot initiatives for state elections, in a voting case that turned to focus on freedom of political speech. Grant , that upheld the rights of paid professional circulators.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in a unanimous opinion that a member of an elected body does not have a viable First Amendment claim arising from verbal censure. The district court granted Houston Community College’s motion to dismiss the complaint, finding that Wilson lacked standing under Article III.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

WhatsApp Ireland Ltd has appealed a €225 million ($236 million) fine to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Tuesday, the European Union’s highest court of appeal. WhatsApp took this step after its 2022 challenge of the decision was rejected by the General Court of the CJEU. billion fine in May 2024.

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JURIST

MARCH 6, 2025

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal unanimously quashed on Thursday the convictions of opposition activists Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong of failing to comply with notice to provide information under Article 43 of the China-imposed National Security Law (NSL). The assembly in question was the vigil held on June 4, 2021.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to block a district court ruling that a Missouri law that attempts to invalidate federal firearm law within the state is unconstitutional. Missouri applied to Justice Brett Kavanaugh to stay the lower court ruling. 30, 44 (2021). Whole Woman’s Health v.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Kerala High Court ruled Monday that the Kerala Government’s notification banning online rummy played for stakes is unconstitutional. However, in February 2021, the government issued another notification banning online rummy. Relying upon the Supreme Court decisions K. Satyanarayana and K.R. Justice T.R.

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HowAppealing

MAY 17, 2021

Supreme Court ruled on it in 2021.” And Edward Fitzpatrick of The Boston Globe reports that “ US Supreme Court rules Cranston police violated man’s rights in seizing guns from his home.” “Cranston police seized a man’s guns in 2015. ” Katie Mulvaney of The Providence (R.I.)

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The European Union Court of Justice ruled Thursday that a 2021 Austrian law regulating communications platforms cannot be binding on companies based in a different country. Google, Meta and TikTok, all of which have subsidiaries established in Ireland, challenged the law in Austrian courts in June 2022.

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JANUARY 30, 2021

The Court of Appeal in The Hague on Friday ruled in favour of four Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth, an environmental organisation, in a long-running legal dispute against the energy giant, Shell. Finally, in 2021 Milieudefensie and the farmers had a landslide victory.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

The High Court of Madras noted Friday that an accused person who is acquitted from all the charges is entitled to have their name redacted from all court orders in relation to the offences they were accused of in order to uphold their fundamental right to privacy.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2024

The Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that any acquisition of private property by the state must meet a set of criteria under Article 300A of India’s Constitution, which includes being carried out for a public purpose, following the law, and following proper procedure.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A US federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Texas can leave the floating barrier in the Rio Grande after a district court ordered the state to remove it on Wednesday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott appealed the order along with an emergency motion to stay the district court’s order earlier on Thursday.

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JULY 28, 2024

A Thailand court imposed Thursday an additional four-year imprisonment on an activist and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa for defaming the Thai royal family and violating the Computer Crime Act through two social media posts made between January and April 2021.

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JUNE 20, 2022

Russia’s Moscow City Court Monday upheld a lower court ruling that Meta was guilty of “extremist activity” and kept the Kremlin’s ban on the social media company in place. It previously fined Google and Meta in December 2021 for the same reason.

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JURIST

MAY 19, 2022

A Texas federal court judge Tuesday ruled Apple Inc. The Texas US District Court denied Apple’s motion for a new trial and judgement as a matter of law. In April 2021 the court granted Apple a new trial and vacated the court’s previous judgement regarding damages.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 23, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court that adopted a redistricting plan submitted by the state’s governor, Democrat Tony Evers, for seats in the state’s legislature. In 2021, the Wisconsin legislature drew new maps for the state assembly and state senate.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday they would hear the appeal of a lower court ruling that re-implemented Canada’s Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) with the United States. The Supreme Court’s hearing has not yet been scheduled.

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JURIST

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled that Rukshana Kapali, a transgender woman, should be legally recognised on all documents as a woman without having to submit to medical verification according to a Wednesday report by HRW.

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APRIL 9, 2024

A Norwegian court Tuesday acquitted Indigenous activists who refused to pay their fines for blocking entrances to government buildings during a protest. The court held that the police who issued the fines to the protestors acted unreasonably. The court highlighted the fines as unnecessary and disproportionate reactions to the protests.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

The UK High Court ruled Tuesday that the Secretary of State for the Home Office unlawfully operated a “secret policy” that saw more than 1,500 people who were the victims of modern slavery denied leave to remain. The Claimant, known as XY, was kidnapped and enslaved by a gang in Albania, his home country.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal of a controversy between Hungary and Holocaust survivors over Hungary’s confiscation of their property during World War II. This will be the second time the US Supreme Court is hearing this case. The Supreme Court ruled in the 2021 case Federal Republic of Germany v.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2025

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared in court on Monday over allegations of receiving illegal funding from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign. Following investigations and legal battles, the court ruled the claim admissible in 2013.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The United States Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear a request from New York City teachers to block a vaccine mandate over religious objections, despite Justice Sonia Sotomayor initially denying the request. . The rules state, however, that such a renewed application is considered “not favored.”

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CourtTechBulletin

APRIL 16, 2021

We note a speech-to-text AI demo video, text reminders, an event on transitioning your workforce back to the courthouse, yet another article on "Zoom courts", an NCSC Tiny Chat regarding court cell phone policy, and the NCSC website on pandemic response webinars that were recorded in 2020. Read more ».

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