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AUGUST 1, 2024

The Kenya Court of Appeal at Nairobi delivered a judgement Wednesday rendering the controversial Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional. The Finance Bill 2023 was tabled before the National Assembly on May 4, 2023. It was later assented to by the president on June 26, 2023 and became Finance Act 2023.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The court rejected these arguments and ruled that the plaintiffs had provided sufficient detail to make their allegations plausible. The court’s order requires Target to respond to the complaint by December 13, 2024. A similar BIPA lawsuit was filed against Amazon in September 2023.

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MAY 21, 2024

The court’s judgment comes as a result of a legal challenge to the amendments brought by the National Council of Civil Liberties. The court scrutinised the legality of the Secretary of State’s regulations, which effectively lowered the threshold for police intervention in public processions and assemblies.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

US District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled that PICA infringes on an individual’s Second Amendment rights, citing recent US Supreme Court interpretations of the Second Amendment. The issue has seen intense debate, and the Seventh Circuit heard arguments on multiple related cases in June 2023 with the panel showing similar division.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2025

A coalition of 19 attorneys general filed a 31-page amicus brief with the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, claiming a Maryland county’s policy of incorporating LGBTQ-inclusive books into their curriculum with no opt-out option for parents does not violate the US Constitution.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Italian authorities brought 43 asylum seekers back to the country from offshore asylum processing centers in Albania on Friday, following a ruling by the Court of Appeal of Rome. This marks the third time the courts have halted the expulsions of asylum seekers.

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APRIL 9, 2025

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday exercised its discretionary powers to implement ten pending bills in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, marking a significant intervention in a prolonged constitutional deadlock between the state government and state Governor R.N. Justice J.B.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Azerbaijani side was reported to have captured Armenian servicemen and civilians during its September 2022 attack on Armenia and the assault on Artsakh on September 19, 2023. Between 2020 and 2023, Azerbaijan detained over 200 Armenians, including both servicemen and civilians from Armenia and Artsakh.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

US Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys have asked a federal court in Texas to end a temporary pause on a case accusing Elon Musk’s tech company SpaceX of discriminating against immigrant job applicants. The motion, filed Thursday, comes after a year-long pause on a case initially brought by the DOJ against SpaceX in August 2023.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The agreement explained, “From approximately November 1, 2022 through April 26, 2023, [then-Prosecutor Gardner] directed employees of the St. On August 30, 2022, the Supreme Court of Missouri ordered Gardner to pay a $750 disciplinary fee along with the cost of the disciplinary proceedings, which was $4,254.33.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York, on Thursday, unsealed an indictment against a former Indian intelligence officer who is accused of planning a failed assassination attempt against a Sikh-American activist known for his vocal criticism of the Indian government in New York City. in June 2023.

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MARCH 14, 2024

The American Library Association (ALA) announced on Thursday that censorship demands and book ban attempts in public libraries and schools hit a record high in 2023. This made up 46 percent of all book challenges in 2023. The ALA documented 1,247 demands to ban 4,240 different books.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled unanimously on Thursday that Mongolia failed to comply with its request to arrest and surrender Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court referred Mongolia’s non-compliance to the Assembly of State Parties (ASP), which oversees the administration of the court.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

DunixeBerlanas , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The EU General Court on Wednesday upheld a significant financial penalty against Poland, amounting to approximately 320 million, due to non-compliance with EU laws through its judicial reforms enacted in 2019.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The New York Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the state’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government on Tuesday in an action brought by former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, whom the commission is investigating. However, the court’s majority did not find this argument sufficient.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) Is it a sign of a healthy judiciary when the countrys largest professional association of lawyers has to formally vote on whether Supreme Court justices should follow basic ethical rules? Public trust in the Supreme Court is already in freefall. Asking for an American in the year 2025.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The parents of the 13-year-old who killed 10 people at a school in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2023 were convicted on Monday. The president of the panel briefly announced the reasoning behind the verdict and allowed an appeal against the verdict to the Court of Appeal in Belgrade. Nemanja was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison.

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APRIL 2, 2025

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday granted the plaintiffs’ motion to postpone Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s attempt remove the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Venezuelan immigrants.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The High Court of Australia dismissed the Catholic Church’s bid to avoid paying damages to the father of a choirboy allegedly sexually abused by Cardinal Goerge Pell. ” The Archdiocese then appealed the court’s decision to the Victorian Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, which was rejected. .”

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This call comes in the wake of the coup that ousted Bazoum in 2023, during which he has since been detained incommunicado, with limited access to the outside world. In June of 2024, a junta-backed court revoked Bazoum of his presidential immunity, paving the way for a potential trial, although no date has been set.

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MARCH 6, 2024

At least 126 human rights defenders were murdered in the Americas in 2023, according to a statement published Tuesday by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR). In the final four months of 2023, the IACHR documented the murders of 54 human rights defenders.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Share It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisianas latest redistricting plan. And with Republicans holding only a slim majority in the House of Representatives, the courts decision could affect the balance of power there. The legislature drafted a new map, known as S.B.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

The report further added that the Russian Supreme Court issued a secretive and baseless ruling labelling the transnational Muslim organization Hizb ut-Tahrir as “terrorist,” offering no evidence to support the designation in 2023. While the group is known for its controversial ideology , it is legal in Ukraine.

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Intelligize Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Ending one skirmish amid the legal battles at Tesla over excessive compensation, a Delaware Chancery Court on January 8 approved a deal that Teslas board of directors struck 18 months ago to return roughly $919 million to the company. Additionally, they will forego stock option compensation from 2021 to 2023 worth as much as $184 million.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a state law violated the youth plaintiffs’ right to a clean and healthful environment under the state constitution. ” The court also ruled against the state’s argument that the plaintiffs lacked standing in the case.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

Kiiza was arrested on January 7, at the General Court Martial in Makindye township while representing his client, opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye. Kiiza was reportedly denied access to his client during court proceedings.

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DECEMBER 26, 2024

Pakistan’s military courts sentenced 60 civilians on Thursday to prison terms ranging from two to ten years for their involvement in violent protests that erupted following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 9, 2023.

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JULY 14, 2024

The Constitutional Court of Latvia ruled against a challenge to a law that converted Russian-language schools to Latvian. The original court upheld the act and the Constitutional Court was hearing an appeal. Latvia also closed border crossing points with Russia in October 2023, for what it cited as security reasons.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Judge Coleen McMahon, presiding over the case, found that the plaintiffs failed to establish Article III standing—a prerequisite to bringing their claims to federal court. The court ruled that the plaintiffs did not demonstrate a “concrete injury-in-fact” to pursue damages or injunctive relief under the DMCA.

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JUNE 29, 2024

The UK Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) refusal to investigate the importation of Uyghur forced labour cotton from China was unlawful. ” Mahmut also called for implementing tougher legislation following the appellate court’s ruling.

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APRIL 7, 2024

Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes opened a criminal inquiry on Sunday into X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk for possible obstruction of justice and incitement after the tech magnate defied a previous Supreme Court (STF) order to block access to undisclosed accounts.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a challenge to a Pennsylvania law barring people 18- to 20-years-old from carrying guns back to the lower courts for another look in light of last term’s decision in United States v. In a decision issued in June 2023, the U.S. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

A federal appeals court on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson. Governor Reeves said HB 1020 “creates an inferior municipal court charged with hearing cases from the Capitol Complex Improvement District (CCID).

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JANUARY 22, 2025

The UK Justice Committee announced Tuesday it will relaunch a major inquiry to examine the mounting delays in the County Court. The Committee Chair Andy Slaughter said the inquiry will seek to address the issue of County Court delays and resource shortages.

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MARCH 21, 2025

A jury in the US District Court for the District of Albuquerque convicted failed former New Mexico House of Representatives Candidate, Solomon Pea , on Wednesday of charges in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of democratic state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque in the aftermath of the 2020 election.

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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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JULY 22, 2024

Nigeria’s Federal High Court in Abuja has delivered a judgment ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute state governors and others for electoral violence, bribery, vote buying, and collusion in the 2023 general elections, as reported by local media. Accordingly, I grant the prayers sought.

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