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JUNE 6, 2022

The US Supreme Court announced Monday it would hear Wilkins v. Wilson deals with the QTA’s 12 year statute of limitations for claimants and asks whether the statute of limitations is a jurisdictional rule or a claim-processing rule. However, a claim-processing rule allows for exceptions and more discretion for courts.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the new Lebanese government to adopt a human rights oriented agenda that promotes the rule of law, transparency and accountability on Thursday. The organization urged the government to implement legal reforms across various sectors to meet the needs of the people and build a brighter future for the country.

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MAY 1, 2023

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a case challenging the authority of federal agencies to create regulations. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit deferred to the agency , affirming the lower court’s decision to grant summary judgment. Loper Bright Enterprises v.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In a unanimous slip opinion, the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) waives sovereign immunity and that the federal government can be liable for incorrect debt reporting that damages credit scores. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the opinion of the court.

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MAY 25, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government cannot keep the profits of properties sold to pay off tax debts. The court reached this decision in the case of Tyler v. wherein a local Minnesota government sold off a woman’s condo to satisfy her tax bill. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al.

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MAY 27, 2025

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh in on the bid for compassionate release by a New York man convicted of murder for hire a quarter-century ago. Both denials spurred dissents from the denial of review by some of the courts conservative justices. The government appealed to the U.S. On Tuesday the court granted review.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Victims in Kenya urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Sunday to investigate alleged cases of abduction amid a rise in human rights violations across the country. The KHRC accused the Kenyan government of extrajudicial killings, police brutality and other instruments of oppression.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Armenia officially became the 124th State Party to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday after Ambassador Mher Margaryan deposited Armenia’s accession documents in a ceremony held at the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, where Margaryan presented the instrument of ratification to the Director of the Treaty Section.

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JULY 11, 2024

In a unanimous decision, the Utah Supreme Court decided Thursday that Utah citizens have a constitutional right to reform their government in response to past redistricting efforts to divide Salt Lake City into four congressional districts, resulting in Republicans winning by a large margin.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2021

As of date, in the absence of a separate statute, Section 89 of the Civil Procedure Code , as well as the rules framed by several high courts under that section, govern mediation in India. The draft bill considers the international practice of referring to ‘conciliation’ and ‘mediation’ as interchangeable words.

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MAY 1, 2025

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that an air traffic controller who was called up to serve on active duty in the U.S. By a vote of 5-4, the court rejected the governments narrower interpretation of the law at issue in the case, which would make it harder for reservists like Coast Guard reservist Nick Feliciano to recover differential pay.

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MAY 12, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found Tuesday that a racist slur used by a former military officer was protected speech under the First Amendment. The Virginia Supreme Court has narrowly interpreted Virginia Code § 18.2-416 Because of this, the court reversed the conviction.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a group of Virginia drivers challenging a state motor vehicle law was not entitled to reimbursement of their attorneys fees even though a federal district court issued an order in their favor that temporarily prohibited the state from enforcing the law and the states legislature repealed the law.

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APRIL 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments in Lac du Flambeau Band v. The Bankruptcy Code revokes sovereign immunity from the United States, department agencies and “other foreign or domestic government[s].” It was argued that tribes are a type of domestic governmental units which the statute distinctly includes.

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APRIL 27, 2025

Osseo Area Schools is the latest in a long series of Supreme Court cases involving the statutory rights Congress has granted to schoolchildren with disabilities. The discrimination statutes bar any discrimination by a public entity (such as a school district) by reason of [any] disability. So what have the lower courts done?

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MARCH 31, 2025

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday for a Wisconsin Catholic charity requesting a religious exemption from an unemployment insurance tax. ” The court will make a final ruling on the case during the 2024-2025 term. She prompted the petitioners to look to the legislative history of the federal provision.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The newly elected Labour government is aiming to accelerate global efforts to establish a tribunal capable of trying Russian officials for crimes of aggression in Ukraine, according to Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood. The Labour government is committed to devising an efficient and legally sound approach, without unnecessary delays.

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MARCH 24, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Thursday upheld the funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as constitutional. The court found the CFPB is funded by Title X of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The court again rejected the argument.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed Tuesday a $465 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for public nuisance through its prescription opioid marketing campaign in the state. This plan appropriated money to 21 government programs to combat opioid abuse statewide.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN), commenced hearings on the obligations of States concerning climate change on Monday. Article 65 of the ICJ Statute further establishes the court’s jurisdiction to provide advisory opinions.

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MARCH 11, 2025

According to the Philippines Presidential Communication Office, INTERPOL Manila arrested Duterte at the airport upon his arrival from Hong Kong, after receiving the arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the same day. The arrest has also triggered protests at the airport from his supporters.

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JUNE 8, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Dubin v. United States that in order to constitute aggravated identity theft, the use of a person’s identity must be at the “crux” of what makes the conduct criminal, reversing a lower court decision. The government also applied a sentence enhancement under 18 U.S.C.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

In a decision last year, Haddon-Cave, a judge in the Court of Appeal, had said unequivocally that his investigation will provide open copies of exhibits and witness statements with the required redactions, together with summaries of oral testimony provided during closed hearings. Equally significant is the protection of individual rights.

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AUGUST 22, 2021

” The statute for apprehension and detention of non-citizen immigrants, 8 U.S. ” The statute for apprehension and detention of non-citizen immigrants, 8 U.S. The government appealed, hoping that the appeals court would rule in its favor that requiring the burden of proof to be placed on the immigrant satisfied due process.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a 6-3 opinion in Niz-Chavez v. Garland , reversing a lower court’s decision that had limited access to “cancellation of removal,” an important form of relief for noncitizens in deportation proceedings. Check back soon for in-depth analysis of the opinion.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Minnesota Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a state law prohibiting convicted felons from voting while on probation or parole in a 3-1 ruling. The court rejected this argument. ” Justice Paul Thissen wrote in his opinion that: The felon voting prohibition turns on an act of government. The law at issue, Minn.

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JUNE 21, 2024

The US Supreme Court held Thursday in Gonzalez v. The case concerns a Texas councilwoman who argues that she was arrested in retaliation for her speech critical of a city government official. The Supreme Court found that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously applied these principles.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Italian authorities arrested Osama Najim, the head of Libya’s judicial police, in Turin, Italy, on Monday, following a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his alleged involvement in war crimes, according to Italian news reports.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

The UK Supreme Court Monday allowed an appeal by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in a dispute over whether he or President Nicolás Maduro has control over more than US $1 billion of Venezuela’s international gold reserves held by the Bank of England. The UK government considered this election deeply flawed.

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MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday denied the federal government’s motion to stay a district court decision striking down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction moratorium. In response to COVID-19, the CDC ordered a nationwide moratorium on residential evictions last fall.

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MAY 11, 2023

Share For decades, the Supreme Court has steadily narrowed the scope of the federal criminal wire fraud statutes, and Thursday’s decision in Ciminelli v. The court held that the federal criminal wire fraud statutes do not incorporate a “right to control” theory of fraud. As the court previously held in Kelly v.

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APRIL 24, 2021

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two cases involving one of its own precedents regarding felony firearms possession. The justices pushed Solicitor General Benjamin Snyder on what kinds of evidence an appellate court can use, and how far outside the trial court record they can go. Two years ago in Rehaif v.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the case of a former Chicago alderman, who served four months in a federal prison for lying to federal financial regulators about loans he took out from a local bank and failed to pay. He was also charged with filing false income tax returns, but those charges are not before the Supreme Court.)

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JUNE 3, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the government’s broad interpretation of a federal law that makes it a crime to “exceed authorized access” on a computer. United States , was the Supreme Court’s first serious look at the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. United States , a case which will determine if US district courts have subject matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions of foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalities.

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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. Hansen that 8 U.S.C.

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JUNE 13, 2022

The United States Supreme Court Monday issued its opinion in Denezpi v. In Denezpi , Merle Denezpi, a member of the Navajo tribe, pled guilty to an assault charge in the Court of Indian Offenses (CFR). The CFR is a system of courts which covers areas of tribal sovereignty without an established tribal court.

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