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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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JULY 4, 2024

The Supreme Court of Japan ordered the Japanese government to compensate victims of forced sterilization after holding that the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law was unconstitutional. The post Japan top court finds forced sterilisation law unconstitutional appeared first on JURIST - News.

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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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JULY 21, 2023

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Friday that the Philippine government will have to learn more about the intentions of several investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) before granting them entry to the country. Remulla’s comments come after current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

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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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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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MARCH 5, 2025

An attacking party remains at all times bound by the principle of proportionality, weighing the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated from an attack against the expected harm to civilians and civilian objects, including the reverberating humanitarian consequences resulting from the attack Amnesty International called for an investigation (..)

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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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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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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 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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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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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 24, 2025

Share At oral arguments earlier this week the Supreme Court was skeptical of the Food and Drug Administrations effort to block a North Carolina-based company from challenging the denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana.

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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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MARCH 24, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in ZF Automotive US, Inc. a case concerning federal district courts’ authority to apply a particular statute to private commercial arbitral tribunals. ” The federal district court granted Luxshare’s application, and subpoenas were sent to ZF senior officers.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The US Supreme Court, in a split decision, issued a brief statement on Thursday refusing to reinstate a Florida law that targets drag shows. A lower court order previously prohibited the law from coming into effect. The post US Supreme Court refuses to reinstate a Florida law targeting drag shows appeared first on JURIST - News.

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APRIL 20, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Tuesday sent lawsuits by six California cities and counties accusing ExxonMobil, Chevron Corp and other energy giants of fueling climate change back to state court after the US Supreme Court required the court reexamine the cases. Other lawsuits are still pending.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

A hīkoi (protest march) spanning the entirety of New Zealand’s north island rallying against the government’s constitutionally consequential ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ began Monday from Cape Reinga, the country’s northernmost point.

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JUNE 1, 2023

A majority for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Virginia Tech’s bias reporting policies do not violate free speech principles protected by the First Amendment, upholding a lower court’s decision to deny a preliminary injunction.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in two cases involving a requirement for herring fisheries to pay for the observers the government used to monitor overfishing. The two cases brought to the court were Loper Bright Enterprises v. The two cases brought to the court were Loper Bright Enterprises v.

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