A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Wednesday rejected a challenge by the US Chamber of Commerce to a rule governing retirement investment advice. The regulation requires...
The UK House of Commons voted 494-122 Wednesday to approve HC Bill 132 , which would empower Prime Minister Theresa May to formally begin the Brexit process. The House of Commons completed its first reading...
The US House of Representatives on Monday approved HR 387 , a bipartisan bill that updates US privacy laws in regards to e-mail and cloud storage. Most importantly, the bill will require law enforcement to obtain a warrant...
The Syrian government has hanged more than 13,000 prisoners in extrajudicial executions over a five-year period at Saydnaya prison, Amnesty International (AI) reported Monday. The report says that the hangings occurred with alarming frequency,...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered Russia to pay more than 63,000 euros for arresting Alexander Navalny multiple times between March 2012 and February 2014. The Court held that Russia repeatedly and unjustifiably...
UN human rights experts on Thursday urged the government of Iran to stop the execution of Hamid Ahmadi, a 17 year old with a death sentence stemming from Ahmadi fatally stabbing another Iranian youth. The office of the...
Mitzie Perez and the California League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank refused to extend Perez and other similarly situated students loans solely because...
More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan, on Monday filed a class action lawsuit against the US, claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to respond to damage claims arising from the Flint water...
The UK High Court ruled on Thursday that Nigerian citizens affected by Shell oil spills cannot sue for relief in the UK. Lawyers for the Nigeria residents promised to appeal the judgment immediately, claiming...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday refused to force Wal-Mart to pay $80 million in a lawsuit where multiple former Wal-Mart truck drivers alleged the company owed them millions...
