The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously rejected a challenge to a voter approved minimum wage law. The court had agreed to consider the constitutionality of Proposition 206 last month. The institution of this law raises...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Monday in Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado that a juror's racial bias creates an exception to the no-impeachment rule that limits the second-guessing of jury verdicts. The rule is designed...
Bahrain's justice ministry filed a lawsuit on Monday to dissolve an opposition group because of its threat to security. According to the ministry, the National Democratic Action Society, or Waad, had committed serious violations contrary to...
The Minnesota House approved a bill on Thursday to prevent cities from implementing their own labor laws. HF 600 would ultimately prohibit local governments from regulating minimum wage, paid and unpaid leave, advance notice of work...
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Dubravka Šimonović, urged the government of Australia on Friday to include all women in the fight to stop violence against women. According to Šimonović, violence against women in Australia is at...
UN experts on Wednesday urged governments around the world to protect rare plants and animals. According to UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox,The rapid loss of biological diversity around the world should be...
US President Donald Trump signed a bill on Tuesday that revokes gun restrictions on those with mental illnesses. During the Obama administration, individuals who received social security checks for mental illnesses and were deemed unfit to manage their...
The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld immigration rules that require British citizens have a certain level of income to bring their foreign spouses into Britain. The Minimum Income Requirement rule mandates that a British...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that Maryland's assault weapons ban is constitutional. A lower court ruling last year found that Maryland's Firearm Safety Act , violated the Second Amendment...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) joined a whistleblower lawsuit on Thursday against UnitedHealth Group . The suit claims that the country's largest health insurer, and its affiliates, were overcharging the Medicare...
