The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads that Amtrak , the publicly funded railroad service, is a governmental entity. However, the court remanded to...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association that under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) federal agencies are exempt from notice-and-comment requirements when amending or repealing interpretive...
The General Court of the European Union on Wednesday annulled a portion of the European Central Bank's (ECB) Eurosystem Oversight Policy Framework requiring financial institutions clearing trades in euros to be located...
A federal judge in Brazil has ordered the deportation of former leftist Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti , annulling a work visa granted by the Brazilian government in 2011. Battisti, a former member of the Armed...
The Spanish government has requested that the US use diplomatic discussions with Cuba regarding the country's removal from the State Sponsors of Terrorism blacklist to seek the extradition of two members of the Basque separatist group Euskadi...
The implementation of California's plastic bag ban , which was set to go into effect in July, has been halted by a successful referendum petition. The trade group American Progressive Bag Alliance (ACPA) collected [LAT...
The Jamaican House of Parliament passed an act Tuesday decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. Under the new law, possession of less than two ounces of marijuana is considered a petty offense punishable by a ticket....
The Supreme Court of Kenya ruled Monday that eight sections of the nation's controversial anti-terrorism law are unconstitutional. The Security Laws (Amendment) Act No. 19 of 2014 , which came into effect on...
The retrial of two Al Jazeera journalists accused of links to the Muslim Brotherhood has been postponed to March 8 after a brief hearing in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday. The retrial, which was set...
Privacy advocates in the Netherlands on Wednesday urged the District Court of The Hague to issue a preliminary injunction and declare unconstitutional the nation's data-retention law. The law , enacted in 2009, allows ...
