The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule on Thursday seeking to address predatory loaning practices by "payday" and other high-interest lenders. The 1,000-plus-page regulation suggests two policies of note. First, the agency proposed...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated there have been 269 verified human rights violations in the Central African Republic (CAR) during his report to the UN Security Council earlier this week. According to the...

The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that provides protection to transgender persons in public places. House Bill 4253 , "An Act relative to gender identity and nondiscrimination," provides that those who identify as transgender shall...

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Wednesday sentenced Mohibur Rahman to death for his part in the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. His two associates, Mujibur Rahman and Abdur Razzak, were sentenced to life...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday reinstated a challenge to a Pittsburgh ordinance establishing a 15-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) challenged...

The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday adopted a rule of law opinion on Poland, warning that changes to the country's constitutional court pose a risk to the rule of law. Following Poland's Law and Justice (PiS)...

UN human rights experts called Wednesday for the immediate protection of thousands of Syrian civilians. According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , Islamic State (IS) militants have recently seized a number of...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday denied a motion to reconsider a three-judge panel's ruling in favor of a transgender Virginia student. The case, G.G. v. Gloucester County School...

Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo military commissions, settled a freedom of speech lawsuit on Tuesday against the Library of Congress after Davis was terminated from his position as assistant director of the Congressional Research...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday challenged a federal judge's order requiring DOJ lawyers to attend ethics classes. Judge Andrew Hanen of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas...