The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in five cases Friday, including a controversial dispute over a Virginia transgender student's right to use the restroom of his choice. In Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. [docket;...

A UK employment tribunal ruled Friday that Uber can no longer treat its drivers as self-employed and must provide certain workers' rights to its drivers, including minimum wage. The tribunal determined that the drivers can be...

A New York law prohibiting a person from showing the contents of her prepared voting ballot was challenged Wednesday as unconstitutional by state voters for violating their First Amendment rights. The complaint, filed in the US District...

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday demanded that the US "come clean" about the civilian deaths resulting from US airstrikes in Syria over the last two years. Stating that it believes that the US has failed...

Federal authorities charged 56 people on Thursday in an indictment for fraud. The 56 people allegedly posed as Internal Revenue Service agents and immigration authorities. They are accused of coning...

A Michigan judge has ruled that Flint residents can sue state officials over the recent water crisis. In a 50-page opinion dated Wednesday and made public Thursday, Judge Mark Boonstra of the Michigan Court of Appeals ,...

The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday approved a contentious bill that allows public officials to be charged with a crime for identifying a police officer who used force against someone. The new statutory requirements would bar any public officials...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) , along with the Urban Peace Institute and Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging gang injunctions...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday ruled that music companies that previously composed EMI Group, Ltd. can pursue copyright infringement claims against an old online music storage company and its CEO,...

A US district judge on Tuesday approved a $14.7 billion settlement between Volkswagen AG (VW) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the state of California and car owners who filed...