The Arkansas House of Representatives on Thursday voted 80-10 in favor of a bill that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life. The bill, commonly referred to as The Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, was approved in a 25-7 vote [...]
Mexican security forces have enforced or participated in widespread “disappearances” in which individuals are taken against their will, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. The rights group has documented at least 250 “disappearances” since 2007. In most of these cases, security forces failed to search for the victim or investigate, and perpetrators have not been [...]
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) filed a lawsuit in US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Wednesday against Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and other state officials. The NCAA lawsuit seeks to stop the Commonwealth from keeping for its own uses the $60 million in fines levied against Pennsylvania State University (PSU) [...]
The Turin Court of Appeals in Italy on Thursday sentenced two former advisers to the Italian car company Fiat to one year and four months in prison for misleading the market in 2005 when the Agnelli family purchased the company. Franzo Grande Stevens, a former attorney for Fiat, and Gianluigi Gabetti, the former Agnelli family [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday called on Yemeni forces to observe peace and restraint (AI report) during scheduled protest marches this week. Yemeni security forces fired on protesters on Thursday despite AI’s plea. The protest marches were organized by the Southern Movement to mark the one-year anniversary of the uncontested election of President Abd Rabbuh [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday. In McBurney v. Young the Court considered, under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV of the US Constitution, if a state can bar an out-of-state resident from accessing public records normally obtainable by a state resident. The court will also analyze [...]
A group of nine senators and two representatives joined to file an amicus brief Tuesday in support of Hobby Lobby, Inc. and Mardel Inc. in their ongoing court battle against being compelled to provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . The businesses, both owned by the [...]
A court in Egypt ruled Wednesday that policeman may grow beards, ending the long-standing precedent of ex-President Hosni Mubarak barring facial hair because it was considered to be a public display of Islamic support. Writing for Cairo’s High Administrative Court, Judge Maher Abu el-Enin rejected a request from the Ministry of Interior to permit it [...]
The European Commission (EC) on Thursday announced that it is referring Sweden and Greece to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to comply with previous judgments regarding environmental issues. The EC found that Greece failed to comply with a 2005 ruling that required the country to take steps to either close down or [...]
Lockheed Martin Corp. (Lockheed) on Wednesday agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle a fraud class action claim alleging that the advanced technology company misled investors in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) . Brought by the City of Pontiac General Employees’ Retirement System in the US District Court for the [...]
