A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Friday blocked a Missouri law which prohibits mandatory insurance coverage of birth control for any employers with ethical or religious objections, finding that the state law conflicts with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . The Missouri Insurance Coalition [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday gave final approval to a settlement between British Petroleum (BP) and those who experienced economic and property loss stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill . The $7.8 billion settlement marks the final point in settling monetary remuneration between [...]
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted an injunction on Friday to temporarily block enforcement of a California law banning mental health providers from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) with minors. The injunction will prevent the law, SB 1172 , which was slated to take effect [...]
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Costa Rica’s ban on in vitro fertilization (IVF) violates the rights to privacy, liberty, personal integrity and to form a family, as recognized under international law. The challenge was filed in July 2011 on behalf of 50 Costa Rican couples who have had to seek IVF [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Senate filibusters are an unconstitutional denial of majority rule. The lawsuit was brought by a non-profit organization known as Common Cause as well as four members of the US House of Representatives and individuals who allege [...]
The Austrian Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the EU Data Retention Directive may violate EU law. The court has referred the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for additional review. The Directive calls on telecommunications and Internet companies to retain data such as e-mails, text messages and cell phone records for use by [...]
The High Court of England and Wales has refused to allow a legal challenge to the possible role of the UK’s spy agencies in aiding CIA drone strikes in Pakistan. Noor Khan, the plaintiff, lives in Miranshah, North Waziristan Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. Khan’s father was killed in a [...]
The Russian state Duma approved a bill on Friday banning Americans from adopting Russian children . The Duma later expanded the bill to include foreigners from all countries alleged to have violated Russians’ rights. Human Rights Watch has urged the upper chamber of Russia’s parliament to reject the law , stating that it would undermine [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Faisal Kutty of the Valparaiso University Law School says that the global community must engage in a serious debate over the limits of free expression as it applies to the defamation of cultures and religions, and that in order to do so the extremists on both sides must face their own hypocrisy…
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ruled Friday that Alabama’s policy of segregating HIV-positive prisoners violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) . The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) last year challenging the policy. Judge Myron Thompson found [...]
