Judge Portley of the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the state legislature can transfer funds from the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) to the state’s general fund. The ICA was established under Arizona’s Workers’ Compensation Act to administer the State Compensation Fund, created to pay compensation benefits to injured workers. The Court [...]
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on Friday charged Yevgeniya Vasilyeva, former head of the Russia Defense Ministry’s property department, with fraud, claiming that she stole over 360 million rubles ($11 million) in a real estate scheme. Vasilyeva is currently under house arrest and her request for bail was dismissed, although her laywers intend [...]
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday voiced its concern for Congolese civilians displaced by continued fighting in North Kivu. The UNHCR and its affiliates typically oversee 31 refugee camps hosting over 108,000 people in the eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) , but fighting in the region has [...]
Amnesty International (AI) urged Philippine authorities on Friday to put a stop to the killings of Maguindanao massacre witnesses and their families. Marking the third anniversary of the infamous mass murder of journalists, AI’s Deputy Asia-Pacific Director Polly Truscott remarked that as witnesses and the families of victims have become engulfed by a long and [...]
The Economic and Finance Minister of Argentina , Hernán Lorenzino , held a press conference on Thursday indicating Argentina’s intent to appeal a US judge’s ruling ordering it to pay $1.33 billion to bondholders. District Judge Thomas Griesa for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in his decision stated that [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday unsealed an arrest warrant for Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo . Pursuant to the warrant, Simone Gbagbo is accused of committing crimes against humanity during Ivory Coast’s post-election crisis in 2010 – 2011. She is accused of planning and implementing a plan [...]
Egypt’s incumbent president Mohammed Morsi issued a decree on Thursday vastly expanding his powers. Pursuant to the decree, Morsi’s decisions are not subject to judicial review and he can reopen trials for officials from the government of deposed president Hosni Mubarak . The decree also dismissed Egypt’s prosecutor general, Abdel Majid Mahmoud. On Friday protests [...]
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday ordered Apple to disclose a full copy of its settlement agreement with HTC to Samsung Electronics . HTC and Apple announced earlier this month that they had reached a global settlement dismissing all patent lawsuits between the two companies. [...]
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday passed a resolution condmening extrajudicial, summary, and arbitrary executions on the basis of “gender identity” for the first time. In a vote of 108 to 1, the UNGA amended the resolution to include language urging states around the world “to investigate…all killings committed for any discriminatory reason, including [...]
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Lululemon), a Canadian clothing company, settled a lawsuit on Tuesday with Calvin Klein Inc. over alleged patent infringement of yoga pants. A spokesperson for Lululemon said that the terms of the settlement are confidential . After both companies agreed to settle, Lululemon withdrew the case in a filing in federal court in [...]
