Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a new agreement with the US that tightens the rules for Americans adopting children from the Russian Federation. Specifically, a foreign family can adopt a Russian child only if there is no Russian family found for him or her. The deal also provides for more control of the [...]
A Taiwanese university announced Monday that it has filed a patent suit against Apple in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas . Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University holds two different patents related to voice-to-text technology that were issued in 2007 and 2010. The university claims that Apple infringed upon these patents [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Julie Nice of the University of San Francisco School of Law says that the Supreme Court’s minimalist approach in its gay rights pronouncements has led to the current confusion among courts and lawyers alike over the proper level of scrutiny to apply to same-sex marriage issues…
JURIST Associate Editor Garrett Eisenhour, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, is a law clerk at the Center for Coalfield Justice. He explores the regulation and safety concerns surrounding gas pipelines, and argues that the costs may outweigh the benefits…
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Monday declined to block enforcement of a new Arizona abortion regulation that will ban abortions after 20 weeks unless there is a medical emergency. The law is scheduled to go into effect on August 2. The Center for Reproductive Rights and the [...]
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday renewed his temporary stay on a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling that police could not collect DNA from individuals arrested for violent crimes and burglaries. The state court ruling effectively bars the collection of genetic material from criminal suspects without a warrant under Maryland’s DNA Collection [...]
An anti-abortion group appealed to the US Supreme Court on Monday in an attempt to reinstate an Oklahoma ballot initiative to establish legal rights for embryos. Personhood USA had originally tried to gather enough petition signatures to put the “personhood” issue on Oklahoma’s November election ballot, but the effort was enjoined through an American Civil [...]
An Egyptian court on Monday postponed the next stage in a hearing challenging the composition of Egypt’s constitutional assembly, the council responsible for drafting the country’s new constitution, until late September. The assembly faces its latest challenge from a group that opposes the body’s Islamist majority. A hearing on the matter held earlier this month [...]
Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Monday that his state will appeal the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruling that struck down a Florida law that barred doctors from discussing the dangers of gun ownership with patients. Earlier this month Judge Marcia Cooke held that the Firearm Owners’ Privacy Act (FOPA) violated [...]
An Iranian court on Monday sentenced to death four individuals convicted on financial corruption charges, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported . The national news agency cited Prosecutor-General Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, who said that the four were among 39 suspects who received sentences ranging 25 years to life in prison. They were accused of involvement [...]
