The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) , seeking to overturn its decision to allow the Cordoba House project to proceed. The Cordoba House, a planned Islamic cultural center and mosque to be located two blocks from the site of [...]
Egyptian dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim on Wednesday returned to Egypt after three years of exile, despite nine outstanding criminal complaints against him. Ibrahim, founder of the Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Development Studies , has been a prominent human rights activist and outspoken critic of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak . Ibrahim returned for the two-week visit [...]
Vague language and inconsistent interpretations of policy have hindered the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ability to effectively evaluate and approve medical devices, according to a new FDA report released Wednesday. A committee from the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) , which regulates medical devices sold in the US, conducted the report [...]
Oil company British Petroleum (BP) was sued Tuesday in a $10 billion class action lawsuit over a toxic chemical leak that lasted for 40 days at its refinery in Texas City, TX. The complaint was filed by Texas attorney Anthony Buzbee in the United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas on behalf [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday ruled that California’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the US Constitution . Judge Vaughn Walker held that the ban, known as Proposition 8 , violated both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. He [...]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled its lawsuit against Intel on Wednesday, with the industry-leading microchip maker agreeing to a set of conditions designed to facilitate fairer competition from competitors such as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Nvidia . The FTC originally filed suit alleging violations of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act [...]
An officer for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees said Wednesday said that lawyer Mohammad Mostafei, who is defending a woman sentenced to death in Iran, is seeking asylum in Turkey after fleeing Iran following alleged harassment by Iranian officials. Mostafei is currently being held by Turkey for illegally entering the [...]
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered the release of Abdullah Khadr, the brother of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr after staying a US extradition request. Abdullah Khadr has been detained by Canadian authorities since December 2005 on a US arrest warrant for terrorism issued by the US Attorney’s Office for the District [...]
Julie Stewart : “Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to reduce the infamous 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. The Senate approved the bill in March. Today, President Obama finished the job by signing the bill, ending a nearly 20-year campaign by sentencing reform advocates to undo this [...]
Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Adam Szubin said Tuesday that his office would be willing to issue a license to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) allowing them to provide legal services to Anwar al-Awlaki . Al-Awlaki is a US citizen who is suspected of being a member of al Qaeda [...]
