The US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order to allow legal aid groups to continue to provide certain kinds of assistance to undocumented immigrants. Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) filed NWIRP v. Sessions after being informed by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) they could [...]
European Union (EU) antitrust regulators fined Facebook 122 million dollars on Thursday for misleading information regarding a deal for WhatsApp . The European Commission , found that in order to avoid anti-trust concerns, Facebook stated that it could not automatically match users between Facebook and WhatsApp when it purchased the company in 2014. The European [...]
The International Court of Justice on Thursday instructed Pakistan to withhold the execution of an Indian national until after the court’s final decision his case. The Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan) centers on alleged violations of consular rights that predated the death sentence of Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, who is accused of being a spy. India [...]
Former FBI director Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel to the investigation of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election on Wednesday. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein issued the order in place of Attorney General Jeff Session who recused himself after admitting he had failed to disclose meetings he had with a Russian ambassador [...]
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn, Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses the legal framework of a potential Trump impeachment… Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has responded to the crescendo of outrage by appointing former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and [...]
The European Parliament passed a resolution Wednesday accusing Hungary of engaging in actions which have resulted in the “serious deterioration of the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights.” The organization particularly focused on human rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees as well as freedom of education. It calls for “the Hungarian Government to [...]
The US District Court of the Southern District of New York on Wednesday began hearings on the restructuring of Puerto Rico’s debt. The hearing stems from Puerto Rico filing for bankruptcy protection under Article 3 of PROMESA for its $70 billion debt earlier this month. Chief Justice Roberts appointed Judge Laura Taylor Swain two weeks [...]
The European Commission on Wednesday sent a letter asking for Italy’s response to allegations that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group used illegal emissions control devices. The letter is the first step in infringement proceedings against Italy. The European Commission has requested that Italy provide justification for its legal treatment of Fiat’s emission control strategies. Italy has [...]
Chelsea Manning was released from US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, a military prison, on Wednesday. In 2013 Manning was convicted of stealing 700,000 documents and releasing them to WikiLeaks while she was an intelligence analyst in Iraq. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange , who is under criminal investigation in the US and Sweden, has agreed [...]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled member states must sign off on trade deals before they become law. The ruling found that the member states and the European Union (EU) share competence in many areas involving trade and if the EU does not hold exclusive competence the member states must ratify the [...]
