The Texas State House of Representatives approved on Thursday a strict ban on so-called “sanctuary cities.” The bill seeks to empower law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law against detainees and threatens to jail any police chiefs or sheriffs who refuse to follow federal law. The bill would allow the Texas government to withhold funding [...]
A French court on Thursday refused an extradition request for former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj , who is facing war crime charges in Serbia. The court released Haradinaj shortly thereafter giving the parties five days to appeal. The Serbian government has stated the decision is unlawful and has recalled its ambassador in protest. Representatives [...]
The European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that devices with pre-installed software that make it easier to stream pirated content may violate an European Union (EU) copyright protection directive . The court determined that the sale of such multimedia players, often including popular so-called “streaming sticks,” constitute a “communication to the public” that falls within [...]
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. and Maslenjak v. United States . In Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. , the court is asked to determine how much patent protection should be afforded to drugs that are “biosimilar” to “biologics.” Biologics are complex bio-engineered drugs, and when their [...]
The Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission on Tuesday released a report in which they “unanimously recommend that the current moratorium on the death penalty be extended.” While the report noted that it was difficult to come to that decision, “ue to the volume and seriousness of the flaws in Oklahoma’s capital punishment system,” it advised [...]
US District Judge William Orrick from the Northern District of California on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction against Executive Order 13768, titled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States which would have allowed the federal government to withhold funds from cities which have been designated as “sanctuary cities.” In the ijunction, Orrick [...]
Israel’s Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked confirmed Tuesday that the country’s Judicial Appointments Committee has approved the first female judge to a Muslim religious court. Both Jewish Rabbinical and Muslim Sharia courts hear marriage, divorce and other family law cases for their given religion in the country. Jewish law explicitly forbids women from serving as judges [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that tribal sovereign immunity does not extend to tribal employees acting in an individual capacity. Lewis v. Clarke arose when Brian and Michelle Lewis were injured in a car crash caused by William Clarke, an employee of the Mohegan Tribe who was driving a Mohegan Sun Casino limousine. [...]
The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Monday filed the first complaint in a planned series of challenges to new California gun control laws put in place following the San Bernardino attack . The complaint was filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California Southern Division . Some experts doubt that the [...]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two civil procedure cases: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, and BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell . Bristol-Myers Squibb focuses on whether plaintiffs may sue in a state that has no particular connection to them, but has significant connection to [...]
