The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to begin the process of repealing the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) . The decision to dismantle the ACA, commonly referred to as Obamacare, by a vote of 227-198 followed the US Senate vote on the same measure on Thursday. The resolution was widely supported by Republicans, [...]
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari to 16 new cases . The Court granted review on a variety of civil and criminal cases. The civil cases include both substantive and procedural questions. Substantively, in Sandoz, Inc. v. Amgen, Inc. and Amgen, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. the Court will review the process for settling [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday vacated its damages determination in the longstanding patent lawsuit between Samsung and Apple . The previous $399 million damages award was overturned by the Supreme Court last month. Apple’s damages were initially calculated on Samsung’s total profits from the sale of phones that infringed [...]
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Thursday filed for an injunction asking the Supreme Court to bar the swearing-in of president-elect, Adama Barrow . Barrow’s office responded to the injunction request with a statement that Jammeh could not exceed his five-year mandate. In an attempt to avoid a political crisis, lawmakers in Nigeria said their president, [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday to evaluate how many power plant and coal mining jobs have been lost due to air pollution regulations. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy had previously declared it would take about two years to establish [...]
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday urged the governments of European countries to do more to protect refugees from freezing conditions. There have been several reports earlier this month of refugees dying due to the exposure to extreme cold. Many refugees in Europe are currently living in facilities that are not heated. The UNHCR [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported on Friday that it found evidence supporting that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) engages in a pattern of using force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The DOJ reported that CPD officers unnecessarily endanger themselves resulting in the use of unnecessary force. According to the [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 5-4 Friday that landowner Jessica Ernst is not able to sue the Alberta Energy Regulator for violating her constitutional right of freedom of expression. Ernst is a landowner in Alberta who has claimed that hydraulic fracking in the area has resulted in contamination of her well and water supply. [...]
The US Environmental Protection Agency released a statement Thursday accusing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) of installing and failing to disclose engine software that lead to increased emission of nitrogen oxides in roughly 104,000 diesel-powered vehicles. The affected vehicles include Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Ram 1500 trucks from model years 2014 to 2016. Cynthia Giles [...]
Loevy and Loevy , a civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the use of a secret cellphone tracking system by the Chicago Police Department . The suit was filed on behalf of attorney Jerry Boyle, a volunteer for the National Lawyers Guild , who claims police intercepted information from his cellphone [...]
