Lt. Governor Brian Calley of Michigan signed a measure Wednesday prohibiting local regulation of shopping bags. The measure refers to the bags as “auxiliary containers” and defines the term to encompass containers made of plastic, cloth, paper, etc. The bill will not allow local governments to regulate, prohibit, or impose a fee on the containers. [...]
Colombian Congress approved a measure Wednesday granting amnesty to low-level Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas who have not committed atrocious crimes. The measure will also create a special procedural system for FARC fighters accused of offenses outside the boundaries of amnesty. The new law is part of a peace deal between the Colombian [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Larry Catá Backer, of Pennsylvania State University discusses consequences of President elect Trump’s rejection of the TTP … The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its European twin, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), mean to provide a basis for the organization and management of global trade that to some extent supplements [...]
Yasin Aktay, spokesman for Turkey’s ruling party said on Wednesday that the government is pushing for a Syrian cease-fire to be in place by 2017. Aktay confirmed that talks between Russia and Turkey are ongoing and that “Turkey’s insistence is … to bring the sides together and for a cease-fire to come about as we [...]
Former Argentine President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner , was indicted Tuesday on allegations of corruption. Fernandez and three others are accused of illicit association and fraudulent administration in connection with the use of funds meant for public works. The allegations go back as far as 2003 when Fernandez’s husband was President. Nearly $3 billion dollars [...]
The Manhattan US Attorney Tuesday announced charges against three foreign nationals for insider trading, wire fraud, intentional damage, unlawful access, and related conspiracy acts. The defendants are Iat Hong and Chin Hung of Macau, and Bo Zheng of China. Iat Hong was arrested on Christmas Day in Hong Kong. The charges stem from cyber attacks [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Amy St. John, manager at Earth’s Healing, shares some professional experiences and personal opinions from her time spent working inside the marijuana industry… I have worked in the medical marijuana industry since 2013 in both Arizona and New Mexico. I have been involved in all aspects of this industry including: licensing, dispensary, [...]
Greece’s Eurozone creditors agreed on Saturday to unblock suspended debt-relief measures after Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras assured them that a Christmas gift he offered pensioners would be a “one-off.” Last week Greece raised concerns with its creditors when it paid out a pre-Christmas bonus to its low-income pensioners and lowered VAT on some of its [...]
A scientific study released in the journal Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences found that cheetah populations throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia are declining as habitats are encroached by various human actors. The cheetah is now listed as ‘vulnerable’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List , however [...]
21 young women from Chibok, Nigeria returned home on Sunday after being released from Boko Haram control in October. In 2014 the Bring Back Our Girls activists began daily sit-ins at the Unity Fountain in the capital city Abuja to press their demands for the release of the 219 school girls that were abducted by [...]
