Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: The foreign secretary of Bangladesh and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday to cement their agreement that Rohingya refugees should be able to voluntarily return to Myanmar when the country’s conditions improve. The Council of the European Union [...]
Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: Massachusetts’ top court on Friday ruled against Exxon’s request to ban the state’s attorney general from investigating whether the oil conglomerate knew of the effect fossil fuels have on climate change and if they failed to disclose critical information to the public. Attorney general Maura Healey [...]
The foreign secretary of Bangladesh and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday to cement their agreement that Rohingya refugees should be able to voluntarily return to Myanmar when the country’s conditions improve. About 870,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh, with about 670,000 of those refugees arriving [...]
Massachusetts’ top court on Friday ruled against Exxon’s request to ban the state’s attorney general from investigating whether the oil conglomerate knew of the effect fossil fuels have on climate change and if they failed to disclose critical information to the public. Attorney general Maura Healey filed a civil investigative demand (CID) into whether Exxon [...]
The Supreme Court on Pakistan on Friday ruled that a person would be disqualified for life if the court found that they were not “honest” or “truthful” at any point in their career, effectively preventing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from running for parliament for life. The Constitution of Pakistan says “a person shall not [...]
The UNs Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic said Friday they are “gravely concerned” over the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The commission condemned the use of chemical weapons and noted that they have 34 documented incidents of the use of chemical weapons. The commission called for the secretary-general to investigate the [...]
The New Jersey Senate and Assembly on Thursday approved a bill granting zero emission certificates (ZECs) to nuclear power plants in New Jersey. The bill states that the nuclear power plants in New Jersey are necessary to meet the Energy Master Plan of New Jersey’s goal of 100 percent clean energy generation by 2050 and [...]
A federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Thursday has found that Uber limousine drivers are independent contractors and not employees for the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and similar Pennsylvania state laws. The plaintiffs in the matter were three drivers for UberBLACK, the [...]
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Arkansas Whistle-Blower Act (AWBA) does not protect a former employee of the Department of Arkansas Community Corrections (ACC) who alleged she was fired for protesting and participating in an investigation to uncover workplace discrimination. Annette Barnes, the employee in question, alleged that she was terminated from [...]
The Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday rejected was denied in March by the same court and judge. While in jail, Sanchez will not be eligible to be elected leader of a regional Catalan independence party. Sànchez has been in custody since October over charges of rebellion and sedition based on his alleged role in using [...]
