The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. on the standard for awarding attorney’s fees under § 505 of the Copyright Act . Under the act, the district court is permitted to use its discretion in awarding attorney’s fees to a prevailing party in a copyright action. The [...]

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday rejected a challenge to Britain’s refusal to pay family welfare benefits to unemployed EU migrants who do not have the right to reside in the UK. The judges ruled that such unequal treatment is justified on the basis of protecting a member state’s finances. The European Commission [...]

A Bahraini court on Tuesday issued a three month suspension of the group Al-Wefaq. . The court found that the group has engaged in “terrorism, extremism, and violence.” The ban is pending a verdict to determine whether it will be required to dissolve or allowed to continue. Political tensions remain high between the Bahrain government [...]

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks reported Wednesday that Poland’s legal and institutional framework threatens human rights . The Commissioner is particularly concerned with the “paralysis” of the constitutional court. The report also states that the new media laws are unprecedented and urges the government to implement reform. A governmental spokesperson declined [...]

Venezuelan government officials on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to deny a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro proposed by opposition leaders. Following the declaration by the National Electoral College (CNE) that more than 600,000 signatures found on the petition for the referendum were “invalid,” those in support of Maduro, such as Jorge Rodriguez, accused [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld the net-neutrality regulations designed to ensure an open Internet. Last year the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed new rules that prevent service providers from offering speedier lands to those willing to pay extra. This caused controversy between businesses such as Google [...]

In response to the mass killing in Orlando, the UN’s top human rights official on Tuesday urged the US to increase its gun control measures. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein stated that the US must “live up to its obligations to protect its citizens from the ‘horrifyingly commonplace but preventable [...]

Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging an executive order by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe restoring the voting rights of certain felons. McAuliffe signed an executive order in April restoring the voting rights of individuals who have completed the terms of incarceration and have been released from supervised probation or parole for any and all [...]

The US Supreme Court vacated and remanded a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Monday in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc . The court held in a unanimous decision that the federal circuit was too lax with its discretion in awarding enhanced damages but that the Seagate test is too rigid with [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in United States v. Bryant that the use of tribal-court convictions as predicate offenses in substitute prosecution does not necessarily violate the constitution. The court held that when such convictions occur in proceedings under the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 , those convictions were valid when entered. [...]