The Knesset on Wednesday passed an amendment to its “Entry into Israel” law authorizing the minister of Interior to cancel the permanent residency status of individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities or committing acts constituting “breach of trust against the State of Israel.” The bill was a response to a ruling of the Israel [...]
Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel announced on Tuesday that his administration has filed a federal lawsuit against the three largest distributors of opioid narcotics. The complaint names AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, Cardinal Health, and McKesson Corporation , companies that collectively account for about 90 percent of all prescription drug revenue in Chicago and are colloquially known as [...]
A group of private cryptocurrency traders on Thursday filed a class action lawsuit alleging that employees of the San Francisco based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase engaged in insider trading of Bitcoin Cash. The class action lawsuit was filed at a California district court by cryptocurrency trader Jeffery Berk on behalf of himself and other traders who [...]
UN investigators on Tuesday reported that Russian airstrikes on a Syrian market that killed more than 80 civilians last year may constitute a war crime. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria stated that on November 13 “the Russian Air Force carried out airstrikes on a densely populated civilian area in Atareb (Aleppo), killing at [...]
A federal judge in Maryland on Monday rejected a challenge to President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrival (DACA) program, an Obama-era immigration policy that protects undocumented children. Judge Roger Titus stated that while he does not agree with Trump’s decision, it is not the job of the judiciary to [...]
Virtual currency, also known as cryptocurrency, can be regulated by federal agencies just like other commodities, according to a federal court order issued Tuesday. Jack Weinstein, Senior US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York , wrote that virtual currency, such as bitcoin, is “n important nationally and internationally traded commodity, is tendered [...]
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday in Washington, DC, alleging that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) consistently fails in following guidelines in federal statute by transferring immigrant teenagers into adult detention facilities upon turning 18. The complaint was brought on behalf of teenagers who came unattended to [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against California in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California seeking declaratory judgment and injustice relief against three California immigration laws. The three laws at issue were enacted last year and extend protection for immigrants living in the US illegally. The White [...]
The Supreme Court of Ireland ruled Wednesday that unborn children are not offered additional protections apart from the right to life in the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland. The judgment came from an immigration case where a Nigerian national attempted to repeal an order of deportation on the basis that his Irish partner [...]
The Romanian Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down a law that would have allowed politicians to own their own private businesses. The bill, known as Law no. 161/2003 , first came before the Romanian Senate in November, where it was ultimately rejected in its entirety. However, less than one month later, the bill was passed [...]
