The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued a temporary stay on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Clean Water Rule (Rule) that defines “waters of the US.” In a split decision, the court decided the EPA’s Rule that originally became effective on August 28, 2015 deserves further judicial analysis and the Rule will [...]

The Governor of California on Saturday enacted a new chapter of the California Food and Agricultural Code to enhance the regulation of antibiotic use on farm animals in the state. The new policy is more restrictive that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) national guidelines on their use, and the law is arguably the most [...]

With a vote of 14 in favor, the United Nations Security Council on Friday introduced a resolution to allow the European Union to inspect and seize vehicles suspected of smuggling migrants. Authorized under Chapter VII of the UN Charter , the resolution permits certain nations to board ships in order to prevent human trafficking. Those [...]

House democrats on Friday introduced a resolution calling for a Children’s Bill of Rights, which would include 22 points meant to ensure the “physical well-being, social and emotional well-being, and educational and life skills” of all children. Representative Judy Chu, a sponsor of the bill, said, “he Children’s Bill of Rights solidifies our commitment to [...]

At the request of US government officials, Chinese authorities last month arrested individual hackers that allegedly misappropriated commercial secrets from US firms with the intention to sell proprietary information to state-owned entires within the the People’s Republic of China . In the weeks leading up to the arrests, US intelligence and law enforcement personnel compiled [...]

The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) by two months until December 15, 2015. The UN Security Council voted 13-0 to adopt resolution 2241 , with two of the fifteen countries abstaining from the vote. Resolution 2241 extends the UNMISS mandate to consolidate peace [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the Malaysia Federal Court on Thursday for overturning a prior ruling that declared a discriminatory transgender law unconstitutional. The November 2014 ruling by the Putrajaya Court of Appeal reviewed Section 66 of the Sharia, or Islamic law, that prohibited men from “posing” as women and found that the law violated [...]

The Second District Court of Appeal of California ruled 2-1 Wednesday that public colleges and universities have no duty to protect students from violence committed by other students on campus. The dispute arose after University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) student Katherine Rosen was attacked by another student during a chemistry laboratory. The facts allege [...]

US President Barack Obama signed the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (HR 1624) into law on Wednesday. This law will amend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by changing businesses with 51-100 employees to a “large employer” designation instead of the current “small employer” designation. States will have the option of treating currently designated small [...]

The Supreme Court of Spain on Thursdayupheld the dismissal of a case investigating the Rwandan genocide . Spain modified its universal jurisdiction laws last year, and the court refused to lift the reform requirements (Art. 23, Organic Law 1/2014) from the present case. Unless a Spanish citizen was a victim of the genocide or the [...]