California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have banned individuals from flying drones lower than 350 feet over private property without permission from a landowner. The stated purpose of the bill was to protect privacy rights of landowners from unforeseen surveillance from drones, but in his veto message, Brown said, “his [...]
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Wednesday that time spent traveling to and from first and last appointments by workers without a fixed office should be regarded as working time. The ruling addressed a legal dispute brought by workers responsible for installing security systems for the Madrid based company Tyco . The [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday unveiled a new policy for white-collar crimes, which targets individuals accused of crimes instead of the companies. The guidelines were sent to all US Attorneys effective immediately. Previously, the DOJ made a priority of targeting corporations because it allowed larger financial recovery. Companies will now be required [...]
The Judicial Council of Ghana on Wednesday announced the suspension of 22 judges and magistrates on suspicion of corruption. The charges are based on video footage collected in a nationwide investigation conducted by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, the leading journalist on uncovering corruption in the judiciary. The footage showed more than 180 judges and judicial staff [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ruled that Republican members of the House of Representatives have standing to sue the Secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Treasury regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Secretaries asked the court [...]
Serbia’s Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor on Thursday indicted eight former policemen suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The suspects are charged with war crimes for participating in the killing of civilians in a Kravica warehouse, where the victims were placed in the structure and then killed with grenades and [...]
Rights Watch (UK) commenced a legal proceeding against the government on Tuesday, seeking the publication of legal advice the government claims provided justification for a Syrian drone strike that killed three, including two British citizens. Director of Rights Watch (UK) Yasmine Ahmen commented that there is currently insufficient public information to know if the drone [...]
Rwanda’s Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a case challenging a change to the constitution that would allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third seven-year term. The effort to extend the term limit has sparked concern with neighboring African countries as well as the US, which has remained a major donor and [...]
Ukrainian officials on Tuesday accepted International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over crimes that may have occurred since February of last year. Fighting and political clashes between Russian and Ukrainians loyalists after Russia’s annexation of Crimea have been ongoing since late 2013. Ukraine had previously accepted ICC jurisdiction over crimes occurring in its territory between November [...]
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported Tuesday that approximately 8,000 people have been killed in Eastern Ukraine since April of last year. Much of the killing has been attributed to shelling of residential areas. The report discussed primarily what happened from May to August of this year but said [...]
