UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston warned Friday that “he American Dream is rapidly becoming the American Illusion as the US … now has the lowest rate of social mobility of any of the rich countries.” The statement was made after a two-week visit to the US in which Alston [...]

French Economy Minster Bruno Le Maire filed suit against Amazon Monday for unfair competitive practices. Following a two-year investigation, the French Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control had concluded that Amazon had abused its position in its dealings with vendors. Le Maire filed the complaint with the Paris Commerce Court, seeking a fine [...]

The Honduras Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on Sunday declared incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernández the winner of last month’s disputed presidential election. The tribunal found that Hernández won by 50,446 votes, receiving 42.95 percent of the vote. Opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla received 41.42 percent. The election has been marred with accusations of fraud and other [...]

Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer on Wednesday called on the US to end impunity for those officials who have committed acts of torture. A committee in Ireland’s Houses of Oireachtas on Wednesday voted to recommend that [...]

Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. In the midst of a growing and devastating opioid epidemic, officials in Lorain County, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas Friday against 25 large drug companies and distributors of opioids for deceptive and [...]

In the midst of a growing and devastating opioid epidemic, officials in Lorain County, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas Friday against 25 large drug companies and distributors of opioids for deceptive and misleading marketing practices. Loraine County joins a growing list of municipalities filing suit against drug companies [...]

The legal world is a busy place. Here are a few stories we didn’t get to this week that we thought you might be interested in. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday there are “strong indications of election fraud in Honduras,” calling for a full investigation . Also Monday, HRW sent a letter to the [...]

States reacted swiftly Thursday to challenge the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) decision to undo the set of internet regulations known as net neutrality. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman took the lead Thursday afternoon announcing a lawsuit to stop the action. That suit was quickly joined by attorneys general from Washington, Massachusetts, Illinois and Oregon [...]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday voted 3-2 to repeal Obama-era net neutrality regulations in favor of returning to what it calls “longstanding, bipartisan light-touch regulatory framework that has fostered rapid Internet growth, openness, and freedom for nearly 20 years.” Calling it an act to “restore internet freedom” and increase “Transparency to Protect Consumers, [...]

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer on Wednesday called on the US to end impunity for those officials who have committed acts of torture. Melzer urged US authorities to take action on the findings in the 2014 Senate Intelligence Committee Report , which found that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) deliberately misled Congress [...]