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Research and advocacy group Freedom House found in a report published Monday that global internet freedom has declined for the ninth consecutive year. Freedom House found that political leaders employed individuals to shape online opinions in 38 out of the 65 countries covered in the report. Cross-border influence, in which authorities in a growing number [...]

The California Building Standards Commission approved a new rule Thursday requiring that all homes built in California after 2020 have the capacity to produce and process solar energy. The rule was first announced in May but faced backlash due to cost concerns as it could raise the average price of a new home in California [...]

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. A new law took effect in Iceland Monday, making it...

Iceland's Parliament presented a bill on Tuesday that would require all public and private companies that employ more than 25 people to prove they provide equal pay for employees. If a company is...

JURIST Guest Columnist Larry Eaker, former Professor at the American University of Paris discusses the possible legal consequences of the UK's decision to exit the EU... As a historian, I fear Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction not...

A UN human rights expert on Friday called on the international community to put an end to financial secrecy in wake of the recent release of thousands of confidential financial documents known as the "Panama Papers" ....

JURIST Guest Columnist Karla McKanders of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Law discusses the European refugee crisis... "They are people in genuine need of our protection. There is no wall you would not climb, no sea you would...

While DOMA has effectively blocked the implementation of same-sex marriage at the federal level, there have been several states that have taken independent legislative and judicial action regarding same-sex marriage. The laws passed at the state level have typically adopted...

Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law

A special court in Iceland on Monday convicted former prime minister Geir Haarde on one out of the four criminal charges he faced concerning the collapse of the country's banking system in...