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Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in favor of the Yukon First Nations in their action to fight the Yukon government's proposed plan to allow further economic development...

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Georgia on Thursday decriminalized marijuana usage. The suit was brought in opposition to article 273 of the Georgia criminal code, which punished marijuana...

US veterans filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday against five big pharmaceutical firms for funding terrorist organizations in Iraq. The suit was brought by more than 100 US veterans and their families for injuries sustained in...

Civil rights lawyer Ni Yulan told Western media Monday that the Chinese government has put her under house arrest, presumably for her work as an advocate for citizens being evicted to make way for development. Foreign diplomats...

Ge Yongxi, a civil rights defense lawyer, was detained and released late Friday by Chinese authorities for posts on social media that "poked fun" at President Xi Jinping in relation to the Panama Papers. Ge posted an image of the...

Laws requiring the labeling of food products created from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been an important topic of discussion to individuals in the health and food industry for nearly as long as GMOs have existed. However, despite the attention...

The term "genetically modified organisms" (GMOs) describes food with genetic material that has been manipulated through genetic engineering. This process isolates desirable genes from certain species and inserts them into another, creating plants that may look like traditionally bred species...

A French court acquitted 14 companies accused of bribery on Thursday for negotiating contracts as part of the UN oil-for-food program with the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein . The oil-for-food program allowed...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) , acting in its capacity as conservator for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae , on Friday announced a $5.1 billion settlement with JPMorgan Chase & Co. . The FHFA alleged...

A French court on Monday acquitted French oil company Total , its CEO Christophe de Margerie and several other defendants on corruption charges in connection with a scandal involving the UN's Iraq Oil-for-Food program [official website;...