Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy must stand for trial for charges of corruption and influence the 2007 French presidential election. A judge for the US...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US State Department submitted a proposal to the Federal Register on Friday that would require nonimmigrant visa applicants to list their social media identities...
The DC District Court on Friday blocked policies implemented by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) limiting the ability of undocumented, minor immigrants in HHS custody to access abortion services. The preliminary...
The US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Thursday granted summary judgment in favor of several groups of immigrants seeking asylum both in and out of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...
The US State Department submitted a proposal to the Federal Register on Friday that would require nonimmigrant visa applicants to list their social media identities for the last five years. The application would provide...
A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected Exxon's lawsuit claiming officials in New York and Massachusetts were pursuing bad faith investigation in violation of the oil corporations rights. The attorneys general are investigating whether Exxon's securities filings...
The Hawaii Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would legalize medically assisted death for terminally ill patients. The bill applies to patients with less than six months to live. It would allow patients to obtain...
The Supreme Court of Arkansas ruled Thursday that the state prison system may be permitted to conceal information that could be used to identify third parties who obtain drugs for the state, but must continue to identify the manufacturers...
A Los Angeles judge ruled Wednesday that coffee companies are required to display cancer warning labels on coffee because of the chemical produced in the roasting process. The Council for Education and Research on Toxics, a non-profit group,...
Four transgender people filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Thursday against the Ohio Department of Health and Office of Vital Statistics due to the plaintiffs' inability to change their...