Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: President Trump announced new tariffs Thursday in two separate proclamations, one for imports of steel and one for aluminum . The Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday...
Judge Pablo Llarena of Spain's Supreme Court denied on Friday the requested release of former president of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) Jordi Sànchez. The request was filed to allow Sànchez to attend the investiture...
Lawmakers in Mississippi have passed a bill banning abortion after 15 weeks of gestation. The bill passed in the Senate 35-14 after lawmakers removed provisions imposing criminal penalties on physicians. The House then approved the...
Eleven countries including Japan, Australia, and Canada signed a trade agreement Thursday known as The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) . The deal will span a market of nearly 500 million people, making it one of...
President Trump announced new tariffs Thursday in two separate proclamations, one for imports of steel and one for aluminum . Trump says the tariffs' main purposes are national security, as well as economic growth, and that they will take...
The Supreme Court of India on Friday upheld the verdict of the Constitutional Bench which upheld the removal of life-support for individuals who are terminally ill or in incurable comas, otherwise known as passive euthanasia. The...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday released his annual report concerning global human rights in which he criticized global politicians for acting to further their own political ambitions "at the expense...
The Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday approved Bill 7026 , the "Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act," 67-50 in order to to provide stricter guidelines on firearms safety. The bill, approved ...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday struck down an employee termination based on the employee's transgender identity, despite the employer's strong religious beliefs. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pursued the...
The UK's High Court of Justice on Tuesday declined a request to force publication of Brexit economic impact studies. Following the referendum to leave the EU, British ministries compiled data and analyzed Brexit's impact on 58 sectors...