The US Supreme Court  rejected  a petition  from the US Solicitor General requesting an administrative stay of an environmental lawsuit regarding climate change. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court District of Oregon by a group of individuals between the ages of eight and 19, alleges that US policies over the past 50 years [...]

The Serbian Bar Association and the Bar Association of Belgrade announced a week-long strike starting July 30 in response to the killing of prominent criminal defense lawyer Dragoslav Miše Ognjanović. Ognjanović served on the war crimes defense team of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević in the early 2000s. He was also involved in a number [...]

In the United States District Court in Kansas City, a lawsuit was filed Sunday over the July 19 Duck Boat accident in Branson, Missouri that killed 17. The families who brought the suit are seeking $100 million in damages. The lawsuit alleges that the boat operators knew there were unsafe weather conditions for bringing the boat [...]

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit on Sunday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunction to block the company Defense Distributed from providing an online template download of 3D printed gun files for the general public. The company agreed [...]

A group of independent UN human rights experts called  upon Bahrain to end human rights violations and investigate events surrounding the State of National Safety declared in 2011. The experts warned against military courts exercising jurisdiction over civilians and discrimination based on gender, gender identity and ethnicity. The report called for abolishment of the death penalty and [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday allowed  a major class action settlement involving Remington firearms to proceed. The class action lawsuit against Remington Arms Company alleged that “certain Remington rifles were susceptible to unintentional firing without a trigger pull.” The class members “sought to require Remington to repair or replace [...]

Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a proposed amendment to the Law on National Council on Thursday that would grant the Polish government significant power in appointing Polish Supreme Court Justices. Prior to the enactment of the amendment and a series of prior amendments, the Polish National Judiciary Council had the power to make judicial appointments. The [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled  Wednesday that Chino Valley school board meetings, which are open to the public and include student attendees, may not include prayers or other religious exercises. The Chino Valley school board argued that its prayer policy fell under the legislative-prayer tradition and would therefore not violate [...]

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)  on Wednesday appointed a three-member legal panel to conduct a war crimes probe into the alleged Israeli human rights violations on the Gaza border. The resolution to “urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry was backed on Friday. Twenty-nine members of the council voted for, 14 members abstained, [...]

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said  Wednesday that the judicial authority considering postponement of a European arrest warrant must assess whether there exists “a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment within the meaning of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ,” a decision that could impact Poland’s ability to extradite from other [...]