The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a robbery conducted with the use of force sufficient to overcome a victim’s resistance, satisfies the “physical force” requirement of a violent felony and can trigger punishment via the Armed Career Criminal Act. The Armed Career Criminal Act is a federal law in which those convicted of possessing [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-0 Tuesday that courts lack authority under the Federal Arbitration Act to order arbitration in cases that involve contracted workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce. The appeal came in a class action lawsuit brought by Oliveira against the trucking company, New Prime, for unlawful wages paid to its drivers. [...]
The Mannheim District Court in Germany dismissed a patent lawsuit from Qualcomm against Apple on Tuesday. Qualcomm filed the suit against Apple due to the use of Qualcomm chips in Apple’s smartphones. The court determined that Qualcomm’s lawsuit against Apple was groundless. The lawsuit was determined based on the language of the patent which the court determined [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s plan to include a question asking the citizenship of respondents on the 2020 census exceeded the authority of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. The case is the first of six separate cases challenging the legality of the [...]
The New York state legislature on Monday passed a package of election and voting reform provisions meant to modify one of the most restrictive election systems in the country. The measures were planned by Democrats, who have reclaimed control of all levels of state government for the first time in recent memory. Measures introduced in [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday acquitted former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé of charges for alleged crimes against humanity during 2010 and 2011 in the Ivory Coast, saying the prosecutor failed to proffer sufficient evidence of the charged acts. The decision brings Gbagbo’s nearly eight-year detention to an end. Specifically, the prosecution failed to [...]
Nigerian Chief Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen was set to stand trial Monday on six charges of allegedly failing to declare assets and holding foreign bank accounts. While Onnoghen was not present at the trial, his team of 94 lawyers were present to defend him on these claims. In addition, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) released [...]
The US Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases on Monday: Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority and Rimini Street Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc. First of the day, Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) tests the ability for government entities to be sued or to sue. The TVA was stringing a power line above the [...]
The US Supreme Court refused to take up a case challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Monday. This Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case came after a June 8 decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which affirmed the constitutionality of the [...]
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to the appointment of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker stemming from a case involving Second amendment rights for non-violent felons. Barry Michaels, a candidate for Congress in Nevada, is appealing a Ninth Circuit decision denying his right to carry a firearm after being convicted for non-violent [...]
