The US House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday aimed at preventing animal cruelty. The bill, known as the “Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act” or the “PACT Act,” is particularly aimed at preventing and punishing animal crushing by making it illegal for people to crush animals. It is also makes it illegal for people [...]

The US House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday aimed at promoting corporate transparency. The bill, known as the “Corporate Transparency Act of 2019,” would require people who form “corporations and limited liability companies” to provide information about their identity, including their full name, date of birth, current street address and some sort of identifying [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld an Oregon district court ruling in favor of the government’s decision to include four persons on the No Fly List, which prohibits them from boarding commercial aircraft flying to, from, or within the US or through US airspace. Plaintiffs argue that the criteria [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district court’s gag order against Donald Trump advisor Roger Stone and his family in criminal proceedings. Stone argued in front of the appeals court that the gag order violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. However, the court did [...]

A Massachusetts judge on Monday ruled that the state’s temporary ban on the sale of vaping products can stand. However, the state has until October 28 to correct what the judge saw as unlawful aspects of the ban. Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins denied a request from Vapor Technology Association (VTA), an industry [...]

The US Supreme Court declined to grant a stay to BP Plc and several other oil and gas companies Tuesday in a Baltimore lawsuit against the companies, solidifying a remand order issued by the US District Court for the District of Maryland. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore sued in state court last year [...]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached an agreement with Sunday Riley Modern Skincare on Monday after filing a complaint against the company for posting fraudulent reviews of their skincare products on the Sephora website. In the complaint, the FTC alleged that the company and CEO Riley violated two provisions of the Federal Trade Commission [...]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was dealt another blow on Monday when Speaker of the House John Bercow refused to allow him to present his new Brexit agreement for a second floor vote, citing parliamentary rules that prevent members from bringing the same legislation for a vote multiple times. Johnson was able to broker a [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called Friday for the release of thousands of people recently arrested en masse in Egypt in response to several peaceful protests at the end of September. The OHCHR stated that Egypt violated the protesters’ rights to due process as well as freedom of assembly [...]

The New York Attorney General’s suit against multinational oil and gas corporation Exxon Mobil started on Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, a trial-level New York court. The Attorney General filed a complaint in October 2018 under General Business Law §352, Executive Law § 63(12) and for common law fraud. The suit alleges that Exxon falsely [...]