The Third Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled on Thursday that interactive fantasy sports contests constitute illegal gambling. The ruling rejects Article 14 of the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law, which was added in 2016 and provides that fantasy sports contests are not games of chance but [...]
Prosecutors filed federal hate crime charges Thursday against Patrick Crusius, 21, for opening fire and killing 22 people at an El Paso Walmart last summer. On August 3, Crusius walked into the Texas retailer with an AK-47 assault and began shooting. A few days before the shooting Crusius drafted a document entitled “The Inconvenient Truth.” [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday dismissed an emoluments suit filed against President Donald Trump by Democratic lawmakers for lack of standing. Individual Democratic members of Congress filed the complaint against the president in June 2017, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against him for his alleged violation of [...]
The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday that protects the right of workers to unionize. The bill, known as The Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), was passed by a 224-193 vote. The final vote was mainly along party lines. The bill would amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor [...]
Brasilia-based Judge Ricardo Leite rejected a motion to proceed with cybercrime charges against American journalist Glenn Greenwald on Thursday. In his decision, Leite invoked an earlier injunction granted by Judge Gilmar Mendes in the Supreme Court that prohibited investigations into Greenwald. Mendes cited constitutional freedoms of press and expression, as well as invoked the UN Declaration [...]
The Oklahoma House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would suspend the medical license of any doctors who perform abortions. House Bill 1182 “directs the respective medical licensure boards to revoke the license of all allopathic or osteopathic physicians who perform an abortion in this state, unless necessary to save the life of the [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a Philadelphia law Thursday prohibiting employers from asking about wage history. In 2017 Philadelphia enacted the Philadelphia Wage Equity Ordinance, which sought to remedy the wage gap for women and people of color. This ordinance contained two provisions: the Inquiry Provision and the Reliance Provision. [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday ordered the release of a man held in jail for four years for civil contempt. Francis Rawls was incarcerated in 2015 for failing to provide the passwords to electronic devices in compliance with a decryption order. The US District Court for the Eastern District [...]
Chad Wolf, the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), sent a letter to New York’s motor vehicle commissioners on Wednesday informing them that New York citizens would no longer be allowed to sign up for the “Trusted Traveler” programs administered by Customs and Border Protection. The programs are a means of vetting [...]
Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice, the nation’s second-highest court, ruled Wednesday that Uber drivers are independent contractors and not employees of Uber. The case originated after a driver sued Uber in Minas Gerais, Brazil, seeking relief for lost income after Uber deactivated his driver account. Lower courts in Brazil have been wrestling with the issue [...]
