A press conference was held Wednesday to announce a constitutional challenge against the redistricting of the New York State Assembly’s electoral districts. Gary Greenberg and his legal counsel, Jim Walden of Walden Macht & Haran, filed a lawsuit against Governor Kathy Hochul and legislative officials alleging that State Assembly maps were gerrymandered “to protect Democratic [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Tuesday remanded a suit by a woman whose job offer was rescinded following a background check which revealed a criminal conviction. In February 2016, Ria Schumacher filed a class-action lawsuit contact center SC Data Center for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The previous year, [...]

Eurostat Wednesday published a report revealing the number of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the EU has increased by 72% between 2020 and 2021. The report by Eurostat, an organ of the European Commission, identifies an unaccompanied minor as a person under 18 who arrives on the territory of an EU Member State without an accompanying [...]

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Here, one of our correspondents looks back on recent developments, including the junta’s institution of sweeping electrical power cuts across the [...]

Judge Paul A. Magnuson of the US District Court for the District of Minnesota accepted former police officer Derek Chauvin’s plea deal Wednesday, which was initially filed in December 2021, with Chauvin pleading guilty to two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law. Magnuson “deferred accepting plea pending issuance of a preliminary resentence [...]

A Fiji court Tuesday issued an order to seize a Russian-owned superyacht after an application was made to register a US warrant to seize the vessel. The Amadea arrived in the island nation three weeks ago and was impounded by police following a filing in the High Court of Fiji by Christopher Pryde, director of [...]

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a restitution agreement with TurboTax owner Intuit Inc. (Intuit) Wednesday “for deceiving millions of low-income Americans into paying for tax services that should have been free.” Attorney General James states “Intuit will pay $141 million in restitution to millions of consumers across the nation who were unfairly charged.” This [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported Monday that more than 12 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine since the Russian Invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. Over 5.6 million have left for neighboring countries and another 6.5 million people are estimated to be displaced inside Ukraine. The risk of [...]

Democratic lawmakers from 16 US states pledged Tuesday to introduce legislation providing legal refuge to transgender youth and their families affected by restrictive state laws which limit the ability of transgender youth to receive gender-affirming healthcare. The pledge was led by California state Senator Scott Wiener and was announced by LGBTQ Victory Institute, a non-profit [...]

A Missouri man was executed Tuesday after the US Supreme Court denied his stay of execution in a two sentence order on Monday. Carman Deck asked the court to determine whether his constitutional rights were violated because there was a delay between his conviction and his final sentencing. Deck argued that the delay prevented him [...]