The US Supreme Court ruled 9-0 Monday in Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. against a fast-food franchise owner who sought arbitration only after beginning to litigate a claim filed by an employee. Petitioner Robyn Morgan worked at a Taco Bell franchise owned by Sundance. Morgan signed an agreement when she applied for the job to arbitrate any [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday ruled 6-3 in Shinn v. Ramirez that “a federal habeas court may not conduct an evidentiary hearing or otherwise consider evidence beyond the state-court record based on the ineffective assistance of state postconviction counsel.” In Shinn, two prisoners filed for federal habeas relief under 28 USC §2254. The Sixth Amendment [...]

The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court Sunday overruled a police order prohibiting three Jews from praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in contravention of a prolonged understanding between Israel and Jordan. Earlier this week Israeli police prohibited three Jews from entering the mosque compound for 15 days after they prostrated themselves and recited the Shema, a Jewish [...]

More than 100 million individuals around the world have been driven from their homes due to the Ukraine war and other conflicts, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) revealed Sunday. The UNHCR cited new data regarding individuals forced to flee to escape “conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution” The Ukraine war has been a main propellant [...]

A jury at the Superior Court of Quebec Friday found the individual behind Quebec City’s Halloween sword attacks in 2020 guilty of first-degree murder. All told, the 11-person jury convicted the attacker, Carl Girouard, of two counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder. The attacks on October 31, 2020 left two people dead [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday announced that former Panama President Ricardo Martinelli’s sons were sentenced earlier that day in a New York City federal courthouse to 36 months of imprisonment. They will also pay a USD 250,000 fine each and close to USD 19 million in cumulative forfeiture, and forfeit various assets for their participation in [...]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Friday announced its order in which Wells Fargo Advisors, the St. Louis-based broker-dealer, agreed to pay USD 7 million in order to settle anti-money laundering charges against it, along with a censure and a cease and desist order. The charges against Wells Fargo Advisors resulted from “failing to [...]

The Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, Sunday banned the public display and use of symbols “Z” and “V” and other symbols favored by proponents of Russia’s invasion, likening them to Nazi war propaganda. However, special exceptions have been made for educational purposes. The invasion’s proponents have used the “Z” symbol since the invasion began in [...]

A federal jury Friday unanimously ordered 3M Co. to pay USD 77.5 million to a US Army veteran for alleged hearing damage that resulted from using the company’s military-issue earplugs. The US District Court for the Northern District of Florida Pensacola Division heard the case, with Judge Casey Rodgers presiding. James Beal, the US Army veteran [...]

A National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Delhi Thursday convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a case related to funding of terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir. Special Judge Praveen Singh framed charges against Malik under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) earlier this year. Malik pleaded guilty to all charges [...]