UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday condemned the Belarusian government’s violent reaction to peaceful protesters following Sunday’s presidential election. Protests erupted in Belarus following the announcement of contested preliminary election results on Sunday. Over three nights of protests, police arrested more than 6,000 people. Police reportedly used rubber bullets and water [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied a motion for a preliminary injunction or stay on the US Department of Education’s final rule addressing Title IX obligations. This final rule will change what constitutes sexual assault on college campuses. Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex in [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri on Wednesday denied an insurance company’s motions to dismiss two cases in which businesses contended that business interruption insurance should cover COVID-19 losses. Businesses in Missouri and Kansas claimed that COVID-19 caused a “direct physical loss” to their businesses. They filed suit [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down a Trump administration policy that she said upended almost 50 years of protections for birds. In her decision published Tuesday, Judge Valerie Caproni began by referencing “To Kill A Mockingbird,” stating: “It is not only a sin to kill [...]
![Supreme Court grants emergency stay of Oregon redistricting ballot measure](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/05/Supreme-Court.jpg)
The US Supreme Court issued an emergency order Tuesday staying a district court order granting preliminary injunctions in an Oregon redistricting ballot measure. The ballot measure could drastically alter how Oregon draws its legislative and congressional districts. The “People Not Politicians” ballot campaign sought to place an initiative on voters’ ballots that would place a [...]
![Appeals court rules in favor of Michaels Stores against copyrights, trade dress rights infringement claims](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/08/planner_1597259883.jpg)
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday dismissed an appeal against Michaels Stores Inc. and Craft Smith that alleged the companies infringed on a designer’s copyrights and trade dress rights with a “knockoff” version of a personal planner. EC Design has sold its personal organizer, the LifePlanner, since 2007. In 2015, Craft [...]
Mexico’s Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero announced Tuesday that prosecutors were opening a corruption investigation against former president Enrique Peña Nieto, who was in office from 2012 to 2018. This announcement follows accusations made against Peña Nieto by the former head of the oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Pemex, [...]
![UK appeals court: police facial recognition technology violates human rights, data protection laws](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/10/facial_recognition_1572545155.png)
Britain’s Court of Appeals held Tuesday that the South Wales Police Force’s use of facial recognition technology violates human rights and data protection laws. The South Wales Police Force (SWP) uses automated facial recognition technology (AFR) to determine whether two facial images show the same person. AFR Locate automatically takes faces from live camera feed [...]
![Federal appeals court rejects antitrust judgment against Qualcomm](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/08/chip_1597235567.jpg)
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a district court judge’s antitrust judgment against Qualcomm Inc. The appeals court found that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had not shown that Qualcomm engaged in illegal monopolization. Qualcomm has contributed to CDMA and LTE cellular standards. It patents and licenses its innovations, [...]
![DOJ report urges Congress to update Administrative Procedure Act](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/11/US_Department_of_Justice_building_with_road-1.jpg)
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) outlined the need for Congress to update and improve the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in a report Tuesday. The APA governs the procedures that agencies must follow when they regulate private parties. It has remained largely unchanged since its enactment in 1946. The DOJ called for an update to [...]