California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 100  into law on Monday, which mandates a goal of a 100 percent renewable energy supply by 2045. Brown said , “This bill and the executive order put California on a path to meet the goals of Paris and beyond. It will not be easy. It will not be immediate. But [...]

The UK Court of Appeal overturned  a lower court ruling on Wednesday, broadening the country’s understanding of what may be protected from litigation under the legal advice privilege. The Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) was compelled by the London High Court to disclose documents that were produced after potential issues of fraud were brought to the [...]

Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli was extradited to Panama Monday to face four charges of illegally monitoring private communications, and for embezzling over $10 million in public funds. The extradition honored a 1905 treaty . Martinelli fled Panama in January 2015. The Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Panama issued an arrest warrant [...]

Four days after the New Jersey legislature passed Assembly Bill 4111 through both houses, Governor Phill Murphy signed the bill into law on Monday. Starting Thursday, the state will implement sports betting in licensed casinos and racetracks. According to the announcement, New Jersey expects to raise approximately $13 million in the first full year on [...]

New Jersey’s legislature approved a bill to legalize sports gambling on Thursday, approximately three weeks after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state to allow the practice. Assembly Bill 1441 passed first, then identical Senate Bill 2602 was passed. According to the bill, casinos with horse racing and sports betting will be taxed [...]

A Bahrain court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who was sentenced to five years in February over Tweets critical of the Bahraini government. Rajab is the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights . He was convicted over Tweets about Bahraini prison torture and civilians casualties from [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated a decision that allowed undocumented immigrant “Jane Doe” to seek an abortion. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s decision was vacated as a Munsingwear vacatur. This means that the case became moot by an act of the winning party while on its way [...]

There is a reasonable basis to believe that Venezuelan government has committed crimes against humanity since at least 2012, according to the Organization of American States (OAS) . After releasing a 400-page report from a panel of independent experts, the OAS will be turning over its findings to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for government [...]

Women in Afghanistan are often pressured to pursue mediation for violent crimes, and officials are often reluctant to file criminal charges against the accused, even for so-called “honor killings” according to a UN report released Tuesday. After a two-year period of observation in Afghanistan from January 2016 to December 2017, the UN Assistance Mission in [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that Syrian Law No. 10 of 2018 will allow the government to take private property without compensation, which will discourage refugees from returning to the war-devastated country. The new law allows the government to create redevelopment zones, which allows the government to seize the land in that area if [...]