The Federal Council of Switzerland Wednesday adopted the new European Union (“EU”) sanctions against Russia and Belarus in connection to their military aggression toward Ukraine. Switzerland’s Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) also imposed financial sanctions and travel restrictions on 200 individuals, including two of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters. The EU [...]

The United States House of Representatives Wednesday passed the Burma Act of 2021. The Burma Act requires the Department of State to report to Congress on the military coup in Burma (Myanmar), including a description of US efforts to (1) engage with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to support a return to Burma’s democratic transition [...]

New Hampshire voters supported by the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF) Thursday filed a complaint asking the Hillsborough County Superior Court to step in to draw updated congressional districts for the state based on population changes. According to the complaint, in August 2021 the US Census Bureau delivered to New Hampshire its redistricting data generated from [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, a case that could make pursuing legal action against an employer harder for workers who have signed arbitration agreements as a condition of their employment. An employee of Viking River Cruises sued the company in state court under the California Private Attorneys General [...]

The United Nations Wednesday named three human rights experts who will make up an independent panel tasked with probing possible war crimes in Ukraine. The panel is specifically looking at accusations of indiscriminate bombardment of civilians by Russia. The UN Human Rights Council agreed to establish the independent panel at the request of Ukraine, the [...]

A federal jury Thursday convicted US Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska on one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators. On October 19, 2021, a federal jury charged Fortenberry with concealing information and making false statement to investigators regarding illegal contributions from a [...]

Idaho Governor Brad Little Wednesday signed a new abortion bill into law, despite expressing grave concerns about the wisdom and constitutionality of the measure and warning that it could re-traumatize victims of sexual assault. Senate Bill 1309 bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and allows family members of what it calls “a preborn child” [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., a case concerning federal district courts’ authority to apply a particular statute to private commercial arbitral tribunals. In August 2017, Luxshare, Ltd. (Luxshare) purchased business units from ZF Automotive US, Inc. (ZF) for approximately $1 billion, and the deal [...]

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court of Cambodia on Thursday sentenced 20 opposition politicians and activities to five to ten years in prison for incitement, attempting to incite military personnel to disobey, and conspiracy. The 20 individuals were members of the now-dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party who are in opposition to Prime Minister Hun Sen and [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday that Russian armed forces perpetrated three separate cluster munitions bombings of a Ukraine city, Mykolaiv. Mykolaiv has a population of about 500,000. It is located on the road to Odessa, which is around 62 miles away. According to HRW, there were three separate attacks on the densely populated city [...]