China Friday announced that it will ban new steel, coking, oil refining, cement, and glass projects in key zones to combat climate change by lowering pollution and carbon emissions. The plan establishes a zoning system to reduce carbon emissions. The zones classify urban areas, main agricultural production areas and key ecological function areas. It is “strictly forbidden” [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) partially preempts a California law that invalidates waivers of the right to assert representative claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The FAA states that arbitration agreements in specific contracts are valid, irrevocable, and enforceable. PAGA allows aggrieved employees to [...]
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that Allegheny County DA Stephen Zappala violated his duty when he failed to review private criminal complaints against Pittsburgh’s assault weapons ban and compelled Zappala to do so. In response to the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in 2019, firearm ordinances were passed that outlawed certain firearms and [...]
Two New York lawyers have pleaded guilty to new charges as part of a plea deal for throwing a Molotov cocktail into a police car during a 2020 George Floyd protest. This case is in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis pleaded guilty last year to [...]
A New York grand jury indicted Wednesday the man accused of carrying out a racist shooting at Tops Market in Buffalo on May 14. Payton Gendron shot 13 people, killing of 10 of them. All the victims who died were black. Buffalo police arrested Gendron after the shooting ceased, and he surrendered to the police. [...]
A US federal judge Friday dismissed former US President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James to stop an investigation of his business practices. The case is in the US District Court for the Northern District of New York. Trump sued James last year, arguing that the civil investigation into his real estate [...]
The National Assembly of Quebec Tuesday adopted Bill 96, a controversial bill that overhauls the Charter of the French Language. The official title of Bill 96 is “An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec.” Sponsored by Simon Jolin-Barrette, the bill reforms several pieces of Quebec legislation with far-reaching implications. 78 members [...]
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 [...]
US District Judge Lawrence Piersol ruled Tuesday that two South Dakota Sioux tribes have standing in a lawsuit against South Dakota over alleged National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) violations. The case is in the US District Court for the District of South Dakota Western Division. The complaint alleges that several state agencies did [...]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Monday signed House Bill 1571 into law, which prohibits protestors from demonstrating outside of private residences. Protestors now face second degree misdemeanor charges with the possible punishment of 60 days in jail and fines of up to $500. The Florida House of Representatives first introduced the bill in January. It then [...]
