Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed several bills into law Tuesday, including three bills on gun safety. PA 19-5 (Ethan’s Law), states that no person may keep a gun on a premises where a minor may have access to it, where a resident is ineligible under either state or federal law to possess a firearm, and [...]

An Iowa judge on Wednesday granted a temporary injunction blocking the enforcement of a law (Sections 99 and 100) that would cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood applied for the injunction on the basis of irreparable harm, as well as deprivation of constitutional rights. The court granted the injunction after applying rational review, [...]

A group of technology companies and organizations have sent an open letter condemning the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) proposal to secretly add law enforcement to encrypted chats. The letter from the Open Technology Institute—along with 47 signatories including Google, Apple and WhatsApp—details concerns about threats to cybersecurity and human rights that this proposed action [...]

A group of transgender women on Wednesday challenged a Pennsylvania law that prevents them from legally changing their names because they have been convicted of felonies. The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), together with Pro Bono partner Reed Smith, filed a constitutional challenge to Pennsylvania statute 54 PaCS § 702(c)(1)–(2). The challenge argues [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday detailed abuses against civilians by both the Egyptian government and militants in the Sinai Peninsula, some of which the HRW has classified as war crimes. The information developed in the report was collected over a two-year investigation into the conditions facing civilians in Sinai. The abuses detailed in the [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Nieves v. Bartlett that probable cause to make an arrest defeats a claim that the arrest was in retaliation for speech protected by the First Amendment. The facts of the case surround the arrest of Bartlett by officers Nieves and Weight. Bartlett was arrested in Alaska at the [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Friday granted preliminary injunction preventing a “fetal heartbeat” abortion law from taking effect, citing to a previous decision by the court that a fetus is not viable at 15 weeks. The new law proposed by the Mississippi legislature introduces an abortion [...]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 126, also known as the “Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act,” into law Friday, making it illegal for any pregnant individual in the state to have access to an abortion after eight weeks, unless it is a medical emergency. There are no exceptions for cases of rape or [...]

The National Rifle Association (NRA) filed a complaint in federal court Wednesday against Ackerman McQueen (Ackerman), the longtime advertising agency for the association. The complaint alleges that over the past year Ackerman has breached their contract with the NRA, sharing confidential material with “hostile third parties.” The NRA further alleges that the leaks were intentional [...]

The General Court of the EU on Thursday rejected an action for compensation against the European Central Bank (ECB) by private investors who suffered losses due to the “restructuring of the Greek public debt” in 2012. In 2012 Greece adopted a proposed law that “extended the effects of any agreement with a certain number of [...]