US District Judge William Conley ordered Thursday that the Wisconsin primary must still be held on April 7 but added notable adjustments. Conley heard three consolidated cases that were each filed in response to the growing concerns over COVID-19 and holding elections. The complaints brought a number of statutory requirements and election-related concerns to the court [...]
US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered General Motors to make ventilators under the Defense Production Act (DPA). DPA originated as a reaction to the Korean War and entitles the government to force American businesses to produce products and materials that are in high-demand or short supply during a national emergency. Trump recently declared the [...]
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or CARES Act was introduced by Senate Republicans on Thursday in an effort to combat the economic impacts that our nations is feeling from coronavirus. The current proposal has sections providing for loan guarantees to impacted businesses, direct cash payments, increased testing, and vaccine development resources. The [...]
Zyad el-Elaimy, a leader within the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, despite his strong legal defense was sentenced by the Mokattam Misdemeanor Court on Tuesday. El-Elaimy was sentenced to one year in jail with a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (around $1,200 USA dollars) for violating Egypt’s Assembly Law. More specifically, he was sentenced for “spreading [...]
Amid a struggling global stock market, the Supreme Court of India ruled Wednesday against the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) ban on cryptocurrencies. The initial ban originated in 2018 after financial regulators and the Indian government began to examine the emerging cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ripple, and ethereum. At that time they had “concerns of [...]
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed on Friday the dismissal of a lawsuit against the Trump Hotel. In 2017, a DC wine bar, K&D LLC (“Cork”), filed an unfair competition suit claiming that President Donald Trump’s luxury hotel in Washington, DC unfairly impedes on the business of other city venues. Cork’s complaint alleges that [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled against the Trump administration’s immigration policy. Specifically, the court struck down both a program that would force migrants seeking asylum to wait in Mexico and a rule that would severely limit the number of migrants eligible for asylum. In the year since this [...]
Mississippi’s Heartbeat Abortion Ban was struck down by the Fifth Circuit Court’s decision on Thursday. The controversial “Heartbeat Abortion Ban” would ban abortions occurring after 6 weeks of pregnancy. Despite national outcry, the ban was signed in to law by Gov. Phil Bryant on March 21, 2019. Since the Governor’s signature, the ban has been [...]
Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice, the nation’s second-highest court, ruled Wednesday that Uber drivers are independent contractors and not employees of Uber. The case originated after a driver sued Uber in Minas Gerais, Brazil, seeking relief for lost income after Uber deactivated his driver account. Lower courts in Brazil have been wrestling with the issue [...]
In 2017 the Department of the Interior Solicitor’s Office released Opinion M-37050 which challenges the current interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). As such, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reevaluating current practices of criminalizing companies that accidentally kill migrating birds during the scope of their business. The opinion states that the [...]
