A group of voters filed a lawsuit Monday challenging several North Carolina mail-in ballot voting requirements. This lawsuit comes from concerns about voting due to the COVID-19 public health crisis. In their complaint, the plaintiffs challenge several North Carolina mail-in ballot voting requirements in an effort to ensure that everybody in North Carolina may be [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral argument via teleconference the case of United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V. The case presents the question of “hether, when the Lanham Act states generic terms may not be registered as trademarks, the addition by an online business of a generic top-level domain (‘.com’) to an [...]

The US Supreme Court released orders Monday granting certiorari in two more cases for its next term. The first of these cases is CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service. This case presents the question of “hether the Anti-Injunction Act’s bar on lawsuits for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of taxes also [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Idaho filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a newly-passed Idaho law that bans women who are transgender or intersex from participating on women’s and girl’s school sports teams. The Idaho law provides that a student’s sex, if disputed, will have to be proven by a physical exam in which [...]

Ecuador’s Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday that former president Rafael Correa had been sentenced in absentia for corruption. The former president, as well as several other defendants, was found guilty of corruption for accepting bribes. The sentence calls for eight years in prison as well as a 25-year ban on political activities, including running for [...]

The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that in order for somebody to have to register with the Maryland Sex Offender Registry, all elements must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The case involves a man who had pleaded guilty to one count of human trafficking and then was ordered to register as a Tier [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that the permits issued for the Dakota Access Pipeline violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The complaint was brought by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as well as other tribes after the “U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concluded that granting [...]

New Zealand’s parliament approved a bill Wednesday easing restrictions on abortion. The bill decriminalizes abortion, removing the abortion procedure from the Crimes Act 1961. It also provides that “ qualified health practitioner may provide abortion services to a woman who is not more than 20 weeks pregnant.” For women who are more than 20 weeks [...]

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Monday that France, Portugal, Luxembourg, Finland and Germany will take in minor migrants that are currently in Greece, where refugee camps are “already over the limit”. Von der Leyen noted that the minor migrants “are the most vulnerable” and that “t is urgent to get them away [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that the Colombian National Police “abused the mostly peaceful demonstrators” who had been protesting in 2019. HRW noted that most of the protests were peaceful, but some protesters were violent against both police officers and property. However, HRW stated that “n several cases, the police used excessive force against [...]