Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill into law Tuesday that provides paid family and medical leave to workers in the state. Under the new law, workers in Connecticut can take up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. Workers in Connecticut can use this to care for a new child or to [...]
The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado ruled on Monday that an initiative to repeal the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (“TABOR”) is a single subject that can be voted on in one referendum. The case arose when the Title Board declined “to set a title for proposed Initiative 2019-2020 #3”, which would be asking [...]
Canada’s House of Commons approved a bill Monday known as the “Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act.” While the short title of the bill includes whales and dolphins, the Act defines cetacean as “any member of the cetacean order, including a whale, dolphin or porpoise.” The Act amends the Criminal Code to ban [...]
The governor of Maine signed a bill Monday that seeks to improve access to abortions for women in the state. The bill, LD 1261, is also known as “An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions.” The Act allows certain healthcare practitioners, including physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses, to perform [...]
The Advocate General for the Court of Justice of the EU stated Tuesday that social media sites can “be ordered to seek and identify all comments identical to a defamatory comment that has been found to be illegal, and equivalent comments in so far as the latter originate from the same user.” The case arose [...]
The Sendai district court in Japan ruled Tuesday that forced sterilizations under the Eugenics Protection Law were unconstitutional but denied compensation to two victims. The Eugenics Protection Law was adopted in 1948 and led to the sterilization of tens of thousands of people with disabilities. The law was eventually revoked in 1996. Last month Japan [...]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Tim Kaine introduced a bill Monday that would raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21. The bill is called the “Tobacco-Free Youth Act” and would establish a minimum age of 21 for sale of tobacco products. The law would apply to any tobacco [...]
Hundreds of former US Department of Justice officials released an open letter Monday stating that they believe that “the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple [...]
The Supreme Court of Spain ruled Sunday that the former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, can run in the upcoming European Parliament elections. This ruling comes after Spain’s Electoral Board had previously decided not to allow Puigdemont and two other Catalonian government members to run. If any of these three were elected, they would have [...]
A Montana district court ruled Monday that a Canadian mining company cannot mine for gold in an area north of Yellowstone National Park. The ruling is a result of a suit brought by the Park County Environmental Council and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. In its decision, the court ruled that certain amendments to the Montana [...]
