The Superior Court of Los Angeles County experienced a ransomware attack on Friday, leading to the shutdown of the court’s internal computer systems. The systems will remain offline through the weekend as efforts to address the issue continue. Upon detecting the ransomware attack, the Superior Court disabled its network systems to prevent further damage. The [...]

The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office confirmed on Friday that a proposed constitutional amendment to change identification procedures for in-person voting and mail ballots has qualified for the November ballot in Nevada. The amendment includes provisions that would require voters submitting mail ballots to provide the last four digits of their driver’s license or Social [...]

Meta announced the lifting of restrictions imposed on former US president Donald Trump’s accounts on Friday. This announcement comes as a product of a review process concerning political candidates originally introduced in January 2023, which involved periodic reviews of accounts subjected to suspension penalties for community standards violations. Meta viewed that allowing American users to [...]

The United States Bankruptcy Court on Friday dismissed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of former New York City mayor and Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani, citing his ongoing failure to comply with financial disclosure obligations. Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2023, citing financial strain from a $148 million defamation judgment. This judgment stemmed [...]

The Kansas Supreme Court issued two decisions on Friday striking down a series of abortion rules and restrictions that reaffirmed its 2019 decision that the state constitution guarantees the right to terminate a pregnancy. In its first opinion, the Kansas Supreme Court upheld the district court’s decision. The court reaffirmed that Section 1 of the [...]

The Chief Justice of the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick ruled on Friday that the Anglophone East District Education Council does not have the legal standing to challenge changes to Policy 713, a gender identity policy made by the provincial government. Sitting in the provincial Court of King’s Bench, Chief Justice Tracey DeWare ruled [...]

The Irish Bar Council on Saturday announced a strike on three dates next month due to a lack of progress on pay restoration. The council recommended to its members in criminal practice withdraw service on July 9, 15 and 24 as an escalation from the action taken by barristers last October when they held their first-ever [...]

China introduced on Friday the death penalty for “particularly serious” cases involving supporters of Taiwanese independence. The new judicial guidelines outline severe punishments for activities deemed as fragmenting the country or inciting secession. The new standards, titled “Opinions on Punishing the Crimes of Splitting the Country and Inciting Splitting the Country by ‘Taiwan Independence’ Diehards,” [...]

Thousands marched in French cities on Saturday after the far-right National Rally (RN) secured over 30 percent of the vote in last week’s European elections, which prompted President Emmanuel Macron to call for snap parliamentary elections. Labor unions, student groups, and rights organizations organized the rallies, which aimed to counter the RN’s perceived anti-immigration agenda. [...]

A US federal judge ordered a retrial on Friday in a case involving allegations that Virginia-based military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc. (CACI) contributed to the abuse and torture of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago. Judge Leonie Brinkema granted the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial and denied CACI’s motion for [...]