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The Canadian government announced a new visa policy for Mexican nationals in a press release on Thursday, citing “an increase in asylum claims made by Mexian citizens that are refused, withdrawn or abandoned.” The policy creates new requirements for Mexican nationals receiving an electronic travel authorization (eTA) to travel to Canada by air. Going forward, [...]

Former Tesla employees Monday filed a lawsuit against the company for allegedly laying off “thousands” of workers without notice federally required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. John Lynch and Daxton Hartsfield filed a class action complaint in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division alleging that Tesla [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday issued an opinion in which the Court held “that the COVID-19 pandemic is not a natural disaster under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)” and that employers are not allowed to initiate mass layoffs without notice due to pandemics. Oil producers hired [...]

The Ghent Court of Appeal Monday refused to extradite Spanish rapper José Miguel Arenas Beltrán to Spain. Arenas, known by his stage name Valtònyc, was due to serve a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for insulting the Spanish Royal Family and praising the Basque terrorist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), but he fled to Belgium before starting [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Department of Labor announced Tuesday that they had reached settlement agreements with Facebook over claims that the tech giant had misused the Department of Labor’s Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM) in its recruitment and hiring practices. The settlement requires Facebook to pay $15 million, which is the [...]

Judge Juan Pablo Gonzalez of Spain's National Court charged five suspected leaders of the Basque separatist movement Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) Tuesday with crimes against humanity for their participation in the 2004 attacks that left...

A UK judge ruled Tuesday that a convicted member of the Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) can be extradited to Spain. In his ruling, Judge Howard Riddle said there had been no abuse of...

The Spanish government has requested that the US use diplomatic discussions with Cuba regarding the country's removal from the State Sponsors of Terrorism blacklist to seek the extradition of two members of the Basque separatist group Euskadi...

Spain's Interior Ministry on Monday arrested 16 individuals for alleged connections with Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) , an armed Basque separatist group. Twelve of the individuals arrested were lawyers,...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Wednesday that children of married couples in Italy must be allowed to carry their mother's surname. The court found that restricting a child's surname to that...