A federal judge for the district court of the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the White House to confer on the administration’s official position regarding the unredacted release of the Mueller investigation report. The order comes as part of a lawsuit concerning a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [...]
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The Turkish Parliament ratified a bill Wednesday to regulate social media in the country, with backing from the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and its ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The bill requires foreign-based social media websites with more than one million users to appoint representatives based in Turkey to address any concerns that [...]
President Trump's Executive Order Suspending US Work Visas Until 2021
US President Donald Trump on Monday, June 22, suspended new applications for a number of foreign worker visas until the end of 2020 with the “Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the US Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak.” This includes the H-1B limited-term work visa sought by tens of thousands of [...]
The Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services announced a new rule Wednesday pertaining to how the government handles immigration cases involving minors. The new rule effectively ends the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA), which set the policy for detaining immigrant minors. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan argued that recent interpretations of [...]
US Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) on Tuesday introduced a bill to protect consumers from exploitative and deceptive practices by certain large online platforms that trick consumers into providing their personal data for commercial exploitation. The practices are referred to as “dark patterns” because they are created using extensive behavioral psychology research to [...]
Federal judge dismisses criminal trial against Barclays prior to jury verdict
A federal judge dismissed a criminal wire fraud charges against Barclays Plc during trial Monday, saying the US did not present evidence to prove Barclays owed Hewlett-Packard a duty of trust or confidence in their dealings. Judge Charles Breyer of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said a reasonable jury could not have found [...]
A California consumer on Monday filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, alleging false positive notifications. The lawsuit alleges that Apple pushed a modification through an update for some iPhones and that this modification altered the use of the phones. After the update, affected customers received a message that stated, “this accessory may not be [...]
Rideshare companies sue NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission over minimum wage
Lyft and Juno, two ride-sharing companies operating in New York City, have filed separate lawsuits against the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission to block a new rule proposed by the commission mandating a minimum wage per trip. The rule proposed by the commission creates a new minimum wage based on a per-trip formula. Drivers [...]
Federal judge rules initial coin offerings fall under securities law
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that US securities laws may cover an initial coin offering (ICO), allowing the government to regulate billions of dollars in cybercurrency. The ruling came in the criminal case of US v. Zaslavskiy where Zaslavskiy is charged with promoting digital currencies backed by investments in real estate and diamonds that prosecutors [...]
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday revoked the May executive order that created the "Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity." This order terminates the Trump administration's investigation into alleged voter fraud during the 2016...
