The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear oral arguments postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic through telephone conference conference between May 4 and May 13. A number of cases scheduled to be heard in March and April were postponed due to the pandemic, but now telephone conference availability of counsel has been confirmed [...]

Canada gave royal assent to an emergency wage bill Saturday evening, giving relief to many Canadian workers and businesses adversely impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. The $73 billion package enables private companies, non-profits, and charities to apply for government assistance to subsidize paychecks to employees. To qualify, entities must prove a reduction of revenue of [...]

The Prosecutor General of Russia, Igor Krasnov, announced that Russia will take additional steps to limit the spread of misinformation associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. “The placement of unreliable, socially significant information disseminated under the guise of reliable information, has been revealed, which pose a threat to public safety,” Krasnov’s office said in a statement. [...]

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill on Friday repealing multiple restrictions related to abortion access. The Reproductive Health Protection Act will allow nurse practitioners who are jointly licensed by the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to perform first trimester abortions, thereby expanding the number of persons who can perform such abortions. The [...]

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued an executive order on Friday authorizing the temporary reprieve of some incarcerated individuals to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within state prisons. The order will apply to non-violent inmates eligible for release within the next nine months, as well as inmates considered to be high risk for complications due to [...]