The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. that patents obtained under 35 § 101 that correlate the body's biological reaction to different dosages...
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) published an open letter on Tuesday to leaders of a movement opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , alleging that members of the opposition movement have tortured, kidnapped...
The Pakistani parliamentary national security committee on Tuesday urged the US to stop the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) drone attacks . The relationship between the two countries has suffered since a NATO airstrike in November...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday filed a petition against the US with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) on behalf of three Afghans and three Iraqis who were allegedly...
The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday in Roberts v. Sea-Land Services that under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) , an employee is "newly awarded compensation" for the purposes of...
The Idaho State Senate approved a bill on Monday requiring a woman who is seeking an abortion to first receive an ultrasound. The ultrasound bill's purported goal is to ensure that a woman's "consent...
Military forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) committed human rights violations during last year's presidential elections, according to a report published Tuesday by the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), consisting of the UN...
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Tuesday in Martinez v. Ryan on a defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim. Luis Mariano Martinez was convicted on two sexual assault counts related to the alleged...
A Madagascar court on Monday began the trial of a former International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge accused of planning an attempted coup in the country. Raymond Ranjeva, who served as an ICJ judge from 1991 to...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Monday in Discount Tobacco City & Lottery v. USA that graphic cigarette label warnings are constitutional. The court decided unanimously...
