The Virginia Senate approved legislation on Friday that would prohibit the state government from discriminating against its employees based on sexual orientation. The Senate passed the bill 24-16 with four Republicans joining...
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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday vacated the conspiracy conviction of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul , the media secretary of Osama bin Laden [JURIST...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday ruled that the recess appointment of three members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by President Barack Obama [official...
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that common law couples do not have the same rights as married couple in Quebec. The case involves a common law couple with three children in which the...
Harvard law professor Vicki Jackson argued in a brief filed Thursday that the US Supreme Court does not have the power to review the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act of...
Lawmakers for the Sejm of the Republic of Poland on Friday dismissed three pieces of proposed legislation that would have given restricted legal rights to unmarried same-sex and opposite-sex couples by way of civil union. The legislation...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday praised a recent report as "a groundbreaking basis for action against violence against women in India." The report advocates for reform in...
A German court ruled on Thursday that people have a right to claim money damages from service providers for disrupted Internet access. The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe declared the Internet an "essential" part...
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) , Pakistan's principal agency to combat government corruption, to file a second set of criminal corruption charges against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf ....
The Russian State Duma on Friday approved the first reading of a bill that would ban the promotion of homosexuality among children. The bill, if passed, would likely ban any event in Russia that promotes...
