The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, denied certiorari to consider the last remaining conviction of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, a Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee and former personal assistant to Osama bin Laden, who was...
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California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Monday aimed at making drug prices for both public and private health plans more transparent. Beginning October 1, 2018, the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development [official...
José Miguel Vivanco , director of Human Rights Watch's Americas division, sent a letter to several heads of the Colombian government Sunday, urging them to implement legislative proposals of a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...
Canada reached a major settlement on Friday with indigenous victims of the so-called Sixties Scoop , agreeing to pay C$800 million ($635m; £488m) to some 20,000 victims, $50 million of which will be used for reconciliation initiatives....
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Monday its intention to repeal the Clean Power Plan , an Obama-era policy that worked to curb greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt...
The High Court of Justice on Thursday rejected a terminally ill individual's petition for assistance to die, upholding the Suicide Act 1961 , which makes it illegal to assist in suicide. Noel Conway, who suffers from...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday passed bill S-226 , the "Magnitsky Act," which would allow for the Canadian government to take "restrictive measures in respect of foreign...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The parties involved in challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban order filed letter briefs with the US Supreme Court Thursday addressing whether the issue is moot in light of Trump's September...
The parties involved in challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban order filed letter briefs with the US Supreme Court Thursday addressing whether the issue is moot in light of Trump's September 24 proclamation that created new restrictions on...
The US Department of Treasury released a report Friday suggesting regulations and changes to current laws which affect the US Financial System. This report is in response to President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13772 , which established...
