The US Senate Tuesday passed the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act, repealing healthcare insurers’ federal antitrust immunity. The House of Representatives previously passed the law in September, and Senate approval will now send it to President Trump to sign. Many insurers were granted an exemption from federal antitrust law in 1945 with the passage of [...]

Following a death row inmate testing positive for COVID-19, several US senators Tuesday sent a letter to the Department of Justice’s Inspector General requesting that he open an investigation into why the Trump administration resumed federal executions after a 17-year hiatus. The US federal government has executed 10 people since July, and three more are [...]

The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it had filed a nationwide lawsuit against Walmart, Inc., alleging that the retailer had unlawfully dispensed opiates from its national pharmacy chain in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. The DOJ’s suit includes a request for injunctive relief in addition to complaints of hundreds of thousands of Controlled [...]

The US Congress Monday passed the Tibet Policy and Support Act (TPSA). The Senate passed the bill as an amendment to a 5,000-page spending bill, which also includes COVID-19 relief. The House of Representatives had previously passed the bill reaffirming the US government’s support for Tibet in January of 2020. The TPSA establishes that the United [...]

The Nicaragua National Assembly Monday approved a law that will bar opposition politicians from participating in the November 2021 election. The “Law for the Defense of the Rights of the People to Independence, Sovereignty and Self-Determination for Peace” was sponsored by President Daniel Ortega and bars “those who ask for, celebrate and applaud the imposition [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Sunday rejected a lawsuit by the Republican Party that attempted to modify absentee ballot rules ahead of Georgia’s US Senate runoffs. The Georgia Republican Party, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Perdue for Senate, and Georgians for Kelly Loeffler brought suit in the US District Court for the [...]

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) of the Republic of Ireland Sunday initiated a public consultation on a code of practice to protect employees by giving them the right to disconnect from their work outside of regular working hours. The consultation for an updated code of practice comes as a response to the dramatic change in [...]

The Italian Guarantor, a body of four members selected by Parliament to protect personal data, initiated proceedings Tuesday against the social media network TikTok for failing to protect minors, failing to prevent young children from joining the network, providing little clear information to TikTok users, and employing default settings which do not protect the privacy of users. [...]

The Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA) Monday launched a legal challenge against the Western Australia State Government’s approval of the new Burrup Hub petroleum gas development. The environmental group is challenging Woodside Petroleum’s expansion because it was not given proper environmental assessment prior to approval. In a press release, the group describes the development [...]

The US Congress Monday  passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that provides support for individuals, businesses, and vaccination efforts. The House of Representatives voted 359-53 in favor of the bill, and the Senate voted 92-6 to pass it. The White House has stated that President Trump will sign the bill when it reaches his desk. The [...]