One of California’s largest grocery chains on Monday did away with its own grocery delivery service in favor of third-party apps like Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash, following the state’s passage of an initiative defining drivers for these apps as independent contractors. This decision comes less than a year after the grocery chain teamed with the [...]

The Abuja magistrate court denied bail to former Nigerian presidential candidate and activist Omoyele Sowore on Tuesday, following Sowore’s arrest on New Year’s Eve during a candlelight protest against bad governance. Sowore is the founder of Sahara Reporters, an online news agency that encourages individuals to report corruption, humans rights abuses and political misconduct in [...]

Several states filed suit Tuesday against the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), seeking to void the “True Lender Rule” that would deprive states of the ability to enforce state laws against exploitative interest rates. In the complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the [...]

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a “stand your ground” bill into law Monday, eliminating an individual’s duty to retreat from any place where she is permitted to be before using force to protect herself. The bill’s title refers to it as a bill “to expand the locations at which a person has no duty to [...]

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule Tuesday that limits the use of scientific research that does not make public all data collected from the study. The new regulation, titled Strengthening Transparency in Pivotal Science Underlying Significant Regulatory Actions and Influential Scientific Information, does not automatically disallow the use of any data from [...]

The Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit ruled Monday in favor of North Carolina inmate Willie James Dean, Jr. in a prison abuse case, finding corrections officers were not entitled to qualified immunity. Dean alleged that corrections officers had used excessive force against him in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court that heard [...]

A judge for the US District for the Southern District of New York on Monday blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC). The sanctions included a prohibition on US citizens cooperating with officers of the ICC. The court blocked the executive order stating that the order would [...]

The White House Office of Management and Budget signed off Friday on a rule making it easier for companies to classify workers as independent contractors. The rule marks a significant effort to change employment law in the waning days of the Trump administration. The proposed rule, promulgated by the Department of Labor, would standardize the [...]

An Algerian military appeals court on Saturday acquitted three top officials who were jailed in 2019 during mass protests. On trial was Said Bouteflika, brother of the country’s longtime former leader, and two ex-intelligence chiefs, General Mohamed Lamine Mediene and his former right hand General Athmane Tartag. Also on trial was Louisa Hanoune, who had [...]

The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) testing task force on Monday released an overview of preliminary recommendations for changes “for the next generation of the bar examination.” The recommendations are the result of a three-year, “comprehensive, empirical study to ensure that the bar examination continues to assess the minimum competencies required of newly licensed [...]