New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo resigned on Monday, following an inquiry that found multiple accounts of sexual harrassment. The 168-page report released by the New York Attorney General Office, found that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, including state employees. Accounts included that the governor engaged in non-consensual touching, offensive comments, “creating a hostile environment for [...]
The US Senate voted 69 to 30 on Tuesday to overwhelmingly pass a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. This infrastructure bill is a historic investment that will improve American roads, highways, bridges, drinking water, and climate resilience. President Joe Biden highlighted that H.R. 3684, or the “INVEST in America Act,” passed with “a vote margin [...]
The Supreme Court of India on Friday upheld an order of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) as legally enforceable in India, effectively blocking the sale of Future Group (“Future”) to Reliance Industries Limited (“Reliance”). The sale was part of a ₹247.3 billion (US$3.4 billion) acquisition deal between Future and Reliance. Amazon initiated the emergency arbitration [...]
India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports on recent steps taken in the Indian high court system to conduct physical proceedings again after a period of COVID-19 shutdown in favor of virtual appearances, stressing that reversion is critical for the survival of some young professionals and financially less well-off lawyers. He files this for JURIST from [...]
A California appeals court on Monday upheld an $86 million verdict against The Monsanto Company, a subsidiary of German pharmaceutical and life sciences company, Bayer AG. The decision comes amidst a number of lawsuits filed against Monsanto, which Bayer inherited as the parent company. The suit was filed in 2019 by a couple, Alberta and Alva [...]
The Higher People’s Court of Liaoning (“appellate court”) in China on Tuesday upheld Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s death sentence for methamphetamine smuggling. Initially, the Dalian Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Schellenberg to 15 years in prison for smuggling drugs. On Schellenberg’s appeal, the appellate court remanded the case for retrial concluding that the punishment was [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld a New Jersey state law enforcement directive limiting local police interactions with, and/or barring its cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Former New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal passed Law Enforcement Directive 2018-6, also called the Immigrant Trust Directive (“the Directive”), in November 2018 to [...]
The UK on Monday imposed tighter sanctions on Belarus in a bid to repress its totalitarian regime. The sanctions, which were effected by an amendment to the Republic of Belarus(sanctions)(EU Exit) Regulations 2019, include aviation, trade, and economic measures. These sanctions are subsequent to a joint designation imposed in June this year by the UK, [...]
Dominion Voting Systems filed defamation lawsuits Tuesday against One America News Network (OAN), Newsmax Media, and Patrick Byrne, former CEO of Overstock.com, for allegedly engaging in spreading misinformation about the role of Dominion Voting System in the US 2020 general election. The lawsuits against One America News Network and Patrick Byrne were filed in the [...]
A US federal judge ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must update its policy on the use of toxic chemical dispersants to clean up oil spills. The guidance detailed in the National Contingency Plan (NCP) has not been updated since it was published in 1994, and environmentalists have been petitioning to update the [...]
