The House Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol said Wednesday that there was enough evidence to conclude that former President Donald J. Trump and some of his allies might have conspired to commit fraud and obstruction by misleading Americans about the outcome of the 2020 election and attempting to overturn the result. According [...]
Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Kyiv-based lawyer Oleh Kornat reports. Ukraine goes on defending its territory against Russian troops. Russians attack our cities with rockets. Some of our cities are in the situation of [...]
France’s Court of Cassation Wednesday upheld a bar association’s ban on barristers wearing religious symbols alongside robes in courtrooms. In June 2019, the Lille Bar Council notified its members that they would be disallowed from wearing “decorations or signs” displaying “religious, philosophical, community or political affiliation or opinion” along with their robes. Sarah Asmeta, a trainee [...]
New Zealand police Wednesday stormed parliament grounds in riot gear reclaiming the space where anti-vaccine mandate protesters had camped for 23 days. Hundreds of police began moving across parliament grounds early Wednesday morning, breaking up the protester’s camp, dressed in riot gear and equipped with pepper spray. The police towed vehicles obstructing roads as they pushed [...]
Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Justin Esiobu, a law student at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, sends these video reports from Kharkiv on the seventh day of the war. In the last several [...]
Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Justin Esiobu, a law student at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, reports from Kharkiv. Today’s morning we’ve been cut off from internet connection, plus we still don’t have [...]
The Supreme Court of Israel ruled Tuesday that Palestinian families living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem may continue to reside in their homes until Israel’s Ministry of Justice resolves the property dispute over their land. Such a resolution may take years. Under the ruling, the Palestinian families must pay a modest rent [...]
Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Kyiv-based lawyer Oleh Kornat reports. The Russian troops continue to attack Ukrainian cities with the rockets. The most complicated situation is in the east of Ukraine. The infrastructure of [...]
The Administrative Court in Cologne Tuesday ruled that key provisions of the amended Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), aimed at curbing online hate speech, violate European Union law on civil liberties. The ruling delivered a partial victory to Google and Meta that had challenged the new law in February last year. The new provision §3a requires [...]
Plaintiffs Dr. Megan Mooney and Jane and John Doe, acting behalf of themselves and their daughter Mary Doe, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Texas Governor Greg Abbot, Commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Jaime Masters, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). Plaintiffs seek a temporary injunction, permanent injunction, [...]
