The White House Tuesday finalized a regulation restoring three elements of a key environmental protection law that had been altered during the Trump Administration. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) reinstated longstanding provisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that were modified in 2020. According to CEQ, the modifications caused challenges to agencies attempting [...]

The Diocese of Camden, N.J., said on Tuesday that it had agreed to pay $87.5 million to settle claims made by hundreds of people who accused clergy members of sexually abusing them, one of the largest such settlements involving the Catholic Church in the United States. Over 300 survivors, represented by the Official Committee of [...]

Transgender Attorney Sheryl Ring Monday won a lawsuit in US district court with a stipulation that Illinois attorney ethics rules do not allow discrimination based on gender identity. The new stipulation says that an Illinois ethics rule banning sex discrimination also apply when a lawyer discriminates against a transgender individual on the basis of sex in [...]

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly Tuesday announced that Canada was imposing sanctions on 14 “close associates” of the Russian regime, including President Vladimir Putin’s two daughters.  Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Canada has imposed sanctions on over 750 individuals and entities. These sanctions have been imposed on individuals and entities [...]

The Lithuanian legislature, the Seimas, Tuesday passed amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Law on Assemblies to prohibit symbols associated with Russian aggression in Ukraine. Banned symbols include the letters “V” or “Z” and the black and orange ribbon of St. George. Paulė Kuzmickienė, a member of the Seimas, said the symbols [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Siegle v. Fitzgerald and United States v. Washington. In Siegle, the Court is considering whether the 2017 Amendment to the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act, which increased quarterly fees for Chapter 11 cases in the Trustee program but not the Bankruptcy Administrator program, violates the uniformity requirement [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on a wave of explosions at a school and education center in Kabul that have reportedly killed and wounded dozens. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our [...]

US Vice President Kamala Harris Monday announced that the US would no longer conduct direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing and would seek to establish this as the norm around the world. Harris, speaking at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, said the US would seek to work with other countries to end the practice, which [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on rising suicide rates and growing desperation among many Afghans as oppressive and chaotic Taliban rule of the country continues. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday ruled against Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Dunn’s plea to block disciplinary action by the Air Force against him over his religious-based refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine. After Dunn tested positive for COVID-19 in the summer of 2021, he requested a religious exemption from the vaccine. His request was denied, and he [...]