The US Department of Justice Friday opened an investigation of the Maryland Department of State Police’s (MDSP) hiring and promotion practices. The investigation was opened under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in employment practices. According to a press release from the district attorney’s office, “Under Title VII, the Justice [...]
The UK government formally backed the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill at its second reading in parliament on Friday, where it was passed by MPs. By making it unlawful for businesses to withhold well-earned service charges from their employees, the new bill, once in law, will ensure that all tips, gratuities and service charges paid by [...]
NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH), Dutch cooperative Mobilisation for the Environment, and citizens’ initiative Clean Air East Frisia Friday filed a lawsuit in the Court of Justice in The Hague challenging planned gas drilling in the Dutch North Sea. The Dutch government has approved plans by Dutch exploration and production company ONE-Dyas to develop a gas field 1.5 [...]
Georgia’s Cobb County School District has voted to approve a policy allowing some non-police personnel to carry guns in the school district. This action follows the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting where the police have been criticized for delayed response to the active shooter. The US Department of Justice recently opened an investigation into the police response [...]
The US Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claiming that the FTC has taken “unlawful and self-aggrandizing actions,” including counting votes from departed commissioners and coordinating with foreign governments, and unlawfully withholding internal records of these actions from the public. The US Chamber, a business lobbying group, made [...]
One of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X is seeking USD 40 million in compensatory damages from the City of New York after he was proven innocent of involvement in the killing last year. Muhammad Aziz was arrested on February 26, 1965 at the age of 26 for killing the civil rights [...]
The European Commission Friday announced that it will sue Hungary in the EU’s Court of Justice over an anti-LGBT Hungarian law and Hungary’s refusal to allow a dissident radio station to broadcast. Hungary adopted a law in June 2021 that prevents companies from featuring LGBTQ couples in educational or advertising content intended for children. The [...]
Ukrainian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Ukraine. This dispatch is from Anna Balabina, a law student at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. Over the past few weeks, Ukrainian authorities have been working on returning Ukrainian soldiers from Russian captivity, and recently brought back [...]
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against women (CDAW) Thursday found Spain responsible for “obstetric violence” after a woman who went to a public hospital was subjected to a caesarian section without her consent. In 2012, an unnamed Spanish national presented herself at a public hospital in Donostia, Spain while 38 weeks pregnant. [...]
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Wednesday declaring that the state will not extradite people who have been criminally charged for any role in an abortion procedure unless required to do so by the US Constitution. Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the US Constitution requires that anyone who is charged with [...]
