Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who spent the last two years living in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets in Israel Saturday for anti-government, pro-democracy protests. Since January 7, after the announcement of the new official government, protestors [...]
White House lawyer Richard Sauber Saturday said more classified documents have been found at President Joe Biden’s Delaware residence. Earlier this week, the White House announced that classified documents were found at the Penn Biden Center in November last year. However, while arranging for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take possession of these documents [...]
The Supreme Court of India Friday ruled that all interfaith marriages conducted according to Hindu rites under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 are void. The court heard a criminal appeal petition filed by an Indian-American Christian named Ajay P. Mathew. Mathew was accused of polygamy by his alleged partner, Satya Sri, who lives in India. [...]
The director of Amnesty International’s European Regional Office Friday urged Greek authorities to drop all charges against two dozen search and rescue volunteers and to stop criminalizing aid workers who assist refugees and migrants in need. Director Nils Muižnieks issued his statement after Greece’s Court of Appeal of Mytilene dropped some of the misdemeanor charges [...]
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday unveiled a plan to create a domestic fund for compensating WWII forced labor victims while victim advocates maintain that the compensation should come from Japan. The Supreme Court of South Korea ordered two Japanese steel companies to compensate forced labor victims in 2018. The steel companies, Nippon [...]
The Trump Organization Friday was fined $1.61 million, the maximum amount allowed by law, after being found guilty of various fraud charges in a New York state court. Former President Trump’s companies, The Trump Corporation and The Trump Payroll Corporation, were assessed fines of $810,000 and $800,000 respectively. A New York jury found both entities [...]
A Texas federal court Thursday granted the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them for authorizing COVID-19 vaccine administration to children. The FDA filed to dismiss the lawsuit based on lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. The US District Court for the Western District of [...]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Thursday ruled to recognise the right of self-employed persons not to be discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation. The court found that EU protection against discrimination includes people engaged in personal work, irrespective of the form that this takes, as long as the [...]
Nine prominent news outlets Thursday asked a US federal judge to publicise the names of two suretors of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bond. The Associated Press, Bloomberg, CNBC, Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones, the Financial Times, Insider and the Washington Post filed a joint motion. The New York Times and CoinDesk asked [...]
An Australian federal court Thursday published documents detailing the abuse of youth offenders in a Western Australia juvenile detention centre. Court documents filed in the Walters v State of Western Australia case detail substantial allegations of abuse and human rights violations against children held at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre. In an affidavit delivered in [...]
