The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board Monday announced it will file suit counter to Walt Disney Company in a pending case involving potential government overreach. In March, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis established the five-person board to oversee Walt Disney World, which is located within the state, following fallout over Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. [...]

A Minnesota state court Monday convicted former police officer Tou Thao of aiding and abetting second degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Thao was one of the four police officers present at the 2020 arrest that resulted in Floyd’s death. Unlike the other officers, Thao did not participate in holding Floyd down, but [...]

A new order Monday implemented amended the law regarding legal aid in family cases in the UK to include those with parental responsibilities as well as prospective guardians. The Legal Aid: Family and Domestic Abuse (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 made changes to The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), to widen [...]

Four environmental advocacy groups and one Native American organization Monday sued the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), alleging the agency failed to undertake a thorough environmental impact analysis after a SpaceX rocket exploded in Boca Chica, Texas last month. The complaint alleges the FAA violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) which requires federal agencies to [...]

Montana Representative Zooey Zephyr Monday filed a complaint against the state to remove the ban currently preventing her from entering the house floor and speaking during debate. The ACLU of Montana, one of the parties who assisted in filing the lawsuit, argued the house did not have authority to silence Zephyr. The ACLU argued that, [...]

Australian federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus Monday announced that $14.7 million will be dedicated to improving sexual assault laws across the country. Dreyfus stated that the main focus is on ensuring the criminal justice system and process do not further harm sexual assault victims. The funding will be delivered in two stages. Stage one will see [...]

University staff across Australia are striking from Monday as academics protest for improved job security, manageable workloads and wages in line with the increased cost of living. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) Monday announced the National Week of Action for Better Universities and Better Workplaces, which will see university staff partake in demonstrations, enterprise [...]

A Missouri judge Monday temporarily blocked an emergency rule that would have required people seeking gender-affirming care to first receive over a year of therapy among other prerequisites. The case is in the Missouri Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis. The ACLU of Missouri filed Southampton Community Healthcare v. Bailey to allow the [...]

Trump attorney Joe Tacopina Monday requested and was denied a mistrial in columnist E. Jean Carroll’s civil sexual assault suit against the former President. Tacopina made the request in an 18-page letter alleging that District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who has presided over the trial since it started last week, has made “pervasive unfair and prejudicial [...]

The Israel Supreme Court Sunday held that non-Jewish children adopted by Jewish parents will no longer have to go through Orthodox conversions. This practice was based on Section 5 of Israel’s Child Adoption Law, 5571-1981, which required the religion of the adoptive parents and the child to be the same. The court instead opted for a [...]