A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Thursday filed criminal charges against Chevron, Transocean Limited and 17 executives in relation to an oil spill that occurred late last year. The indictment charges the companies and a number of their...
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Brazil prosecutor charges oil companies with environmental crimes
ACLU sues Pennsylvania school district over drug testing
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UN chief urges Malaysia to address human rights in new security act
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European Commission refers Hungary to ECJ for tax rule violation
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Federal judge rules Missouri flag burning law unconstitutional
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Supreme Court hears arguments on harmless error, qualified immunity
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Federal appeals court upholds ban on Texas city immigrant housing ordinance
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Supreme Court rules citizens may challenge EPA order
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Florida governor signs law authorizing random drug tests for state employees
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Same-sex couples not entitled to adoption: ECHR
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) on Wednesday sued the Solanco School District in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on behalf of an 11-year-old girl who is required to submit to a drug...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Malaysian lawmakers on Thursday to observe international human rights standards when devising the country's new security act. Malaysia's Internal Security Act of 1960 (ISA) , which allowed the imprisonment of individuals deemed...
The European Commission on Thursday referred Hungary to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for violations of EU rules related to the taxation of telecommunications operators. Article 12 of the EU's Authorisation Directive...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri declared a state statute banning the burning of the American and Missourian flags unconstitutional on Wednesday. Judge Carol Jackson heard a case...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Vasquez v. United States on whether the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit violated the Supreme Court's precedent on harmless...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday that an ordinance passed in 2008 by the Texas city of Farmers Branch, prohibiting illegal immigrants from renting housing...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency that landowners can bring a suit directly against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging the agency's order...
Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) on Monday signed the Drug-Free Workplace Act , which allows state employers to randomly test up to 10% of their workforce. The act does not create a "duty" to test, but allows...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) last week ruled that the right of a person in a same-sex partnership to adopt his or her partner's child is not protected by the European...
