The European Commission Wednesday initiated two new legal proceedings against the UK after the UK announced plans to override post-Brexit rules governing trade with Northern Ireland. The conflict arose over UK-initiated changes to post-Brexit trade deals with the EU. The conflict arose during negotiations between the UK and the EU in Brexit. The Protocol on [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday issued an opinion in which the Court held “that the COVID-19 pandemic is not a natural disaster under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)” and that employers are not allowed to initiate mass layoffs without notice due to pandemics. Oil producers hired [...]

The Special Tribunal of Lebanon (STL) sentenced Habib Merhi and Hussein Oneissi to life in prison Thursday for their part in a bombing that killed Lebanon’s ex-premier Rafic Hariri. Merhi and Oneissi committed a bombing that killed 22, including Hariri, and injured 226. They were previously found guilty of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, [...]

Volkswagen and Porsche Wednesday reached an $80 million settlement with plaintiffs in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The car companies faced a class action lawsuit for alleged manipulation of fuel economy and fuel emission tests for nearly 500,000 Porsche class vehicles. This class action sought to reimburse “consumers who purchased [...]

A Russian man went on trial in Germany Wednesday for allegedly attempting to assassinate Mokhmad Abdurakhmanov, a Chechen dissident. Mokhmad is an outspoken activist and critic of Ramzan Kadyrov, the current leader of the Chechen Republic with close ties to Vladimir Putin and Russia. Mokhmad is a staunch critic, in particular, of Kaydrov’s assistance in [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday broadened federal courts’ abilities to decide whether a child in an international custody dispute has to return to their home country by saying that courts do not need to consider “all possible ameliorative measures” for a child’s return when a child is at risk of grave harm. In the case [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) partially preempts a California law that invalidates waivers of the right to assert representative claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The FAA states that arbitration agreements in specific contracts are valid, irrevocable, and enforceable. PAGA allows aggrieved employees to [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled in a 6-3 decision that veterans cannot seek “collateral review at any time on grounds of ‘clear and unmistakable error” due to the invalidation of a regulation. In George v. McDonough, Kevin George, a Marine veteran, brought a lawsuit because he was denied disability benefits by the US Department [...]

New York’s highest state court Tuesday dismissed former President Donald Trump and his children’s request to avoid questioning by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The questioning is a part of the Attorney General’s civil investigation into allegations that the Trump organization engaged in financial fraud. Donald, Donald Jr. and Ivanka Trump must now testify. [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a North Carolina school’s dress code requiring females to wear skirts violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The Charter Day School required all female students to wear skirts, noting that “girls are ‘fragile vessels’ deserving of ‘gentle’ treatment by boys.” Male students [...]