Chile became the first country in the world to protect neuro-rights after the Chamber of Deputies approved Wednesday an amendment to the Chilean Constitution. The bill is expected to be signed into law by their president soon. The amendment to the Chilean Constitution aims at defining mental identity for the first time in history as a [...]

The US Supreme Court added five cases to its docket on Thursday following its “long conference” on September 27. Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate is a suit filed by the Republican Texas senator challenging a federal law that restricts when and how an electoral candidate can repay personal loans to their own [...]

Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) Thursday adopted the committee’s recommendations on the Digital Services Act. This act comes amongst concerns about user privacy and free speech online. The Digital Services Act imposes stricter regulations for online internet intermediaries and digital platforms. The rules are aimed to better protect consumers and [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by landlords challenging part of New York’s eviction moratorium statute. In December 2020, New York passed the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 to prevent evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Five landlords and a real estate industry trade group in [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday that creates a system for decertifying police officers for serious misconduct and will increase the transparency of misconduct records. Police misconduct has increasingly been scrutinized in California, as well as throughout the US. In January, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the launch of a civil rights investigation into an [...]

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo to NLRB regional offices on Wednesday stating her position that student-athletes at private universities are employees under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRA protects covered employees’ rights to form unions, collectively bargain, and engage in concerted activity for mutual aid [...]

On Wednesday, Qualcomm, a widely-used cell phone chip manufacturer, won its bid to decertify an antitrust class against it. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that the trial court in the District of Northern California erred in certifying the class and remanded the case to reconsider certification [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, ruled Tuesday that the city of Oakland, California, cannot sue Wells Fargo for violating the Fair Housing Act (FHA) because the city did not adequately show proximate causation. The court’s decision reverses the prior decision of its three-judge panel. Oakland had claimed that [...]

US Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson ordered on Tuesday that the former president of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, be extradited to Peru. Toledo fled to the US after the Republic of Peru charged him with collusion and money laundering. The US also filed criminal charges against Toledo, accusing him of violating the Peruvian Criminal Code by influence [...]

The Parliament of New Zealand passed Thursday the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill, which criminalizes the planning of a terrorist attack and grants enforcement agencies increased powers to deal with terrorist activities. The government introduced the bill in the Parliament in April 2021 as its first step towards implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission following the [...]