The North Dakota House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would exempt some locally made guns from federal regulations and laws. House Bill 1272, which passed with a 69-23 vote, provides that any “personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured commercially or privately in the state and which remains within the state is not subject [...]
The Berlin Regional Court upheld a preliminary injunction against a German historian that favored the heirs of the German monarchy Thursday, the latest development in nearly a decade of litigation from the Hohenzollern family seeking to recover royal property seized both before and after World War II. The action was brought by Crown Prince of [...]
On Wednesday, the Utah House of Representatives passed the controversial HB302 Bill, “Preserving Sports for Female Students,” effectively banning transgender athletes from female sports. The Bill, which was introduced by Representative Kera Birkeland and passed 50-23, would now require public schools in Utah to designate athletic activities based on “sex,” and not “gender,” a move [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – A Friday on-the-ground update from another of our law student correspondents in Myanmar, filed before the military’s “daily” Internet shutdown that began at 1 AM MMT Saturday (1:30 PM EST Friday): We don’t know when the internet cut off is anymore. They will just cut off whenever they want. Some say the [...]
Four conservative lobbyists filed suit in federal court on Wednesday seeking to block Nevada Governor Stephen Sisolak’s COVID-19 emergency orders. The lawsuit calls the shelter-in-place order a “draconian” restriction on Nevadans’ rights, alleging violations of plaintiffs’ due process rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and plaintiffs’ right to petition under the First Amendment to [...]
US lawmakers on Thursday introduced a comprehensive immigration bill creating an eight-year pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented individuals residing in the US. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) formally introduced the US Citizenship Act of 2021, which co-sponsored by 11 other Democratic lawmakers. Under the bill, the Secretary of Homeland Security has the authority [...]
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill on Thursday that prohibits an abortion if a physician detects a fetal heartbeat. The bill will only take effect if the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. The General Assembly passed the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act with a 79-35 vote. The law [...]
A Delhi trial court on Wednesday acquitted journalist Priya Ramani in a criminal defamation case brought by former Union Minister MJ Akbar relating to sexual harassment allegations that Ramani made against him during the 2018 #MeToo movement. Ramani had written an article on sexual harassment for Vogue in 2017 and subsequently had tweeted accusing Akbar [...]
Facebook on Wednesday barred Australians from seeing or sharing news content on Facebook. The move came in response to the Australian government’s proposed media bargaining law that would force Facebook and Google to pay to use content from Australian media companies. Facebook described its decision to “restrict the availability of news on Facebook in Australia,” [...]
Taxi app firm Uber must classify its drivers as workers, entitling tens of thousands of drivers to minimum wage and holiday pay, the UK Supreme Court held on Friday. Under s. 230(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, a “worker” is anyone employed (a) under a contract of employment or (b) any other contract, whether [...]
