US District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Sullivan Court was considering a Rule 48 dismissal, which was rendered moot by the presidential pardon conferred upon Flynn by Present Donald Trump. In his 43-page opinion, Sullivan made clear that although he was required by law [...]
The US Department of Labor implemented a new rule Monday that allows federal contractors to discriminate against employees under the guise of religious freedom. This ruling could affect more than four million employees. The rule expands the definition of religious organizations to include for-profit organizations as well as traditional religious charities and churches. It also allows [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new law Tuesday giving Russia’s national legislation precedence over international treaties and rulings from international bodies. The bill was initially passed in the lower house, the State Duma, in late October, and then by the Federation Council. The law is one among many constitutional reforms approved by the Russian public between [...]
The US House of Representatives approved the Open Courts Act of 2020 (OCA) Tuesday, a bill that would make the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system free to the public. The OCA is a bipartisan effort to make court records “publicly accessible, free of charge and without requiring registration.” In the case of [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. and Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid. Henry Schein, Inc. addresses a narrow legal issue related to arbitration clauses, weighing whether the court or the arbitrator should determine if a case is arbitrable when a clause in a contract designated the [...]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a complaint with the US Supreme Court Tuesday against the states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, seeking to overturn their 2020 presidential election results. Paxton, who has been under indictment for the past five years on felony securities fraud charges, and about whom seven top aides recently wrote a [...]
On November 25, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an emergency opinion in the case of Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of New York (Application No. 20A87) ostensibly to protect the freedom of religion. The 5 to 4 decision appealing denials of a stay from [...]
More than 1,500 attorneys across the US have signed a petition calling for bar associations to condemn and investigate President Donald Trump’s campaign lawyers. Since Trump lost his bid at reelection, his legal team has filed an abundance of lawsuits challenging the validity of the November presidential election. However, they have not only been unsuccessful [...]
A Judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction Monday, preventing the Trump administration from prohibiting the operation of the popular China-based social media app TikTok. The order follows President Donald Trump’s signing of Exec. Order No. 13942, which identified TikTok, a short-loop video sharing app presently used [...]
The Council of the European Union adopted a regulation Monday establishing a global human rights sanctions regime. The regulation is meant to allow the EU to target individuals, entities and bodies, including state and non-state actors, that are responsible or associated with serious human rights violations worldwide. It also targets individuals and entities associated with [...]
