A Russian court Monday sentenced a former mayor to six months of community service after finding him guilty of criminal negligence due to a major diesel fuel leak from a storage tank in the Arctic city of Norilsk in May.  In a statement, the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court announced that Riant Akhmetshin was sentenced to “correctional [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Google for allegedly violating US antitrust laws. The lawsuit, which was joined by 11 states, accused Google of using anticompetitive and exclusionary practices to unlawfully maintain monopolies in general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising. In recent years, Google has accounted [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday reinstated Texas’s procedures for rejecting ballots with signatures that appear not to match those on record with elections officials. The Early Voting Ballot Board (EVBB), which is responsible for processing early voting results, will only accept ballots if the voter’s signature is determined not [...]

A unanimous three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Monday that Tennessee must allow first-time voters to vote by absentee ballot. Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-2-115(b)(7), individuals who register to vote online or by mail must vote in person the first time they vote. Tre Hargett, the Secretary [...]

Polish officials on Saturday arrested Roman Giertych, a high-profile lawyer, former deputy prime minister of Poland, and staunch critic of the Polish government, on charges of money laundering. Giertych is accused of laundering the equivalent of USD $23 million, although the specifics behind the allegations have not been revealed. Giertych’s legal practice includes involvement in [...]

The US Department of Labor and Target agreed Monday “to correct exit access and storage hazards and enhance worker safety” in 200 of Target’s northeast stores and to pay a penalty of $465,000. In 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited eight Target stores for blocked exits and unsafe storage practices. Target will make [...]

China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee on Sunday passed the Export Control Law of the People’s Republic of China, which restricts sensitive exports, such as military, nuclear and technology goods, that may threaten national security. A list of controlled items will be published “in a timely manner.” This law allows China to retaliate against countries, [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted six military officers from the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Monday. The charges against the officers include using malware to cause blackouts in Ukraine in 2015 and 2016; $1 billion in losses to three corporations in 2017; disrupting computers supporting the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics; hack-and-leak efforts against French [...]

In 4-4 decision Monday, the US Supreme Court denied the application by the Republican Party of Pennsylvania for stay of an order by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court extending the deadline for receiving absentee and mail-in ballots. Under the Pennsylvania court’s order, the absentee ballots must be mailed before or on Election Day and received within the [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court has emerged as a significant election issue for the first time in more than fifty years. The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett has riveted the nation’s attention on the Court in a way that rarely if ever has occurred during a presidential campaign. [...]