The US Department of Justice announced a new section of the Office of Immigration Litigation Wednesday to focus on denaturalization cases. The goal of the office is to denaturalize people who get their citizenship through illegal means. They will focus on terrorists, sex offenders, war criminals, and “other fraudsters.” Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt said, [...]
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Tuesday announced a settlement agreement between state attorneys general, local subdivisions, and Mallinckrodt (MNK), its subsidiaries, and certain other affiliates. MNK, the largest generic opioid manufacturer in the US, agreed to pay $1.6 billion to a trust that will cover opioid addiction treatment costs. The manufacturer also agreed to additional [...]
The New York state bar application will no longer ask questions inquiring into mental health, Chief Judge Janet DiFore announced Wednesday. DiFore made the announcement during her State of the Judiciary address. The goal is to protect law students seeking admission to the New York bar who are dealing with depression, anxiety and other mental health [...]
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that individuals have a right to a self-determined death. This ruling overturns a previous ban on professionally-assisted suicide. Section 217 of the German Criminal Code previously provided punishments of up to three years of imprisonment or a fine to anyone who, with the intention to help another individual [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Shular v. United States that “serious drug offense” requires only that the state offense involve the conduct specified in the statute; it does not require that the state offense match certain generic offenses. Ordinarily, a defendant convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm faces [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma that a plaintiff in a retirement plan fiduciary lawsuit must have “actual knowledge” of an alleged fiduciary breach to trigger a shorter three-year statute of limitations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), rather than the six-year [...]
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an anti-gun violence measure into law Tuesday. Known as a “red flag law,” the legislation seeks to reduce suicides and mass shootings by taking the weapons of individuals who are suspected of being a danger to themselves or a danger to others. The Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order [...]
The High Court of the Indian capital of New Delhi directed police Wednesday to register First Information Reports (FIR) against political leaders for provocative speeches inciting violence in the city. It ordered the police commissioner to watch video clips of inflammatory statements by political leaders and lodge FIRs. In India, an FIR is a written [...]
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled Monday that governmental acquisition of property via a prescriptive easement is not a taking. Property owners impacted are thus not entitled to just compensation. The factual background of the case involved the town of Sturbridge’s 20-year practice of discharging water onto a property. Due to this extended period of time [...]
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) led plaintiffs sued several small east Texas municipalities on Tuesday that have passed ordinances that limit access to abortions by criminalizing and restricting the operation and speech of pro-abortion organizations. The complaint, filed in federal district court, alleges that while the ordinance does not have the power to ban abortion [...]
