Convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Tuesday asking for his death sentence to be vacated. His attorneys point to the lower court’s error in allowing him to stand trial and be his own defense counsel. They present various reasons as to why [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed two civil lawsuits Tuesday against five companies and three individuals it alleged had facilitated the transmission of hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls to consumers in the US. The DOJ alleges that the companies continued carrying the calls after being warned that they were fraudulent, resulting in financial [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in Intl Refugee Assistance v. Donald Trump, which is centered largely on the travel bans. The plaintiffs in this case argue that, despite the Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Hawaii, their case is not barred. They argue that the court simply [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of an Arkansas campaign-finance law, which the appellee claimed violated her First Amendment rights. Peggy Jones filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and contended that Ark. Code § 7-6-203(e) [...]

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan titled “Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People” on Tuesday. The plan notes the long history of conflict between the two states, claiming that it has “grown old the arguments have become [...]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the state of New York filed suit Monday against disgraced pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli and Vyera Pharmaceuticals for stifling competition to protect the monopolistic pricing of the drug Daraprim (pyrimethamine). Daraprim is used to treat toxoplasmosis, and despite Vyera Pharmaceuticals being the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved [...]

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a suit the Menominee tribe filed against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers, holding that the court cannot review the agencies’ actions. A company called Aquila Resources applied to [...]

A federal judge dismissed a case Monday that alleged the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) knowingly allowed anonymous traders to manipulate the option exchange market. The traders who filed the suit argued that CBOE violated the Securities Exchange Act and Commodity Exchange Act to increase profitability and acted negligently by allowing the manipulation. CBOE founded [...]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to GOJO Industries, the makers of Purell hand sanitizer, to cease making claims that Purell can prevent the spread of diseases such as the flu, norovirus, and Ebola. On its website and social media are claims that the hand sanitizer can kill “99.99% of [...]

The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) published a report Tuesday that raises concerns over fair trial standards in Iraq Islamic State (IS) prosecution cases. Among chief concerns were allegations of Iraq providing ineffective defense counsel, limiting the defense from challenging evidence, relying upon confessions for conviction and using torture or ill-treatment to procure such [...]