The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday reversed two mining permits issued for PolyMet Mining Corporation, hindering the mining companies plan to construct a copper-nickel mine in the northeastern part of the state. The permits were issued by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), but Chief Judge Edward Cleary said that the DNR erred [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday, the first conducted in 2020. The first case, Lucky Brand Dungarees v. Marcel Fashions Group, asks whether, when a plaintiff raises new claims, a defendant can raise new defenses that were not actually litigated in any prior cases between the parties. The US Court [...]

The Delaware Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of lawsuit against Uber on Monday. The lawsuit was brought by Uber’s shareholders against their board of directors who approved the acquisition of Ottomorro LLC (Otto) in an effort to gain more traction in the autonomous vehicles space. Otto was formed in 2016 by then-Google employee Anthony Levandowski. [...]

A New York judge ruled Friday that a New York City ban on flavored tobacco liquid products, enacted via emergency regulation, was an overstep of its authority. Acting Justice Catherine Cholakis of New York’s Supreme Court noted that such a ban should be reserved for legislative regulation. “The Council overstepped its authority in adopting the [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition for review filed by the Republic of Sudan concerning the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. In 2017 the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit awarded several billion dollars to family members of victims of the embassy bombings. A 2001 lawsuit [...]

One of the underlying rationales of the UN Charter, as highlighted in its preamble, is to ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind’. Any obvious statement in regards to Iran’s immediate reaction would be immature; however, it can be reasonably established that [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) lauded El Salvador on Friday for passing a new law to aid people that have been or are at risk of being displaced due to violence from organized crime and criminal gangs. UN spokesperson, Liz Throssell, welcomed the passage of the legislation, saying it “opens the door for [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lower court’s ruling that Iranian assets held outside of the US could be seized to satisfy a judgment issued in the US against Iran. The suit involves family members of US troops killed in the 1983 bombing of the US Marine Corp barracks in Lebanon. The family [...]

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a suit on Thursday against 26 defendants involved in a student loan repayment scam affecting more than 8.5 million consumers. The suit is against Monster Loans and a “sham entity” known as Lend Tech that unlawfully obtained consumer reports from the consumer-reporting agency Experian (not included in the [...]

The US Department of Labor promulgated a rule on Sunday that is likely to limit large franchise brands from employee overtime and wage suits. The rule is 29 CFR Part 791, which defines Joint Employer Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The rule shifts the definition of “employer” for joint employment status from “multiple [...]