President Donald Trump on Thursday sought rehearing from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after a three-judge panel upheld a lower court ruling requiring the president’s accounting firm to comply with the subpoena issued by the Oversight Committee. Trump based his request on Federal Rule 35, which permits rehearing if [...]

The Massachusetts Attorney General sued ExxonMobil on Thursday for repeatedly violating the state’s consumer and investor protection laws and related regulations by defrauding investors and threatening the world economy. Two claims were made against ExxonMobil in the complaint: ExxonMobil is deceiving the investors by systemically failing to disclose the risks to its business from climate [...]

A judge for the US District Court of the Northern District of California found on Thursday that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education had violated a court order to stop collection on loans owed by students who had attended now-defunct, for-profit schools operated and owned by Corinthian Colleges, Inc. The court ordered [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced Deutsche Bank executives Matthew Connolly and Gavin Campbell on Thursday to home confinement and imposed fines, foregoing a prison sentence for their crime. Connolly was the Director of Deutsche Bank’s Pool Trading Desk in New York, and Gavin Campbell Black [...]

James Jeffrey, the US special envoy to Syria, on Wednesday told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that “we’ve seen several incidents which we consider war crimes” during Turkey’s recent incursion into Syria. These allegations follow a number of other similar claims made by leading human rights organizations. Jeffrey’s office has been investigating the actions of [...]

A UN representative reported to the UN General Assembly’s human rights committee on Wednesday that Iran executed seven children in 2018 and two so far this year. Javaid Rehman stated to the committee that he remained “concerned about the continued use of the death penalty” in Iran. While the execution rate has dropped in Iran [...]

The Consumer Protection Division (CPD) of the Maryland Attorney General’s office filed suit on Wednesday against Westminster Management, LLC, a company owned by Kushner Companies for violating the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act. The suit seeks to enjoin the illegal renting practices of Westminster and its property owners, who [...]

The Brazilian Senate on Wednesday approvedthe final amendments to a sweeping pension reform plan, a day after the main text of the bill was approved. The bill creates a minimum retirement age of 65 for men and 62 for women. The average retirement ages in Brazil before were 56 and 53, respectively. It also increases [...]

The UN human rights expert on Myanmar called Wednesday for action against human rights violations in Myanmar. The expert noted that she has not seen “improvement to the situation in Myanmar” and “called for sanctions against military-run companies and commanders responsible for serious violations.” The expert also called on the UN Security Council to bring [...]

The US House of Representatives Wednesday approved the Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act, which aims to improve the functioning of democracy by improving disclosure requirements for online political advertisements, ensuring that the electorate is fully informed. The bill had no votes from Republicans, who dismiss it as an unnecessary [...]