The Arizona Supreme Court held 4-3 Monday that a non-discrimination ordinance enacted by the city of Phoenix in 2013 prohibiting public accommodations from discriminating against persons based on their status in a “protected” group, which includes a person’s sexual orientation, is unconstitutional under the Arizona Free Exercise of Religion Act and the free exercise clause [...]
Con Edison and eight other electric utility companies, as the Power Companies Climate Coalition, announced a petition Monday challenging President Donald Trump’s new Affordable Clean Energy Rule, which replaced Obama’s tougher Clean Power Plan. Con Edison stated that they believe this is “the wrong approach to combating climate change, and will undermine the company’s own [...]
The 2021 trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the “architect of 9/11,” and the other accused will write an important page in the legal chapter of dealing with terrorism. What is not clear is if this page will solve issues, sustain them, or even create more. Ultimately, these trials will be essential not only for the [...]
Nearly 50,000 autoworkers began to strike Monday after General Motors (GM) failed to reach an agreement for a new collective bargaining agreement with the United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) labor union. Union members voted to authorize the strike in early September, with 96 percent of the ballots cast in favor [...]
Numerous drug makers engaged in multi-district litigation (MDL) of more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits, filed a motion on Saturday calling for the disqualification of the presiding judge. In the memorandum issued in support of the motion, the drug companies claim that US District Judge Dan Polster is biased against the companies. MDL cases arise when [...]
The International Criminal Court prosecutor submitted a Notice of Appeal Monday against the acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and a youth minister on charges of fomenting post-election violence. One of the grounds of appeal identified by the prosecution is that the trial chamber erred by acquitting Gbagbo and Blé Goudé in violation [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that the US Postal Service (USPS) failed to justify a 10 percent increase in the price of the “Forever Stamp.” The three-judge panel ruled Friday that the postal service did not give a convincing argument for its decision to increase the price [...]
US President Donald Trump announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden, son of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, has been killed. The death of Hamza bin Laden occurred during a US counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region. The incident is important both symbolically and pragmatically, as Hamza bin Laden was in charge of a variety [...]
Purdue Pharma, producer of OxyContin, announced on Sunday that the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move designed in part to resolve more than 2,600 lawsuits filed against the company for its alleged role in the opioid crisis. The reorganization of the company through bankruptcy was the first step in the proposed agreement [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that a stricter air quality rule imposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2016 is constitutional under its authority established by the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act includes a Good Neighbor provision to address problems of upwind states’ [...]
