The California Senate voted Tuesday to approve a bill aimed at correcting “he misclassification of workers as independent contractors.” The bill, known as AB-5, comes after an April 2018 California Supreme Court decision that noted the overall problems with workers being misclassified as independent contractors. Under the bill, workers will only be considered independent contractors [...]
The UK High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that Nintendo (NCL) has sustained significant losses as a result of pirated games being accessed and downloaded onto Nintendo Switches, granting an injunction requiring internet service providers to block piracy websites. The court stated that: The injunction strikes a fair balance between protecting NCL’s rights and the [...]
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Tuesday issued a ruling relaxing the standards for employers to make unilateral changes to employment terms without the union’s consent. In adopting the “contract coverage” standard, the Board abandoned the “clear and unmistakable waiver” standard, which has been rejected by several federal courts of appeals, including the US [...]
The National Rifle Association (NRA) filed a lawsuit on Monday in federal court in San Fransisco fighting a September 3 resolution the city passed which declared the lobby group a domestic terrorism organization. The San Fransisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the resolution, urging the City and County of San Francisco to “take every reasonable [...]
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced via Twitter his decision to fire John Bolton from his post as national security adviser. The firing came as a result of disagreements over national security matters concerning Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan. The president wrote on Twitter that he “informed John Bolton last night that his services [...]
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into legislation California bill SB276 Monday, which brings stronger consequences to doctors who write fraudulent medical vaccine exemptions for school-aged children. The legislation includes provisions for the creation of a database of physicians with pending accusations and charges, from which California’s Department of Public Health shall not approve a vaccination [...]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed Tuesday to defy a last-minute law requiring him to seek an extension of the upcoming Brexit deadline. The law, passed after Johnson moved to temporarily suspend Parliament until the middle of October, requires the Prime Minister to seek an extension to the deadline for negotiating an exit agreement with [...]
The government of Rwanda, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the African Union on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a transit mechanism for evacuating refugees out of Libya. According to a joint statement Tuesday, around 4,700 people are currently being held in detention centers in Libya and urgently need to be [...]
A federal judge in Ohio on Monday denied drug manufacturers and distributors’ request to dismiss the public nuisance claims against them. A public-nuisance claim can be maintained where the facts establish that the “design, manufacturing, marketing or sale of product unreasonably interferes with a right common to the general public.” Factual evidence and statistics, such [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday opened the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council with an update on various human rights situations and the role of climate change. Bachelet stated that climate change affects every region of the world with catastrophic implications. She stated, “storms are rising and tides could [...]
