The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday unsealed charges against 60 individuals in a takedown by the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force. The arrests span 11 federal districts and include 53 medical professionals. The defendants have been charged for “their alleged participation in the illegal prescribing and distributing of opioids and other [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld a district judge’s ruling that California’s controversial “sanctuary state” law does not conflict with federal immigration law. The US government challenged three California state laws: AB 450, which requires employers to alert employees before federal immigration inspections; AB 103, which imposes inspection requirements on [...]

The House Judiciary Committee on Friday issued a subpoena for an unredacted version of the Mueller report along with a copy of all documents referenced in the report or obtained during the investigation. The subpoena requests that Attorney General William Barr turns over the documents by May 1, at 10:00 AM EST. Jerry Nadler, the [...]

The Supreme Court of Nepal on Friday issued an interim order directing authorities not to implement a ban imposed by Kathmandu’s District Court on a popular online video game called “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG).” Nepal’s Telecommunications Authority had banned the game last week pursuant to the Kathmandu District Court order. Kathmandu’s Metropolitan Crime Division had approached [...]

US Attorney General William Barr released a redacted version of the Mueller Report to Congress and the public Thursday. The Attorney General’s Press Conference The Attorney General announced late Wednesday that he would hold a press conference to explain the report before releasing it around 11:00 AM EST. Thursday morning, Congressional Democratic leaders Speaker Nancy [...]

German prosecutors on Thursday charged 92-year-old former concentration camp guard Bruno D. with accessory to murder. Prosecutors indicted Bruno D. on suspicion of aiding and abetting to the murder of at least 5,230 people during the roughly one year he spent at the Stutthof concentration camp. During a voluntary interrogation in 2018, Bruno D. admitted [...]

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill Wednesday that will allow the production and sale of marijuana for medical purposes.  A law passed in 2015 had already legalized the use of low-THC cannabis oil for medical purposes but did not legalize the production, sale or possession of those oils, inhibiting patient access. The new law [...]

Hope Medical Group for Women, a Louisiana-based abortion clinic, filed a petition for certiorari Wednesday asking the US Supreme Court to strike down an Louisiana abortion law (Act 620) requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a hospital. Section (2)(a) of Act 620 requires that abortion providers: Have active admitting privileges at a hospital that is [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that sexually explicit electronic communications sent to minors are not private and can be used in police investigations. In the case a police officer posed as a child and was sent explicit messages. A meeting was arranged with the defendant, a 32-year-old-man pretending to be 23. The defendant argued [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed concern Thursday after a Bahrain court convicted 139 individuals of terrorism in a mass trial on Tuesday. The individuals were convicted of terrorism and extremism related to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. All but one of those convicted were stripped of their nationality. The commissioner is concerned [...]