The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa and Planned Parenthood of the Heartland filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Polk County District Court over Iowa’s recent enactment of House File 766. House File 766 prevents entities that provide abortions, or advocate for abortion rights, from receiving grant money earmarked for sex education. According to Erin [...]
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that effectively prohibits US companies from using any telecoms equipment manufactured by China’s Huawei. The executive order, which has been under consideration for a year, cites the International Emergency Economics Power Act, a law enacted in 1977 that gives the president broad power to control trade [...]
Amnesty International said on Tuesday in a new report that abuses by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime, including extrajudicial executions and arbitrary detentions, may constitute crimes against humanity. The report indicates that from January 21 to 25, 2019, in a total of 12 of the country’s 23 states, at least 47 people died in the [...]
The National Labor Relations Board released a memorandum Tuesday that says Uber drivers are not able to unionize because they are independent contractors, not employees. The advice memo outlines a number of factors courts consider in assessing whether a person is an independent contractor or employee, citing two specifically pertinent to the shared-ride and taxicab [...]
The Alabama Senate approved a near-total abortion ban Tuesday by a 25-6 vote. House Bill 314, known as the “Human Life Protection Act,” bans all abortions in the state except when “abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk” to the woman. In addition, doctors who perform the procedure under the new [...]
A jury found Monday that Alva Pilliod and Alberta Pilliod were entitled to $2 billion in punitive damages to couple who were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after using Monsanto’s Roundup product on their home for over 30 years. This is the third lawsuit loss for Monsanto after numerous plaintiffs have launched complaints against Monsanto’s herbicide [...]
Residents from Australia’s Torres Strait Islands plan to file a human rights complaint against the Australia government for failing to address the impacts of climate change. The residents will be represented by a UK environmental non-profit organization, ClientEarth who issued a press release Sunday detailing the complaint to be lodged with the UN Human Rights [...]
The Council of the European Union adopted and published its Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World on Monday. The report serves as coverage of the things the EU has done over the year to promote and protect human rights worldwide, as well as areas where they are focused on expanding and [...]
The Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest court in the EU, ruled Tuesday that the member countries must establish detailed methods of tracking the hourly work of employees so that they can be properly compensated for overtime work. The ruling stems from a challenge by the Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras [...]
The US Supreme Court held for individual state sovereign immunity on Monday in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, overturning precedent that currently allows one state to be sued in the courts of another. The case of Nevada v. Hall formerly set the relevant precedent in 1979, holding that a sovereign state can be [...]
