The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday vacated the Trump administration’s efforts to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as children from deportation and provides them with renewable work permits. Judge John D. Bates found that the Department [...]

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) heard oral arguments on Monday and Tuesday in former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic’s appeal of his 2016 conviction for crimes committed during the Bosnia conflict. Karardic, in support of his appeal , argues that prosecutors and judges committed numerous legal and procedural errors , such as prohibiting [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two matters Tuesday: Abbott v. Perez and Animal Science Products v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. . Abbott is two consolidated cases that concern allegations that Texas lawmakers drew the state’s federal congressional and state legislative districts in such a way as to harm the rights of the [...]

A Belgian court on Monday sentenced Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks, to 20 years in prison for attempted murder of three police officers during a 2016 shootout. After the Paris attacks, Salah had fled to Brussels where he was later captured in a shootout. One of his accomplices was [...]

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday vacated a decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to delay increases of fines paid by automakers under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program. Under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act , the penalties paid by car and truck manufacturers for [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Tuesday in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC that inter partes review, which authorizes the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to reconsider and cancel an already-issued patent claim, under 35 USC §§ 311-319, does not violate Article III or the Seventh Amendment of the [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC that foreign corporations cannot be used in the US under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) . The plaintiffs in the case are victims of terrorist attacks in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. They allege that the bank and its offices in [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases Monday. In Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission the court heard arguments on whether administrative law judges of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause . If so, then they would have to [...]

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in two cases dealing with the question of whether breaking into a mobile home or other “nonpermanent or mobile structure” constitutes a burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) , consolidating them for oral argument. The ACCA provides that people who have been convicted of “violent felonies” [...]

The EU and Mexico on Saturday signed a free trade agreement . The agreement reduces tariffs on food and drink while allowing for the EU Geographical Indications to be maintained. Irish Whiskey and French Champagne will be distinguished when sold from domestically produced products. In addition to reducing tariffs and non-trade barriers by harmonizing regulations, [...]