Environmental groups filed an appeal on Monday after the Oslo District Court ruled that Norway’s oil and gas exploration in the Arctic did not violate citizens’ right to a clean environment. The court found earlier this month that the oil and gas exploration was permissible under Norway’s anti-pollution laws and did not violate the Paris [...]

An accused computer hacker won his appeal on Monday in the UK High Court of Justice , stopping his extradition to the US. Lauri Love, a British student, was indicted on charges of hacking into US government websites in 2013, along with other unnamed co-conspirators, stealing huge amounts of data. He argued that the extradition [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Cecilia Jimenez-Damary on Friday urged Libya to intensify efforts to aid Libyans who have been displaced as a result of the country’s ongoing conflict. Jimenez-Damary presented her findings in an end of mission statement . The report lacks definitive data on exactly how many [...]

Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: The UN expressed concern Thursday about human rights abuses in Mali despite the Malian government signing a peace agreement in 2015 with several armed groups. The International Court of Justice on Friday ordered Nicaragua to pay Costa Rica nearly USD $380,000 for environmental damage to a [...]

Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Court of Appeals for the Six Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of Ohio’s lethal injection method on Thursday, just two weeks prior to a scheduled execution. The case stemmed from two death row inmates attempting to prevent their pending executions, claiming that Ohio’s midazolam-based, three-drug [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Wendy K. Mariner of Boston University School of Law discusses the Trump Administration’s recent issued guidance that will allow states to include employment as a requirement for Medicaid enrollment… On January 11, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) sparked immediate controversy by announcing new policy for states seeking §1115 Medicaid [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Ruqaiijah Yearby of Case Western Reserve University School of Law discusses the legality of a work requirement for Medicaid eligibility and the impact this will have on poverty . . . On November 15, 2017, the Institute for Policy Studies issued a report noting that the three richest people in the United [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of Ohio’s lethal injection method on Thursday, just two weeks prior to a scheduled execution. The case stemmed from two death row inmates attempting to prevent their pending executions, claiming that Ohio’s midazolam-based, three-drug execution protocol presents a constitutionally unacceptable risk of pain [...]

Federal district judge Sam Cummings on Thursday ruled that an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guideline limiting employers’ use of criminal background checks in the hiring process is unenforceable. Texas, the plaintiff, claimed that the guideline was issued without notice and comment, overstepped the EEOC’s authority, and was an “unreasonable interpretation” of Title VII of [...]

US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) , with approval from President Trump, declassified and released a memo on Friday claiming that the FBI overstepped their surveillance authority while investigating Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election. The release of the memo stems from a dossier compiled by a longtime FBI source who allegedly [...]