A New York judge on Wednesday ordered ExxonMobil to cooperate with a New York investigation into whether the company misled others about the effects of climate change. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had issued previous subpoenas to both ExxonMobil and their outside auditing servicers, and a New York state court in October 2016 ordered [...]

The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) did not misidentify former JPMorgan official Achilles Macris in its penalty notice in connection with the “London Whale” Scandal. The FCA agreed that a conclusion that Macris was prejudiced would be justified if Macris was in fact identified in the warning and [...]

Kentucky’s HB 2 , which requires doctors to perform an ultrasound before an abortion, faced its first legal challenge in federal court Thursday. HB 2 requires doctors to perform an ultrasound and show their patients pictures, explaining the images in detail. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) , argue that it [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein presented his report on Sri Lanka to the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, stating that much work remains to make Sri Lanka’s judiciary conform with international expectations. Furthermore, many expressed concerns about Sri Lanka’s anti-terrorism act, which grants extraordinary police powers leading to allegations [...]

Former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, was sentenced on Wednesday by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to an additional year in prison and fined approximately $325,000 for interfering with his own trial in March of 2016. In 2016 Bemba was charged with bribing witnesses and falsifying evidence after [...]

The US Department of Justice petitioned Wednesday to have the travel ban executive order by President Donald Trump reviewed more quickly. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions commented on the proceedings earlier this month, saying “his executive order provides a needed pause, so we can carefully review how we scrutinize people coming here from these countries [...]

The US Senate voted Tuesday to approve House Joint Resolution 69 , a bill to invalidate an August 2016 regulation protecting wildlife on federal lands from certain kinds of hunting. The “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska” rule limited the hunting of predators including aerial [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez and Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon . In County of Los Angeles , the court was asked to rule on a Fourth Amendment civil rights action filed by two victims of a police shooting. Two Los Angeles County sheriffs entered [...]

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday concluded testifying in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee . Gorsuch largely avoided giving direct answers on many policy questions, likening it to campaign promises to which he does not want to be held. Democrats used the hearing to criticize the Senate’s failure to consider former [...]

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday signed into law a bill allowing individuals over the age of 21 to get enhanced concealed carry permits . Individuals who have concealed carry permits may apply for the enhanced permit and, after eight hours of additional training, may carry the concealed weapons at public colleges, airports, polling places, [...]