The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled Wednesday that bondholders of Puerto Rico’s Employee Retirement System deserve a hearing to determine if their case has merit to proceed. The lawsuit focuses on Puerto Rico’s fiscal emergency law that was passed last year. Lawsuits over debt payments, particularly any lawsuits toward the Government [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced that it had reached an agreement with the city of Baltimore to reform its police department. The consent decree essentially puts the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) under federal supervision, requiring, among other things, that the BPD submit all “newly created or revised policies” to an Independent [...]

A 22-year-old Illinois man filed a lawsuit Wednesday after he was arrested for posting a video of him burning a flag, calling the state’s law unconstitutional. Byron Bryton Mellot posted six pictures on social media of him burning an American flag on July 4, 2015. These posts led police to arrest Mellot at his work, [...]

The Suffolk Superior Court in Massachusetts ordered on Wednesday Exxon Mobil to turn over 40 years’ worth of documents on climate change. This ruling stems from a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) issued by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy . Judge Heidi Brieger denied Exxon an emergency motion for a protective order that would have at [...]

A Venezuelan opposition politician, Gilber Caro, was arrested Wednesday with authorities alleging that weapons, including explosives, were found in his vehicle. Caro is a lawmaker in Miranda. Popular Will , the political party to which Caro belongs , released a statement alleging that Caro has been kidnapped by the national authorities. The government claims that [...]

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order Wednesday advocating for reproductive health measures in the country. The order is entitled “Attaining and Sustaining Zero Unmet Need for Modern Family Planning Through the Strict Implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes.” The aim of the act [...]

A French court of appeals on Thursday ordered the release of Ramush Haradinaj, former prime minister of Kosovo, but the court also issued a condition that Haradinaj remain in France until an extradition review from Serbia is reviewed. The extradition request accuses Haradinaj of war crimes during his role as a guerrilla commander during the [...]

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that factors such as age, family environment and peer pressure must be considered when dealing with juveniles who face possible long-term sentences. Chief Justice Stuart Rabner wrote the opinion, which also suggested a change in law by the state legislature to reflect the ruling. The decision [...]

The Govenor of the Brazilian state of Amazonas on Tuesday dismissed the official in charge of the prison where 56 inmates died during a riot on New Year’s Day. The dismissal came as a reaction to the news that, weeks before the killings, two inmates had alerted the government that officials of the prison were [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Angela B. Cornell of Cornell Law School discusses the implications that a recent case in Kentucky will have on labor relations and labor rights… Departing from decades of labor and industrial relations practice in the U.S. and rejecting the firmly grounded understanding of the language of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), [...]