A Canadian law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Samsung for negligence in the distribution of the Galaxy Note 7 . McKenzie Lake Lawyers, LLP filed the action Friday with the Superior Court of Ontario . The firm alleges that Samsung was negligent in their marketing and distribution of the phone. Further, McKenzie [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard argument in the cases of Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami and Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Co. . Believing cyclical poverty in Miami is a byproduct of predatory loans against minority groups, Miami brought a federal lawsuit against lenders Bank of America and Wells Fargo alleging [...]

More than 1,000 Hong Kong lawyers dressed in black marched through the the city in silence on Tuesday in opposition of a decision by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress that barred two elected pro-independence lawmakers, Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-Ching, from taking their seats in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council . In October [...]

The Hungarian National Assembly on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment proposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to block the settlement of new refugees in Hungary. Orban’s ruling Fidesz party failed to attract the two opposition votes necessary for a two-thirds majority vote in parliament. The bill sought to refuse an EU-set quota scheme that would [...]

Two members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Monday asking them to review Mylan NV , the manufacturer of the EpiPen allergy shot. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) raised concerns about Mylan NV’s potential violation of antitrust laws. The two senators claim that [...]

A third fewer women than men lack Internet access in the world’s poorest countries—a gap that is set to widen, according to a report released Tuesday by the poverty rights organization One . The report , released at the Web Summit in Lisbon, the largest tech event in Europe, shows a trend in recent years, [...]

The Scottish government on Tuesday announced its intention to join the lawsuit challenging British Prime Minister Theresa May’s right to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty , which would officially start the UK’s exit from the EU. The High Court of the UK ruled last week that Article 50 can only be triggered by [...]

The Philippines Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that former dictator Ferdinand Marcos may be placed in the nation’s “Heroes’ Cemetery” despite public uproar denouncing the burial. In August human rights victims filed a petition against the burial, stating that it undermines the nation’s democratic victory over tyranny and violates the cemetery’s regulations. Petitioners had pointed to [...]

A North Carolina federal judge on Monday rejected a motion for preliminary injunction filed by state Democrats accusing Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign of promoting voter intimidation on election day. According to the Democratic Party , Trump’s campaign had publicly encouraged supporters to monitor the polls for voter fraud, influence voters’ decisions and conduct exit [...]

Prosecutors for the EU have determined that a former judge for the EU’s Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) did not solicit or accept bribes. Judge Francesco Florit had been accused of taking bribes to arrange the release of criminals after suspicious communications were discovered in 2012. The UN opened Florit to investigation, but [...]