Judge Daniel P. Jordan III of the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Northern Division) on Thursday permanently enjoined the state of Mississippi from “enforcing, threatening to enforce, or otherwise applying the provisions of Mississippi Code section 43-13-117.4,” which disqualifies “any health-care provider that offers, or is affiliated with entities that offer, [...]

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a conspiracy conviction of the former personal assistant to Osama bin Laden. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that a military tribunal had jurisdiction to convict Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul. Bahlul was tried and convicted by a military commission created [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied an emergency motion on Wednesday from multiple counties in North Carolina to extend the hours of early voting. The motion sought to extend the hours and days of early voting after the region experienced Hurricane Matthew and judicial changes. The motion filed in October sought [...]

A federal judge on Thursday ordered voter registration in Virginia to be reopened through midnight Friday, October 21. US District Judge Claude Hilton for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia made this ruling after Virginia’s registration website had technical difficulties earlier in the week. Hilton stated this made “amends” for the [...]

The UN Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye , on Thursday urged the Sri Lankan government to better protect minorities following the civil war. Izsák-Ndiaye advised that for true change to take place a concerted effort must be put into creating “a comprehensive, well-planned and well-coordinated truth” as well as measures to improve accountability. [...]

The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye said Thursday that governments are “wielding the tools of censorship” and cautioned that “the freedom of expression is under the widespread assault.” He discussed how countries throughout the world are passing laws that not only [...]

The Spanish Constitutional Court on Thursday overturned the bullfighting ban in Catalonia. The court reasoned that governmental intrusion into state ordered and sponsored entertainment undermines individual states’ rights to maintain common cultural heritage—bullfighting is considered “common cultural heritage” by law. The court noted that bullfighting has an undeniable presence in the social fabric and reality [...]

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday acquitted 14 of the 31 individuals convicted of burning more than 30 people to death in the 2002 post-Godhra Sardarpura massacre, while maintaining the sentences of the rest. The High Court Justices Harsha Devani and Biren Vaishnav ruled that there was insufficient evidence to maintain the convictions of those [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled Wednesday that Ohio must allow most unlawfully purged voters to vote in November. In September the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down the procedure implemented by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted that effectively eliminated inactive registered [...]

Advocate General Nils Wahl of the European Court of Justice issued an opinion on Thursday in favor of Intel in the dispute over a €1.06 billion EU antitrust fine imposed for anti-competitive behavior. Wahl questioned whether the fine received for abuse of Intel’s dominant position, namely in giving rebates to customers and certain deals made [...]