Federal prosecutors in New York announced Tuesday that they are expanding criminal charges against the three individuals responsible for orchestrating a massive computer hack against financial institutions, brokerage firms and financial news publishers. Gery Shalon, Joshua Aaron and Ziv Orenstein allegedly hacked JP Morgan Chase and 11 other companies including Dow Jones. They reportedly stole [...]

Lawmakers in the Maldives voted Tuesday to remove prosecutor general Muhtaz Muhzin following his refusal to press corruption charges against the recently ousted vice president . Out of the 85-member parliament, 57 lawmakers approved a no-confidence motion against the prosecutor general. Muhtaz says that he has not been made aware of the content of the [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Tyson v. Bouaphakeo the court heard arguments on whether differences among plaintiff members can be ignored for the purposes of a class action lawsuit when damages will be calculated that presume all class members are identical. The second question posed to the court [...]

The EU on Tuesday released a report criticizing Turkey for human rights and governmental issues which they save have not been addressed through new reforms. The report discusses how issues such as the refugee crisis and oppression of journalists could be cured by adopting reforms that mirror the standards set by surrounding EU nations. The [...]

A federal judge on Monday ruled against part of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance program that collects domestic phone records in bulk. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said that the program was most likely unconstitutional and shut down the program just weeks before the NSA was [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rejected claims from French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala that his rights to speak freely were denied when he was convicted of and fined for hate crimes due to a 2008 performance that ended with comments and actions directed towards the Jewish community. The court determined “that [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday dealing with an Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) fiduciary filing a lawsuit against a participant to recover overpayment. The court in Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan must determine whether a person with health insurance injured [...]

A same-sex couple in Northern Ireland is challenging the same-sex marriage ban, arguing that reducing their marriage to a civil partnership is unlawful discrimination. Gay marriage has been legal in the rest of the UK since 2013, but not in Northern Ireland. The couple, who filed the suit anonymously, married in London in 2014. A [...]

Egyptian officials released human rights activist and journalist Hossam Bahgat on Tuesday after he signed a statement promising to abide by legal procedures when reporting on matters concerning the Armed Forces. The statement also says he was not under physical or mental harm when signing. He was arrested Sunday after military officials questioned him concerning [...]

The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it disagrees with a federal ruling upholding an injunction against President Barack Obama’s plan to protect as many as 5 million immigrants from deportation and plans to appeal to the US Supreme Court . The Monday 2-1 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth [...]