JURIST Guest Columnist David Christensen of Christensen Law discusses the benefits of Michigan’s No-Fault Insurance Act and the need to protect it… Michigan has the most comprehensive no-fault auto insurance laws in the nation, but a series of no-fault reform bills have threatened the law this legislative session. The efforts to cut motorists off from [...]

The US Department of Justice and county officials in Phoenix on Wednesday agreed to settle parts of a discrimination lawsuit filed against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in 2012. The DOJ filed charges against the Sheriff’s Office for discriminatory practices in traffic stops, work and home raids, and in county jails, as well as claims [...]

The US District Court for the Northeastern District of California on Thursday ruled that Apple retail workers may pursue a class action lawsuit against Apple for failure to compensate them for time taken to have their bags searched. The ruling by US District Judge William Alsup grants the motion of the plaintiffs to certify a [...]

The German parliament on Friday voted to move forward with negotiations for a Greek bailout. Urged by Chancellor Angela Merkel to support the bailout, 439 legislators voted in favor of the negotiations with 119 voting against and 40 abstaining. While some doubted the proposed program would actually allow Greece to stabilize enough to pay its [...]

The UN International Commission Against Impunity reported that approximately a quarter of the money used for Guatemalan political campaigns is from criminal groups. The main criminal group being drug traffickers. The report also indicated that government contractors themselves contribute to more than half of the funds. Ian Velasquez, head of the commission, stated “Corruption is [...]

After suicide bombings last Sunday in Fotokol by two women wearing burkas, Northern Cameroon on Wednesday banned women from wearing burkas and face-covering veils. The suicide bombers smuggled the bombs into public areas by hiding them under their veils. The attack, initiated by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram , killed at least 14 people. As [...]

Ireland’s Parliament, the Houses of Oireachtas , passed the Gender Recognition Bill on Wednesday, which allows transgender people over 18 legal recognition of their preferred gender and changes in their birth certificate. Ireland President Michael Higgins is expected to sign the bill into law later this month. While many citizens in Ireland are praising the [...]

Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday asked for the court’s prosecutor to review her decision not to investigate the 2010 Israeli raid of a flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip. Review of the decision was requested by the Union of Comoros. Israel’s Foreign Ministry strongly disagreed with the majority decision by Judges [...]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday issued a court order ending an investigation into the 2012 campaign of Governor Scott Walker .The investigation, which was initiated by Milwaukee County District Attorney John T. Chisholm , was probing whether the recall campaign had illegally coordinated with conservative fundraising groups. The court ruled that the governor’s campaign [...]

A South Carolina judge on Thursday set July 11, 2016 as the trial date for Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month. Roof is charged with nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and one count of weapons possession. Circuit Judge [...]