The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in two cases fraught with procedural issues. In Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. the court must decide whether to allow the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to continue to qualify every issue bearing on the scope of an invention claim as [...]

The brother of Clayton Lockett, whose prolonged execution last April caused Oklahoma to suspend its death penalty to review procedures, filed a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma Monday. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma , contends that the execution , which lasted nearly 45 minutes, was [...]

A US federal appeals court on Tuesday said that Texas may enforce its voter ID law despite a lower judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of thUS Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily reinstated the law but declined to rule on its merits, stating that the state’s November election [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday placed a hold on a Texas law that would have forced several abortion clinics to close. The bill requires any physician performing an abortion to have active admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the location where the abortion is performed and requires that all abortion clinics [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday condemned the targeted attacks on human rights groups and activists by armed groups in Libya. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has received reports of intimidation, abductions, murders and harassment. Due to these actions by armed forces, many rights [...]

The Ukrainian government on Tuesday passed five anti-corruption laws in an effort to cure past issues and work towards developing more transparency in government affairs. The anti-corruption law package addresses issues with Bureau corruption, creates principles of anti-corruption policy and prevents citizens from laundering money to fund terrorists or the proliferation of weapons of mass [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Kansas v. Nebraska and Colorado the court is tasked with deciding whether Nebraska violated a compact apportioning the waters of the Republican River between Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado, and, if so, what relief is appropriate to remedy the violation. Following passage of a [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand an appeals court ruling that said the US Department of Justice (DOJ) could refuse to release a 2010 memo regarding phone record collection under an exception to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) . The court will not hear an appeal from civil liberties group Electronic Frontier [...]

The president of Spain’s Catalonia region on Tuesday called off an independence vote that was scheduled for November 9. The vote was suspended after the Spanish government challenged its legality last month. Artur Mas , president of the Catalonia region, stated that an unofficial poll will still be held next month to gauge the region’s [...]

Iraqi Shiite militia, armed and supported by the Iraqi government, have been committing war crimes and abducting and murdering “scores” of Sunni men in retaliation for attacks by the Sunni-led Islamic State (IS) , Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday. In a briefing AI reports that the militia face complete impunity for their actions over the [...]