The first multilateral meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) concluded on Friday at the UN headquarters in Geneva. The main objectives of the meeting , attended and sponsored by signatories of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) , were to discuss key issues surrounding the use of LAWS, such as how the development [...]

The Utah Supreme Court issued a stay on Friday temporarily halting adoptions by second parents in legally wed same-sex couples. In December, the US District Court for the District of Utah ruled that Utah’s constitutional and statutory bans on same-sex marriage violate due process and equal protection . In light of the court’s overturning the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday affirmed a $5.1 million fraud judgment against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM). Hi-Lex , a car parts manufacturer, sued BCBSM for carrying on in bad faith regarding its Administrative Services Contract (ASC) by which BCBSM provides health insurance to Hi-Lex employees. Specifically, [...]

In a joint motion to dismiss , Apple and Google agreed Friday to end all mobile technology patent litigation between Apple and Motorola. Furthermore, each company agreed to bear its own expenses after the dismissal is final at the district court level. This comes as a surprise, as the US Court of Appeals for the [...]

The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday ordered officials in Guantanamo Bay to temporarily suspend forced feedings of a Syrian prisoner kept at the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay. Syrian national Abu Wa’el Dhiab has been detained at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 after being arrested in Pakistan on suspicion to terrorist [...]

French police on Tuesday arrested in Strasbourg seven men who were suspected of fighting alongside rebels within Syria. The arrest was conducted by French Police special unit Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID) , and no weapons nor explosive devices were found in possession of the suspects. Upon their arrest a formal investigation into the suspected [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday temporarily stayed an order finding Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. Judge Candy Dale of the US District Court for the District of Idaho struck down the laws on Tuesday, and the state immediately filed a motion to stay the ruling . The Ninth Circuit [...]

An appeals court in Argentina ruled Thursday that a controversial agreement between Argentina and Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center was unconstitutional. The two nations signed the agreement in January 2013, which permitted Argentinian authorities to question the Iranian suspects under Interpol arrest warrants, but only in Tehran. [...]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new Internet traffic rules on Wednesday in light of a recent court decision , which struck down former rules requiring broadband providers to employ nondiscriminatory practices in the treatment of Internet content. This former practice is known as net neutrality . Experts say the new rules will create a [...]

A judge for Arkansas’ Pulaski County Circuit Court ruled Thursday that the state ban on court clerks issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples is unconstitutional. In doing so, Judge Chris Piazza effectively expanded his May 10 decision wherein he ruled that the state ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. An immediate appeal was taken to [...]