Military Defense Spending Bill Vetoed by US President Barack Obama, US President, vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 (NDAA) since the spending for military defense would […]
Saudi Arabia Introduces New Law, Fines Female Workers Who Don’t Cover Heads
Saudi Arabia Introduces New Law, Fines Female Workers Who Don’t Cover Heads Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labour has recently introduced a new law which fines a […]
Government Fails to Pass Anti-money Laundering Bill (AML)
Government Fails to Pass Anti-money Laundering Bill (AML) The government has failed yet again to get the amended Anti-money Laundering (AML) Bill approved from the Senate […]
Obama Administration Supports Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Obama Administration Supports Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Obama Administration’s support for the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 [S 2123] was announced by US […]
Prison Officials In California Decide Criteria for Inmates Wanting Sex-Reassignment Surgery
Prison Officials In California Decide Criteria for Inmates Wanting Sex-Reassignment Surgery After a leading settlement which allows transgender inmates to get sex-reassignment surgery, prison officials in […]
Political Activist Sentenced to Prison in Bahrain For Insulting King
Political Activist Sentenced to Prison in Bahrain For Insulting King Zainab al-Khawaja, rights activist and daughter of a famous activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, has been convicted by […]
Allegations of War Crimes Are Credible, According to Sri Lankan Judge
Allegations of War Crimes Are Credible, According to Sri Lankan Judge Retired judge Maxwell Paranagama, led a a Sri Lankan panel which presented a report to […]
Amnesty International Demands China To Stop Targeting Lawyers
Amnesty International Demands China To Stop Targeting Lawyers A petition with around 29,000 signatures of people asking for the release of 230 lawyers in China has […]
European Union Rights Court Permits Secret Hearing
European Union Rights Court Permits Secret Hearing The European Court for Human Rights dismissed the claims of three students who said that their almost two weeks […]
Prosecutors in Safoora Carnage Quit Due To Lack Of Security and Financial Incentives
Prosecutors in Safoora Carnage Quit Due To Lack Of Security and Financial Incentives Two public prosecutors, assigned by the government to represent the state in the […]
Arrest of ANP Senator Sitara Ayaz Stopped By Peshawar High Court
Arrest of ANP Senator Sitara Ayaz stopped by Peshawar High Court The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Accountability Commission had issued arrest warrants for Ms. Ayaz last week over […]
UK Police Accused of Spying On Defendant Lawyers
UK Police Accused of Spying On Defendant Lawyers The Metropolitan police in London is being accused of paying a spying agent who gave them witness statements […]
Facebook Being Shot At For Avoiding Tax
Facebook Being Shot At For Avoiding Tax By utilizing an interesting structure to book profits abroad, Facebook paid under £5,000 in UK corporation tax last year. […]
Hillary Clinton Says Gun Industry Is Protected Against Law Suits
Hillary Clinton Says Gun Industry Is Protected Against Law Suits In America According to lawyer Hillary Clinton, the gun sector is the only business in America […]
More Than 30 Lawyers Leave Law Firm In A Friendly Split
More Than 30 Lawyers Leave Law Firm In A Friendly Split Lawyers have left the Mississippi firm which used to be called Forman Perry Watkins Krutz […]
Top Court in India Rejects Judicial Appointment Law
Top Court in India Rejects Judicial Appointment Law The Supreme Court of India decided that a new law which is to change the structure of judicial appointments […]
Google Book Scanning Is Fair Use According to US Federal Appeals Court
Google Book Scanning Is Fair Use According to US Federal Appeals Court The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided that Google’s attempts to upload […]