Japan Supreme Court rules sexual intention not necessary in indecent assault charges
Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the crime of indecent assault does not require a sexual intention. The case came before the supreme court after a man denied having sexual intent...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Amnesty International (AI) on Friday released a report detailing humanitarian crisis incidents that may amount to war crimes in the Philippines. The chief judge of the...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A US District judge declared a mistrial in New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial on Thursday after questioning the 12 jurors. The US District Court for...
Russia's State Duma , the lower house of parliament, voted unanimously Thursday to require foreign media organizations to label their materials as the work of...
Federal appeals court allows partial implementation of travel ban
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's latest travel ban to go partially into effect. The partial ban applies to people of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad, who...
EU: 23 member states sign joint notification for defense security pact
Twenty-three EU member states on Monday signed a joint notification for the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), a long sought after pact which will facilitate states working together more closely on defense security and defense policy matters....
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Guatemalan courts to end unjustifiable delays in high-profile criminal cases. For the past decade, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) , in partnership with the Attorney General's...
For-profit college graduates seek forgiveness of student loans in federal court
Two women filed suit on Sunday against the US Department of Education and the Navient Corporation seeking immediate relief from their student loans due to harm caused by fraudulent claims from their for-profit college....
Uber loses UK appeal finding drivers are entitled to workers' rights
The British Employment Appeal Tribunal on Friday rejected Uber Technologies' appeal verifying the ruling that found Uber drivers should be classified as minimum-wage workers, entitling UK employees to minimum-wage rights, instead of...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court orders lower court to hear and rule on gerrymandering case by end of year
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a per curiam order Thursday vacating a decision by the Commonwealth Court to stay a hearing in a gerrymandering case, League of Women Voters v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ....
