The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday gave Muslim Brotherhood leader Wagdy Ghoneim a death sentence in absentia. He was found guilty of forming an outlaw cell from 2003 to 2015, for obstructing the constitution and...
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Egypt president signs law giving him authority to appoint head judges
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified a law Thursday that will allow him to appoint head judges in the country's highest courts. The amended law, which was ratified when it was published in the official gazette...
OIG: female national park employees faced inappropriate comments, treatment
The Office of Inspector General on Wednesday released an investigative report with findings on allegations of gender discrimination and sexual harassment at Yellowstone National Park . The investigation began in September 2016 after an employee...
Iceland's Parliament presented a bill on Tuesday that would require all public and private companies that employ more than 25 people to prove they provide equal pay for employees. If a company is...
Fifth Circuit hears arguments on religious versus LGBT rights
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday over a Mississippi law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage. The Mississippi law would let merchants and government employees cite religious...
German court allows use of seized evidence against Volkswagen
A local Munich Court denied Friday a motion by Volkswagen (VW) to bar evidence seized during searches of a law firm working for the company. Volkswagen filed its complaint last week in an...
JURIST Guest Columnist William W. Berry III of the University of Mississippi School of Law discusses the constitutional questions and unclear future of the death penalty ... The State of Mississippi legislature has recently passed a bill to amend...
ICJ Rejects Bosnia & Herzegovina's Request of the Revision of 2007 Judgment
JURIST Guest Columnist Fahira Brodlija, an LLM student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses the recent ICJ response to Bosnia and Herzegovina's request for a revised judgment from its 2007 lawsuit against Serbia regarding the application of...
Federal appeals court rules New Orleans can remove Confederate statues
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday that the city of New Orleans could remove three statues honoring members of the Confederacy, rejecting the appeal of several historic preservation organizations and...
Japanese automobile parts manufacturer Takata pleaded guilty on Monday to wire fraud arising out of air bag defects that killed 16 people. Takata was sentenced to pay $1 billion in fines, victim compensation and...
