Ryan Giggs, a famous Welsh soccer player, was set to face trial Monday over accusations of coercive behavior and assault against his ex-girlfriend. However, the court decided to delay the trial until August 8 due to a lack of court space. Giggs’ lawyer, Chris Daw, told reporters that the former …
Read MoreAn appellate court in California has upheld the LAPD’s firing of two police officers who failed to respond to a robbery in progress. Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were fired in 2017 for misconduct after ignoring their squad car’s radio plea for backup and deciding to play the mobile game …
Read MoreThe Russian Supreme Court has ordered Memorial, the country’s oldest human rights organization, to liquidate. The group’s goals included recovering the memories of the people who were persecuted during the Soviet era. The group ran afoul of Russian laws regarding its social media posts, as it failed to mark posts …
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has delivered another surprising result, continuing to defy expectations some had for the heavily conservative-appointed bench. On Wednesday, the court declined to strike down the ongoing federal moratorium on evictions. The eviction moratorium was set in place in March of 2020 as a way to combat the …
Read MoreThe European Court of Justice has ruled against Bulgaria in the controversial case of an infant born in Spain to lesbian parents of Bulgarian descent. Bulgaria’s government denied the baby’s mothers a birth certificate in 2019, despite one of them being from the country. The infant’s other parent is from …
Read MoreThe Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case centered on public funds for private religious schools. Proponents of the “school choice” movement initiated the case, seeking to widen the choices available for parents that want to send their children to religious schools. On the other side, the state of …
Read MoreThirteen years on, a Los Angeles judge has finally terminated Britney Spears’ conservatorship. Since 2008, Spears’ father, Jamie, has controlled most aspects of her public life. Jamie Spears secured the conservatorship to preserve Britney’s pop culture brand, but the singer maintained that she could make her own decisions. Spears alleged …
Read MoreOn Tuesday, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in a potentially precedent-defining case for the island of Puerto Rico. The American territory exists in a frustrating in-between status, not quite a US state but still part of the US. In the United States v. Jose Luis Vaello-Madero, the court will …
Read MoreThe latest free speech case before the Supreme Court concerns a bizarre legal argument. Plaintiff David Wilson alleges his censure by the Houston Board of Trustees violates his First Amendment rights. After being elected to the board, Wilson quickly made life difficult for the group. First, he took out radio …
Read MoreA 96-year-old German woman is standing trial in Germany on charges of war crimes committed during WWII. The defendant, Irmgard Furchner, was a secretary at a Polish concentration camp over 75 years ago. Furchner’s attorneys say that she refuses to take any blame for the actions of her superiors. She …
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