JAN
10
2014

E.U. Panel invites Snowden to testify on privacy breaches

The Parliament’s Justice and Civil Liberties Committee voted 36-2 with one abstention on Thursday to seek testimony from Mr. Snowden, whose exposures of the reach of surveillance activities by the United States on even its closest allies has raised global awareness about privacy issues and deeply embarrassed the Obama administration.

JAN
9
2014

Europe rights court rules Italian children can have mother´s surname

The case was brought by Alessandra Cusan and Luigi Fazzo, married Italian nationals, who wanted to include their daughter on the civil register under her mother´s family name, Cusan.

JAN
9
2014

France court upholds burqa ban conviction

Belin was sentenced to one month in prison for insulting and threatening three police officers at the time of her arrest and fined €150 (USD $200) for wearing the veil.

JAN
9
2014

Apple seeks to disqualify compliance monitor in e-book price-fixing case

In September a judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York enjoined Apple from contracting with publishing companies that restrict, limit or impede the Apple´s ability to set, alter or reduce the retail price of any e-book for a period of five years.

JAN
9
2014

UK - Man jailed for six-and-a-half years for keeping vulnerable man a slave

David Rooke forced Craig Kinsella, 34, to live in a garage where he suffered regular beatings and ended up scavenging for food in bins, Sheffield crown court heard.

JAN
9
2014

French watchdog fines Google over user data

“The company does not sufficiently inform its users of the conditions in which their personal data are processed, nor of the purposes of this processing,” the watchdog, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés, or CNIL, said Wednesday in a statement.

JAN
9
2014

U.S - New York allows medical marijuana

The Democrat said the state would allow as many as 20 hospitals to dispense the drug to patients with severe medical conditions.

JAN
8
2014

U.S - Arizona couples file lawsuit to overturn same-sex marriage ban

. In 2003 the Arizona Court of Appeals upheld Arizona´s statutory definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and in 2008 voters in the state passed ballot amendment Proposition 102 [ballot description] to the state´s constitution by a vote of 56-44 percent.

JAN
8
2014

U.S - Chicago gun sales ban ruled unconstitutional

The ruling has been temporarily stayed to allow the city to appeal the decision.

JAN
8
2014

US - Supreme Court chief justice refuses to block health care law

. That decision found the law legal as a type of tax which the federal government has the authority to issue; the rejoinder uses this characterization to claim that as a tax measure the bill is subject to the Constitution´s Origination Clause, which requires such measures to originate in the House of Representatives.

JAN
8
2014

Obama to consult intelligence leaders, Congress on NSA review

Obama later this month is to unveil a series of intelligence reforms, including how the National Security Agency operates, with a view toward giving Americans more confidence that their privacy is not being violated.

JAN
7
2014

UK trial lawyers stage strike over fee cuts

Mugul Chawla, QC, reading a statement on behalf of the south-eastern circuit, said that the cuts would lead to more guilty parties going unpunished and more innocent parties being wrongfully convicted as more defendants end up representing themselves.

JAN
7
2014

US Senator files lawsuit over health care provision

The government had made employer contributions to health insurance plans prior to the enactment of the PPACA, and OPM extended that support even when those people purchased coverage through the PPACA´s online marketplace.

JAN
7
2014

Pennsylvania woman sentenced to 10 years for failed terrorist plot

While LaRose, who converted to Islam online, did not ultimately carry out the terrorist plot, she was arrested in 2009 and eventually pleaded guilty to all charges.

JAN
7
2014

U.S - DOJ appeals district court ruling against NSA phone surveillance program

In December Judge Richard Leon granted in part the plaintiffs´ motion for a preliminary injunction, but he stayed his order pending appeal.

JAN
7
2014

U.S - Supreme Court puts temporary hold on Utah same-sex marriage

Three similar applications to the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit have already been rejected.

JAN
3
2014

India president signs anti-corruption bill

The bill was approved by parliament with support from both the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

JAN
3
2014

Utah AG asks Supreme Court to stay same-sex marriage order

The attorney general argues that the district court´s decision to strike down the ban on same-sex marriage is an "impermissible federal intrusion on state power" to define marriage. The application also states that same-sex marriages are now occurring every day in Utah, and "each one is an affront" to state interests.

JAN
3
2014

U.S - Federal judge upholds most of New York gun law

Although celebrating the "partial victory," guns rights organizations are expected to appeal.

JAN
3
2014

Marijuana sales commence in Colorado for recreational use

Azzariti’s transaction — 3.5 grams of Bubba Kush for $40 and some pot-laced chocolate truffles for an additional $9.28 — was the first in the state’s grand experiment in legalizing marijuana for recreational use.

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