MAY
21
2014

U.S. - Federal judge strikes down Pennsylvania same-sex marriage ban

The complaint alleged that Pennsylvania´s Defense of Marriage Act and refusal to marry same-sex couples or to recognize their out-of-state marriages violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as well as the fundamental right to marriage.

MAY
21
2014

Credit Suisse pleads guilty to helping ´tax cheats´

US attorney general Eric Holder said the bank helped US "tax cheats dodge US taxes".

MAY
21
2014

China denounces US cyber-theft charges

China has summoned the US ambassador in Beijing over the incident. It says relations will be damaged.

MAY
20
2014

U.S. - Minnesota lawmakers approve limited legalization of medical marijuana

The use of marijuana for medical purposes and the legalization of marijuana for recreational use has garnered more legal support in the US in recent months.

MAY
20
2014

UN concludes first multilateral meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems

The main objectives of the meeting, attended and sponsored by signatories of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), were to discuss key issues surrounding the use of LAWS, such as how the development of LAWS could impact humans, and whether robotics should be used at all in armed conflicts.

MAY
20
2014

U.S. - Utah high court halts adoption by second same-sex parents

In December, the US District Court for the District of Utah ruled that Utah´s constitutional and statutory bans on same-sex marriage violate due process and equal protection.

MAY
20
2014

Man who sent ricin letters to Obama and others gets 25-year sentence

James Everett Dutschke was sentenced by judge Sharion Aycock after saying he had changed his mind about wanting to withdraw his guilty plea.

MAY
20
2014

U.S. - Oregon gay marriage ban struck down by judge, deemed unconstitutional

U.S. District Judge Michael McShane said the ban unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples and ordered the state not to enforce it. State officials earlier refused to defend the constitutional ban in court.

MAY
19
2014

Paternity rights of sperm donors expanded in actor’s custody dispute

The decision reversed a trial court ruling denying Mr. Patric custody and visitation rights of his four-year-old son, Gus, who was born by artificial insemination.

MAY
19
2014

Man files lawsuit for $2,000 decillion (that´s 36 zeros) after being bitten by a dog and having his photograph taken by a Chinese couple

But for the subjects of a lawsuit, which some are describing as the largest in history, paying up could prove difficult.

MAY
19
2014

US charges Chinese military officials with stealing data as tensions escalate

Attorney general Eric Holder announced that the US for the first time would seek to bring officials of a foreign government to the US to face charges of infiltrating American computer networks to steal data beneficial to US trade competitors.

MAY
19
2014

Apple agrees with Google to drop smartphone patent suits

The suits to be dismissed involve patent disputes regarding Google’s Motorola Mobility handset unit.

MAY
19
2014

AT&T to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion in move to expand clout

With the acquisition, AT&T becomes the latest telecommunications giant seeking to establish an even greater reach.

MAY
16
2014

U.S. - General Motors recalls 2.7 million more cars

The recall, which affects a number of different models, will cost about $200m (£120m; 146m euros), the carmaker said.

MAY
15
2014

ICC prosecutor: security issues preventing Libya from becoming modern, democratic state

Questions about the rule of law in Libya have arisen in the wake of the the 2011 uprising and subsequent civil war that deposed Muammar Gaddafi.

MAY
15
2014

Amnesty launches global anti-torture campaign

The report found that 44 percent of the 21,000 people surveyed would not feel safe from torture if arrested in their home country.

MAY
15
2014

U.S. - Federal appeals court affirms ruling that Apple did not infringe Samsung patents

The ITC had previously found in June that Apple infringed on a separate Samsung patent, and issued a ban on the importation of AT&T models of the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G, effectively ending their sale in the US as the devices are manufactured in China.

MAY
15
2014

The homeless invade Brazil’s World Cup dream

The pole is building material for this “flash favela”, a patchwork of black plastic lean-tos that has sprung up overnight on a vacant lot near São Paulo’s new Itaquerão World Cup football stadium in the city’s gritty eastern periphery.

MAY
15
2014

French judge rules that online flirtation is grounds for divorce

The precedent was set after a 45-year-old mom-of-three, known only as Nathalie, was found to have cheated on spouse Bruno, 43, after getting busted flirting online with men she´d never met.

MAY
14
2014

Companies face backlash over foreign mergers to avoid U.S. taxes

All Pfizer has to do is buy the company and move its headquarters to London.

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