JUL
18
2017

Philippines president asks congress to extend martial law until end of year

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte asked Congress on Tuesday to extend his order of martial law for the lower third of the country.

JUL
17
2017

Prisons: government wins high court bid to ban industrial action

Permanent ban follows move by prison officers’ trade union in February calling on members to take action short of a strike

JUL
17
2017

Venezuela holds unofficial referendum on constitutional rewrite

The Venezuela government´s opposition opened polls Sunday over President Nicolas Maduro´s call to rewrite the constitution. Many have accused Maduro´s plan to be undemocratic and a way to suppress the months of anti-government protests against his presidency.

JUL
17
2017

Judge postpones decision on Toshiba flash memory sale

A judge for the Superior Court of California postponed a decision Friday for injunctive relief to block Toshiba Corporation from selling its flash memory business in an attempt to relieve losses from the nuclear reactor business.

JUL
17
2017

Brexit talks round two: European court of justice looms large

Matters up for discussion include citizens’ rights and money, as well as ‘other separation issues’, which will involve ECJ debate

JUL
14
2017

New law would force Facebook and Google to give police access to encrypted messages

Under government plan, internet companies would be obliged to give law enforcement agencies warranted access

JUL
12
2017

Man wins equal pension rights for husband at Supreme Court

Landmark ruling means former cavalry officer’s husband will enjoy the same pension rights as a widow would

JUL
12
2017

Spanish airline Iberia to drop pregnancy test demand

The Spanish airline Iberia has said it will stop requiring female job candidates to take a pregnancy test after it was fined for the practice.

JUL
12
2017

India Supreme Court suspends cattle slaughter ban

India´s Supreme Court has suspended a law that would have banned the sale of cattle for slaughter nationwide.

JUL
12
2017

Book presentes the main Brazilian Supreme Court Decisions Related to Communications Law

The book “Communication Law Matters in the Jurisprudence of the Brazilian Supreme Court: Telecommunications, Internet, TV and broadcast, Pay TV, and Press” presents relevant cases from these sectors over the past 30 years.

JUL
11
2017

London court rules UK arms export to Saudi Arabia can continue

London´s High Court of Justice ruled Monday that the UK can continue to export arms to Saudi Arabia.

JUL
11
2017

Belgian face veil ban backed in European court ruling

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Belgium´s ban on face veils does not violate the European Convention on Human Rights.

JUL
11
2017

Trump son´s Clinton claim denied by Russian lawyer

The Russian lawyer at the centre of allegations surrounding US President Donald Trump´s son has insisted she was never in possession of information that could have damaged Hillary Clinton.

JUL
10
2017

France to step up tax cuts while reducing deficit: source

The French government is studying ways it could step up tax cuts starting from next year while also carrying out budget savings to keep deficit reduction on track, a source in the prime minister´s office said on Monday.

JUL
10
2017

Trump son met Russian who promised damaging material on Clinton

US President Donald Trump´s son has admitted meeting a Russian lawyer last year who, he says, promised to reveal damaging material on Hillary Clinton.

JUL
10
2017

Briton wanted in US for murder loses longest-running extradition fight

European court of human rights rejects final appeal by Philip Harkins, of Scotland, who faces charge over fatal gun robbery

JUL
10
2017

UN adopts historic nuclear disarmament treaty

UN member states voted 122-1 Friday to adopt the first ever multilateral legally binding treaty on nuclear disarmaments. The one vote against the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ame from the Netherlands, while Singapore was absent at the conference.

JUL
6
2017

Indian court allows guru´s disciples to continue preserving his body in freezer

Court does not rule on whether Ashutosh Maharaj, who died of cardiac arrest in 2014, is in fact still alive and in a deep meditative state, as his followers believe.

JUL
6
2017

Lord chief justice urges enforceability of EU rulings in UK post-Brexit

Lord Thomas says City and legal profession will suffer without mutual agreements to recognise EU and British court judgments.

JUL
5
2017

U.N. survey finds cybersecurity gaps everywhere except Singapore

Singapore has a near-perfect approach to cybersecurity, but many other rich countries have holes in their defenses and some poorer countries are showing them how it should be done, a U.N. survey showed on Wednesday.

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