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Idit Silman, head of the Health Committee leads a Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2021. The Movement for Quality Government in Israel asked the State Comptroller and the Central Elections Committee to investigate whether the Likud Party broke the law on Wednesday by offering MK Idit Silman a spot on the party list to get her to bolt the ...

California's incredibly stupid, market-denying emergency "price-gouging" laws have struck again, this time hitting a grocery store chain for raising egg prices beyond what the state allows during pandemic-related shortages. Value grocery chain Smart & Final has agreed to pay California $175,000 because, between March and June 2020, it increased the price of four different types of eggs du...

Pennsylvania State Police settled a federal lawsuit alleging that troopers routinely and improperly tried to enforce federal immigration law by pulling over Hispanic motorists on the basis of how they looked and detaining those suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, officials announced Wednesday. The settlement pays a total of $865,000 to 10 plaintiffs, with a portion going to the American...

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles judge ruled Friday that California’s landmark law mandating that corporations diversify their boards with members from certain racial, ethnic or LGBT groups is unconstitutional. The brief ruling granted summary judgment to Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group that sought a permanent injunction against the measure that was signed into law last year. The measur...

The trainings will take place on Fairmont State’s campus in varying locations including the Falcon Center and Pence Hall. Fairmont State University’s Campus Police Department will host trainings free of charge for West Virginia law enforcement officers. FAIRMONT, W.Va (WDTV) - Fairmont State University’s Campus Police Department will host trainings free of charge for West Virginia law enforce...

TOPSHOT - Servicemen of the Ukrainian Military Forces speak after following their battle agianst ... [+] AFP via Getty Images Since Putin invaded Ukraine, several stakeholders have used international law to bolster their positions in the war of words. Many legal practitioners and diplomats have argued that international law has no teeth because the global community does not have an organize...

A soldier searches people at a checkpoint in the Distrito Italia neighborhood after El Salvador's Congress approved emergency powers that temporarily suspended some constitutional protections, in Tonacatepeque, El Salvador, April 4, 2022. GENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Office says recent measures taken by El Salvador's government to rein in gang violence violate international human rights law...

Christopher Benos ’22 has served UVA’s student-run Honor Committee for seven years. Photo by Julia Davis A student at the University of Virginia School of Law has played a pivotal role in making a historic change to the University’s 180-year-old honor system. UVA students voted on March 4 to approve an amendment to the Honor Committee’s constitution, replacing the single sanction, through whi...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Massachusetts Senate staffers attempting to unionize their ranks are still waiting for a reply from Senate President Karen Spilka and looking ahead to a law change that could be necessary to unionize a group of legislative employees. The group of Senate aides announced their intent to unionize with IBEW Local 2222 on Monday, after IBEW delivered a letter to Spilka’s office las...

from the if-you-can't-do-laws-right,-maybe-just-don't-do-them-at-all dept The Texas government has passed a law that places a lot of restrictions on those operating drones. The law (passed in 2013 and amended in 2015) also creates a cause of action for residents who feel their privacy has been violated by UAV operators. There’s a single carve out: one for researchers operating drones “on beha...