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The company is clearly trying to make an example of the author who wrote about her time at the company. Her free speech should be protected This year’s Hay festival concluded with a strange spectacle. I was on a panel about the dangers of excessive tech power, alongside former Meta employee Sarah Wynn-Williams – who sat without saying anything on the advice of her lawyer. She had been silenced by…

The Supreme Court is heading into its crunch time, the part of the year when the justices are racing to finish decisions and dissents in the cases that remain undecided. Here's what's left.

Technology secretary says legal requirement that protects women, older people and others from workplace discrimination is ‘really important’ Here is a description of the public sector equality duty from guidance issued by the government to local authorities. The duty is a statutory duty on listed public authorities and other bodies carrying out public functions. It ensures that those organisation…

Following Law, Louisiana Colleges Post Ten Commandments in Classrooms Ryan Quinn Tue, 06/09/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

Federal Judge Tosses Out $100K H-1B Fee Johanna Alonso Tue, 06/09/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Johanna Alonso

Source: United Press International - Health News U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, Democrat of California, introduced a bill Monday that seeks to limit the Department of Defense's use of artificial intelligence in lethal strikes. The Human Authority in Lethal Operations Act would establish guardrails and oversight for the use of autonomous and semi-autonomous weapons and surveillance systems that use AI.…

Measures being considered to crack down on practice that has grown as a result of Britain’s housing crisis London councils could be banned from “dumping” homeless families hundreds of miles across England under measures being considered by ministers, the Guardian has learned. MPs said vulnerable people, including women fleeing abuse, were being “coerced” into choosing between rough sleeping or mo…

Indiana is the latest state to grant Counseling Compact privileges to licensed professional counselors.

The Bavarian Highest Regional Court has held that a foreign State may not invoke sovereign immunity to resist the recognition … The post German Court Declares an ICC Award Enforceable Against a Foreign State, Rejecting Sovereign Immunity in a Commercial Arms-Supply Dispute appeared first on Gibson Dunn .

By Katrina Messiha. How can we ensure that the many people whose lives are shaped by homelessness, migration, poverty, trauma, mental illness, caring responsibilities, social isolation and other contributors to marginalisation are adequately represented and well engaged with in relevant research? This is important because if some lives are missing from the evidence base, they ... Read more

Former Trump lawyer, acting in the role since April, faces Senate confirmation after controversial DoJ moves Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump has nominated Todd Blanche to serve permanently as attorney general, lining up his former personal lawyer to be the country’s ⁠top ⁠law ⁠enforcement officer. The US president suggested earlier this week that Blanche, who was ap…

President dramatically raised cost of visa for highly skilled workers in executive order last year A US judge has invalidated Donald Trump’s $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications, ruling it an unlawful tax that violated federal administrative law and the constitution. US district judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the 42-page ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys gene…

Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sounded the alarm over the weekend after a failed procedural vote to extend the program.

Trapti Verma, (Ph.D. Scholar) (Law), Institute of Legal Studies, CCS University Meerut Dr. Apeksha Choudhary, Assistant Professor, Institute of Legal Studies, CCS University Meerut ABSTRACT Sexual harassment in the workplace negatively affects gender equality, labour dignity and safe employment. To prevent and redeem the harassment in the workplace a statutory machinery aptly called Sexual Harass…

Priyanka Thakur, Master of Laws (LL.M.), Faculty of Law, The ICFAI University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Legha Mamta, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The ICFAI University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India. ABSTRACT In the framework of the Indian penal system, testimony of child witnesses is at the convergence of evidence, judicial equity, and system structure. Adjudication reliabilit…

Nikhil Kumar, Amity University, Ranchi ABSTRACT Illicit trading of cultural properties is a rising global issue that threatens national heritage, fuels organized crime, and deprives communities of their historically possessed artifacts. This cultural property trafficking causes the illegal import and export of cultural artifacts, leaving behind economic, social, cultural, and moral dilemmas for t…

Kavya Jain, LLB, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University ABSTRACT This paper examines the concept, legal recognition, and societal implications of live-in relationships in India. With changing social dynamics, urbanization, and evolving attitudes toward personal relationships, live-in arrangements have increasingly emerged as an alternative to traditional marriage, particularly among younger generat…

Retired Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour has been installed as Canada’s new governor general

Ekta Devi, LLM, Rayat Bahra University, Mohali, Punjab ABSTRACT Governance; financial transactions and public services have been transformed in’ India by Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). The’ platforms like Unique Identification Authority of India Aadhaar; National Payments Corporation of India UPI; and Digi Locker have led to’ greater efficiency; better access to’ welfare schemes and digital…

Sanjay Kumar Goyal, Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, Bhagwant University, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India Dr. Sanjay Choudhury, Professor, Faculty of Law, Bhagwant University, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of digital payment systems has fundamentally altered the manner in which financial transactions are conducted in India. Technological advancements, combined with regulatory init…