Italy constitutional court says non-biological mother in same-sex union entitled to paternity leave ROME: Italy’s constitutional court has ruled that the non-biological mother in a same-sex union is entitled to paternity leave, equating her role with that of the father and therefore entitled to bonding time with a newborn. The court found Monday that a […]
Under Abu Dhabi’s new law, developers can cancel off-plan contracts without going to court, but only if the buyer materially defaults/ Image illustrated using AI for creative purposes TL;DR Developers can now terminate off-plan SPAs without court approval. Buyers must be in material default for cancellation to begin. A 60-day notice and DMT-mediated settlement process […]
Image via Mark Wilson/Getty Images TL;DR Trump slashes Ed Department: Supreme Court lets Trump fire 1,300+ employees, gutting the federal education agency. Civil rights hit hard: Office for Civil Rights loses over half its branches. Congress bypassed: Critics say only lawmakers can shut down departments — Trump’s doing it by pink slip. Court gives green […]
A federal appeals court in Washington, DC has thrown out a proposed plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, effectively halting what was expected to be a major development in one of the most prolonged military prosecutions in US history. In a 2-1 decision, the court ruled that then-Defence […]
France’s President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte Macron (AP) Two women who were previously convicted of defaming French First Lady Brigitte Macron by claiming she was “born a man” have been found not guilty on appeal. Amandine Roy, 53, and Natacha Rey, 49, a blogger, were cleared of the charges as the judges of the […]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined Florida’s request to allow the state to enforce parts of its new immigration law that had been blocked by a lower court, NBC news reported.The court’s brief order did not explain why it refused the emergency request from Florida’s attorney general.The case centres on a law signed this […]
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने फिल्म उदयपुर फाइल्स: कन्हैया लाल टेलर मर्डर की रिलीज पर रोक लगाने की मांग वाली याचिका पर तत्काल सुनवाई से इनकार कर दिया है। यह फिल्म जून 2022 में उदयपुर में टेलर कन्हैया लाल की हत्या की घटना पर आधारित है। जस्टिस सुधांशु धुलिया और जस्टिस जॉयमाल्या बागची की पीठ ने कन्हैया लाल […]
Mike Lindell’s legal team was fined after an AI-generated filing included fake court citations in a defamation lawsuit (AP image) A federal judge has ordered the attorneys for MyPillow founder Mike Lindell to pay fines of $3,000 each after they used artificial intelligence to help prepare legal court documents that contained multiple errors, including citations […]
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the green light to President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce the size of the federal workforce despite concerns that it could disrupt essential government services and potentially leave thousands of federal employees unemployed. The ruling overrides lower court orders that had temporarily blocked the cuts, which have been […]
WASHINGTON: In his year-end report in 2023, chief justice John Roberts celebrated “the digital revolution in the federal courts”. Electronic filing, he wrote, was “rendering paper largely optional”.But not at the Supreme Court. In addition to requiring electronic submissions, its rules instruct litigants who are not prisoners or poor to file 40 paper copies of […]
