The Supreme Court’s refusal to block the Sandy Hook lawsuit may lead to a flood of litigation, which ultimately may compel the gun industry to change the way it designs, markets and sells firearms.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poses with Rep. Katie Hill and her husband, Kenny Heslep, in January 2019.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on how the Civil Rights Act applies to LGBT people. A business law scholar explains why it could be one of the most consequential discrimination cases in decades.
Moha Ennaji, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah
The region has made progress but efforts must continue to end a harmful practice rooted in poverty and tradition.
Jean Truchon, right, looks on as lawyer Jean-Pierre Menard gives their reaction to a Québec judge overturning parts of provincial and federal laws on medically assisted dying on September 12, 2019.
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One judge must not be allowed to curtail parliament’s power to promote broader societal interests and protect people who are elderly, ill and disabled.
President of the Supreme Court, Justice Lady Brenda Hale, during the recent judgement on the prorogation of British parliament.
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The US government wants to seize all the proceeds from Snowden’s new memoir.
Alvin Roth exposes his work on “disgusting markets” at the European Meeting of the ESA (Economic Science Association) on 7 September in Dijon, France.
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Stanford professor’s research has led to an increase in the number of kidney transplants in the United States.
Many children in Indonesia do not know that having sexual relations may lead to them being pregnant and forced to marry their partners.
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Indonesia’s populist morality movement considers talking about eliminating sexual violence against women is the same as supporting women’s right to have sex outside of marriage.
Can Indonesia tackle illegal shipment of biological samples without scaring away foreign scientists?
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Researchers say that without first cutting down on the country’s notorious red tape, Indonesia’s newly signed science law will discourage international collaboration.
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Part of a law that goes into effect in New York state on Aug. 14 allows victims more time sue in civil court. Epstein’s victims can still go after his estate.
Not worth locking people up for.
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Three-quarters of people with an intellectual disability receive prescribed drugs.
Grata Flos Greig, First Female Law Graduate, c1904, University of Melbourne. Flos was the first woman admitted to the Australian legal profession.
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When Flos Greig first entered law school, it was illegal for women to become lawyers. Undeterred, she lobbied for change and became the first woman admitted to the legal profession in Australia.