The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Monday in a case that could lead to the dismissal of tens of thousands of lawsuits against Bayer, the pharmaceutical and biotech giant, that claim the weedkiller Roundup caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Developed by Monsanto in the 1970s, Roundup is one of the best-selling weedkillers in the…
A court of appeal in Kenya on Friday struck down a ruling that had affirmed the right to an abortion, dealing a blow to reproductive rights in a country where thousands of women die each year from unsafe abortions. The decision, which is likely to be appealed to Kenya’s supreme court, holds that abortions deprive…
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed an Army soldier’s right to sue a military contractor whose employee detonated a suicide bomb on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in 2016. In a 6-3 decision, the justices overturned a circuit court ruling that said veteran Army Spec. Winston Hencely could not cite state law to hold Fluor Corp….
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday that energy companies facing lawsuits over environmental damage to Louisiana’s coast from oil and gas production can move the challenges from state courts into friendlier federal venues. The ruling is a significant victory for oil companies, led by Chevron and Exxon Mobil, in their legal battle with Louisiana state…
A private investigator accused of running a global hacking-for-hire operation that targeted environmental activists on Friday made his first appearance before the federal judge who would oversee his eventual trial in Manhattan. Amit Forlit, 58, of Israel, was indicted in 2022 on charges of conspiracy to commit computer hacking, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and…
A federal judge has dismissed a highly unusual lawsuit, filed last year by the Trump administration, that sought to pre-emptively block Hawaii from filing its own lawsuit against oil companies over their role in climate change. Hawaii went ahead with its lawsuit the very next day. And at the time, a range of legal experts…
Shorouk Express Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a former close ally of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez into custody in a corruption investigation that has threatened to topple the leftist government. The probe into José Luis Ábalos, a former transport minister and Socialist party heavyweight who helped propel Sánchez to power in 2018, is one…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email The Supreme Court is temporarily blocking a judge’s order requiring Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund a critical food assistance program that has…
Shorouk Express The Maltese commissioner said the EU executive would continue to work with UEFA and LaLiga — the European and Spanish federations found by the Madrid court to have breached EU competition law — in order to ensure that money is redistributed from the top clubs to amateur leagues. In June, the Spanish competition authority…
In the 2000s, TiVo reached heights few companies ever achieve. Like Google and Xerox, its name became a verb. People had to “TiVo” the new episode of Battlestar Galactica or game 4 of the Red Sox vs. Cardinals, not “record” it. While it didn’t invent the DVR, TiVo popularized it and many of the features…
