MMP Majority Formed Without Winning Most Votes
Understanding how an MMP majority is built in New Zealand requires more than counting the votes that each party receives.…
Police Not Required to Probe Detention Assault Complaint
The New Zealand High Court rules police investigation duty does not extend to detention assault complaints, stopping victims from suing…
Courts minister backs community magistrates on category 2 offences
Courts Minister Nicole McKee confirms community magistrates will handle category 2 offences without imprisonment powers under planned justice reforms.
Court Rules Trustee Ignored Mother’s Home Wishes
Trustee eviction decision overturned as the Court ruled the trustee ignored the mother’s wishes for her Wellsford home, restoring the…
Court Upholds Refusal to Register ‘Freedom’ Name and Logo
New Zealand's highest court rules against a political party seeking to rebrand as 'Freedom,' upholding the Electoral Commission's decision to…
Lil Durk found not guilty of murder-for-hire plot
Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk is found not guilty of federal murder-for-hire charges in Los Angeles after a two-week trial.
Sheriff’s office ordered to stop racial profiling
Maricopa County resident Albert Rivera beats a drum outside a federal courthouse in Phoenix before an Oct. A federal judge has refused to allow the Maricopa County sheriff’s office to end its decade-old court orders aimed at eliminating racial profiling and systemic issues within the department. In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow denied the county’s request to shirk responsibility, stating that the office had failed…
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Court questions standing in Illinois captive audience ban challenge
Illinois’s Worker Freedom of Speech Act bans mandatory employer-led captive audience meetings under the 2024 law. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago held oral arguments Friday over a lawsuit that challenges Illinois’s 2024 ban on workplace "captive audience" meetings, leaving open whether the legal challenge can move forward or whether the plaintiffs have a viable case. Illinois passed the Worker Freedom of Speech Act, which banned so-called "captive…
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