South Korea’s National Assembly has overwhelmingly passed the Special Act on Investment in the United States, authorizing a landmark US$350 billion (approximately 517 trillion won) investment package aimed at strengthening bilateral economic ties and shielding the country from renewed U.S. tariff threats. The legislation, approved on March 20, 2026 with 226 votes in favor, eight…
New students are streaming into law schools across the country. But to become the next generation of lawyers, judges and activists, they’ll first need to read through a mountain of case law. In case law, judges define what acts of parliament actually mean, explain the common law and resolve disputes between citizens, organisations and sometimes…
Washington, D.C. – March 5, 2026 – In a decisive 357–65 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, killed a resolution by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) that would have forced the House Ethics Committee to publicly release all investigative reports on allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment involving lawmakers and staff.…
Immigration attorneys across the United States are sounding the alarm over a developing practice by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of issuing Notices to Appear (NTAs) in immigration court to individuals whose applications remain pending, a move legal experts say could significantly alter how applicants navigate the immigration system. According to immigration lawyer LaToya…
The family of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, has retained Romanucci & Blandin, the law firm that previously represented the family of George Floyd in a landmark civil rights case against the City of Minneapolis. The move signals that the litigation surrounding Good’s death…
President Donald Trump’s motion seeking more than $6.2 million in attorney fee reimbursements from the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office has spotlighted novel legal and ethical questions about prosecution standards, fee-shifting statutes, prosecutorial independence, and the impact on local taxpayers. Background: How We Got Here Trump filed the fee motion after a Georgia racketeering case…
The United States under President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to withdraw from several United Nations bodies dedicated to Africa, a decision that signals a deeper recalibration of Washington’s engagement with the continent and the multilateral system as a whole. The directive, issued through a presidential memorandum following a review mandated by Executive Order…
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona has vowed to challenge administrative action initiated by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who has accused the retired Navy captain of “seditious statements” and moved to review his military rank and retirement benefits. The dispute, reported by NPR, has sparked renewed debate over free speech, civil-military relations, and the…
Authorities in Nigeria have charged the driver of former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua following a highway crash that killed two of the boxer’s close associates and left Joshua injured, police confirmed. Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was arraigned on Friday, January 2, 2025, before the Sagamu Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State in connection with the…