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Google faces US legal blow over online advertising monopoly

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized the online advertising market, stating the tech giant deliberately engaged in anti-competitive practices that significantly harmed its clients. While the judge acknowledged that acquisitions like DoubleClick were not inherently illegal,......

TSJC overturns 2022-23 guidelines excluding Spanish as a vehicular language in Catalan schools

The Supreme Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has annulled four sections of the 2022-2023 guidelines issued by the Department of Education, which failed to explicitly include Spanish as a vehicular and habitual language in Catalan schools. This ruling followed an appeal by the Assembly for a Bilingual......

UK Supreme Court to decide on legal definition of a woman

The UK is anticipating a significant ruling from its Supreme Court that could affect the rights of transgender individuals to access gender-specific services. The Court will decide whether the term "woman" in the Equality Act 2010 includes transgender women with gender recognition certificates......

Small Businesses Challenge Trump Tariffs in Federal Trade Court

On April 14, a nonpartisan legal organization, the Liberty Justice Center, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade to challenge former President Donald Trump's extensive tariffs on foreign imports. The group represents five small American businesses ranging from a wine importer in......

Recognizing unpaid domestic work: Morocco's Justice Ministry sparks international debate

The Ministry of Justice has convened an international seminar focused on the recognition and valuation of unpaid domestic work in divorce cases—an essential step in the reform of the Family Code. In collaboration with the European Union and the Council of Europe, the seminar took place on April......

New law enhances legal safeguards in foster care for abandoned children

On Monday, Morocco’s House of Representatives unanimously passed Bill No. 5.171.22, which amends Article 19 of Law No. 15.01 concerning the foster care (kafala) of abandoned children. The bill, initiated by the Socialist Opposition Group Ittihadie, aims to give individuals seeking to foster abandoned......

Jury selection begins in Weinstein retrial amid #MeToo legacy

Five years after Harvey Weinstein was first convicted in New York of rape and sexual assault a verdict that led to a 23-year prison sentence the case is back in court. The original conviction, which had become a defining moment of the #MeToo movement, was recently overturned by New York’s highest......

US Supreme Court orders the return of wrongfully deported migrant

The United States Supreme Court has mandated the government to facilitate the return of a Salvadoran man who was deported in error, marking a minor victory for opponents of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, was living in Maryland when he became one of over......

Ahmad Manasra Freed after Nine Years of Controversial Imprisonment

Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian arrested at the age of 13 for his alleged involvement in a stabbing attack, has been released after serving more than nine years in an Israeli prison. His case drew international attention due to serious mental health deterioration during his incarceration and multiple failed......

OpenAI strikes back at Musk in intensifying legal dispute

OpenAI has filed a countersuit against Elon Musk, alleging in federal court documents submitted in Northern California that the billionaire turned against the company after walking away from it years before its landmark success with ChatGPT. The lawsuit describes Musk as unable to accept the company’s......

Supreme Court upholds decision not to grant amnesty for malversation charges against Puigdemont

The Supreme Court has confirmed the decision of Judge Pablo Llarena, overseeing the case of the Catalan independence movement, not to apply amnesty to the charge of malversation against former president Carles Puigdemont and his former ministers Toni Comín and Lluís Puig. Judges Vicente......

ICJ to review Israel's legal duties in Palestinian territories

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has scheduled public hearings from April 28 to May 2, 2025, to issue an advisory opinion on Israel's legal responsibilities regarding UN operations in the occupied Palestinian territories. The hearings are the result of a UN General Assembly resolution passed......

Arrest of suspect involved in attack on schoolgirl Salma, who gained sympathy from Moroccans

On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the Judicial Police Service in Marrakech opened an investigation under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor's office to investigate the criminal actions attributed to a 19-year-old woman with a criminal record. She is suspected of being involved in recording......