After many years, migrant workers in Norway won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now a European Free Trade Association ruling puts progress in peril
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We were wrong about the GPLs
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Marriage between cousins and extended family members may soon be banned in Norway
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A closer look at Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, the most densely populated place that ever existed
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Baltimore Archdiocese files for bankruptcy before law on abuse lawsuits takes effect
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Baltimore Archdiocese says it will file for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect
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Ford 'pausing' construction of Marshall EV battery plant
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‘We can’t drink oil’: How a seventy-year-old pipeline imperils the Great Lakes
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A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma controversy
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New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and gender teachings
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Remembering Charles Wilkinson, a true friend to Indian Country, the professor and leader leaves a legacy in Indigenous advocacy
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Italian senate about to vote on a law that upgrades surrogacy to 'universal crime' would lead to prosecution of foreign acts within Italy
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Google US antitrust trial - judge ordered trial exhibits removed from the web - the Verge responds by publishing them
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UK's Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed
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This boring gray boat patrolling the US east coast is actually a vigilante
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UK government vows action after man dies in latest dog attack
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Battle over a recurrent French national obsession: How Muslim women should dress?
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Study shows US public defenders have significantly more clients than they can adequately represent
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The earthquakes in Turkey killed a prolific war crimes investigator, deputy chief of Syria investigations for the Commission for International Justice and Accountability
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California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts
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Abortions rose in most US states this year, new data shows
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The pirate preservationists - a long history
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European Union Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps
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Apple threatens to pull FaceTime and iMessage in the UK over proposed surveillance law changes
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“Swift Justice” looks inside a Sharia courtroom
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Mexico Supreme Court officially decriminalizes abortion
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Hit in DNA database exonerates man forty-seven years after wrongful rape conviction
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As employers expand artificial intelligence in hiring, few states in the USA have rules
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How were modern companies allowed to get so big in spite of antitrust laws? The mythology of horizontal merger efficiencies
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A sesame allergy law in the US has made it harder to avoid the seed. Here's why.
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What’s inside that McDonald’s ice cream machine? Broken copyright law.
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Los Angeles is exploring banning cashless businesses, following the example of New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, DC
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A warning to employers that US National Labor Relations Board has changed the rules governing formation of unions to be easier for workers and harder for employers to oppose
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Mexican politician introduces bill to criminalize ecocide - only a few countries have such laws but more are considering it
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Planned Danish law will make improper treatment of the Quran or Bible a criminal offence punishable by a fine and jail sentence of up to two years
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Apple formally endorses right to repair US legislation after spending millions fighting it
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Texas has quietly changed its abortion law - explicitly allowing abortion for premature ruptured membrane and ectopic pregnancy - how it happened
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Iran is about to make its hijab laws even stricter
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Canada demands Facebook lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing
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US Ninth circuit court of appeal upholds preliminary injunction against Idaho law banning transgender girls and women participation in women's sports
I haven't yet found a news article, but will add if I find one. Here is the ruling. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/08/17/20-35813.pdf
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The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation
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US 5th Circuit Court of Appeal rejects challenge to Mifeprestone abortion pill’s approval, but upholds some restrictions
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Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision
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Illinois just passed the first law in the US protecting financial rights of children of influencers
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Ethiopia cracks down on gay sex in hotels, bars and restaurants
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Helsinki could become a 'sanctuary city' for medical treatment, as the new right-wing government continues to crack down on undocumented migrants
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The King of Jordan approved a cybercrime bill that will crack down on online speech deemed harmful to national unity
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Credit card debt collection
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US federal judge orders Southwest Airlines attorneys to attend ‘religious-liberty training’ from conservative Christian legal advocacy group
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Wisconsin’s dairy industry relies on undocumented immigrants, but the state won’t let them legally drive
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