Courts, legislation, constitutional law, criminal justice, and the accountability mechanisms that govern public and corporate conduct. This desk covers significant rulings, ongoing prosecutions, regulatory enforcement, and the evolution of law in response to new technologies and political pressures. We report on legal proceedings factually, distinguish allegation from finding, and do not prejudge outcomes.
The Supreme Court's Roundup ruling is a federal-preemption decision with large litigation consequences. In Monsanto Company v. Durnell, No. 24-1068, the Court held on 25 June that a Missouri failure-to-warn claim was barred because it would have required Monsanto to add a cancer warning that differed from the label approved under federal pesticide law.
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The legal problem for fashion brands is no longer whether a product contains some recycled fibre. It is whether the advertisement lets a shopper understand how much, where, and in what sense. Three Advertising Standards Authority rulings published on 24 June put Adidas, Uniqlo and Calvin Klein on the wrong side of that line.
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The Supreme Court has turned Exxon Mobil's Cuba property claim into a sharper rule about sovereign immunity. In Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación CIMEX, S.A. (Cuba), No. 24-699, the justices held that the Helms-Burton Act itself removes sovereign-immunity protection for Cuban agencies and instrumentalities sued under the statute.
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