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• Hungary: New Rules Oblige Doctors to Present Fetal Vital Signs to Women Before Terminating Their Pregnancies

  3 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 165

  On September 12, 2022, Hungary’s minister of interior, Sándor Pintér, issued Decree No. 29/2022 , amending Decree No. 32/1992 , the implementing...

• Bahamas: Parliament to Consider Criminalizing Marital Rape

  3 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 192

  Bahamian news media reported in mid-September 2022 that the government of the Bahamas had drafted legislation to criminalize marital rape and...

• Saudi Arabia: New Ministerial Resolution Regulating Tourism Industry Issued

  3 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 188

  On August 24, 2022, the official Saudi Press Agency announced the issuance of Royal Decree No. 18 of August 23, 2022, promulgating a...

• United Kingdom: Social Media Advertisements for 'Hay Fever Injections' Violate Advertising Code

  4 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 266

  On August 3, 2022, the United Kingdom (U.K.) advertising industry’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice...

• United States: Department of Justice Announces Charges Against Russian and Venezuelan Nationals Under Task Force KleptoCapture Initiative

  4 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 194

  On October 19, 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an indictment charging five Russian and...

• Norway: Eidsivating Appeals Court Finds Border Restriction Imposed During COVID Pandemic Unlawful

  7-11-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 196

  On September 14, 2022, the Appeals Court for Eidsivating issued a decision in favor of a Norwegian citizen who was fined for crossing into...

• Italy: New Provisions on Italian Armed Forces Enter into Effect

  4-11-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 144

  On August 28, 2022,  Law No. 119 of August 5, 2022 , amending existing legislation regarding the active contingent of the Italian armed forces,...

• Israel: High Court of Justice Dismisses Petitions Against Biometric Database but Leaves Open Possibility for Future Adjudication

  3-11-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 253

  On July 12, 2022, Israel’s High Court of Justice dismissed petitions to invalidate the operation of Israel’s biometric database. The biometric...

• England and Wales: News Broadcasters Permitted to Film Crown Court Sentencing Remarks for First Time

  2-11-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 245

  July 28, 2022, marked a moment of legal history  in England and Wales when, for the first time, sentencing remarks from a judge in the Crown...

• United States: Federal Government Waives Jones Act Shipping Requirements in Response to Hurricane Fiona

  1-11-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 342

  On September 28, 2022, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas approved a temporary and targeted Jones Act waiver to address...

• Denmark: Parliament Hears Citizen Proposal for Use of DNA Records from Genealogy Sites in Criminal Investigations

  31-10-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 295

  On October 5, 2022, a citizen’s initiative (B10) to use genealogy resources in criminal investigation was presented to the Danish Parliament...

• Turkey: Constitutional Court Holds Judicial Review of 'Suspension of Pronouncement of Judgment' Decisions by First Instance Courts Is Unconstitutional

  28-10-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 265

  On September 23, 2022, a judgment of the Constitutional Court of Turkey (E.2021/121, K.2022/88, July 20, 2022) (Judgment) invalidating the rule...

• United Kingdom: Sanctions Imposed On Iranian "Morality Police"

  27-10-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 239

  As a result of the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, in Iran following her arrest by the “morality police,” which triggered protests...

• Brazil: Superior Electoral Tribunal Enacts Resolution to Combat Fake News During 2022 General Elections

  26-10-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 284

  On October 20, 2022, the Superior Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE) unanimously passed a resolution on fighting...

• United States: Court of Appeals Holds 1891 Act Reserves Metlakatlan Indian Community's Implied Right to Fish in Off-Reservation Waters

  25-10-2022 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 233

  On September 8, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Metlakatlan Indian Community had the right to fish in...