(Beirut) – Saudi Arabia should ensure that a forthcoming penal code fully complies with international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities announced in February 2021 that justice reforms, including the country’s first written penal code for discretionary crimes – crimes whose punishments are not specified in […]
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California’s Employment Law PAGA and Labor Code
Monday, February 21, 2022 California continues to be the nation’s most challenging legal environment for employers. The challenge has been all the more vexing in recent years due to new legislation and rapidly unfolding case law, particularly with respect to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). California’s Labor Code is […]
Georgetown Law Professors Weigh In on D.C. Council Rewrite of Criminal Code
Washington, D.C. officials launched a rewriting project of the District’s 120-year-old criminal code in consultation with Georgetown University Law Center professors. The Council of the District of Columbia is conducting a series of public hearings to discuss modernizing the city’s criminal statutes by redefining certain crimes, clarifying definitions and changing […]