Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) upheld a lower court ruling in a case on the legal definition of who is a child's mother or father. The case involved a transgender woman who had frozen sperm before undergoing a male-to-female sex-change. The plaintiff in the … [Read more...] about Germany’s Federal Court of Justice declares transgender woman legal father of child
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Federal Court of Justice rules against intersex appeal
For paperwork purposes, there is no such thing as a nonbinary gender , Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled on Thursday. The Karlsruhe tribunal decided against an intersex person named by the advocacy group Dritte Option (third option) as Vanja, registered at birth in 1989 … [Read more...] about Federal Court of Justice rules against intersex appeal
Germany’s highest criminal court dismisses appeal in terror case
Germany's Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe on Friday confirmed two of the men's sentences of six and seven years. It said the third man's sentence should be reassessed. The defendants had appealed their 2007 conviction, arguing that the police had breached privacy laws when … [Read more...] about Germany’s highest criminal court dismisses appeal in terror case
US Justice Department backs out of appeal on travel ban block
The US officials filed the motion to end the appeal before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, after the White House issued a new version of the measure. The original ban, which came into effect immediately after President Trump signed it in late January, halted all … [Read more...] about US Justice Department backs out of appeal on travel ban block
German federal court raps Google on the knuckles over autocomplete function
It's as if it was planned - like a bad joke. It was Google.de and an entrepreneur's name was linked to Scientology, even though they claim never to have had anything to do with it. The case made it to a German federal court, with the judges ruling in favor of the plaintiff. They … [Read more...] about German federal court raps Google on the knuckles over autocomplete function