Winnipeg police release more images, videos of suspects in assault near law courts

Winnipeg police have released more photos and a video of a man they say is a suspect in an attack on a woman near the provincial law courts in mid-March. Officers responded to a report of the assault in the morning of Mar. 17 and met with the victim. The 20-year-old woman suffered an injury to her upper body during the incident and was taken to hospital in a stable condition, police previously said. She told police she was walking from St. Mary Avenue to Kennedy Street shortly before 6 am, toward the law courts building in downtown Winnipeg, when…Continue Reading

Legal Centers Supporting Families Struggle to Keep Lawyers

Lawyers representing some of BC’s most vulnerable people say they’re chronically underpaid, leading to high turnover and positions they struggle to fill. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Share The Tyee’s Newsletter, Get RewardedA new way to spread the word about good journalism. Legal Aid BC and a union representing 28 of its full-time staff wrote to the Ministry of Justice in January asking the government to increase pay for those lawyers, who mostly represent Indigenous parents whose children have been apprehended by the government. Jeremy Orrego, a Legal Aid BC lawyer, and Scott McCannell, the…Continue Reading

Court: Chaco Canyon area drilling permits violated federal law

OIL & GAS: A federal appeals court finds the federal Bureau of Land Management violated environmental law by failing to account for the cumulative impacts of approving nearly 200 drilling permits near Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. (Associated Press) ALSO:• Climate advocates urge the Biden administration to base federal methane emissions rules for oil and gas facilities on New Mexico’s regulations, which in essence are routine tire flaring and venting. (Albuquerque Journal)• Permian Basin oil production reached a record 5.6 million barrels per day in January. (Axios)• Oregon regulators say Amazon’s plan to power up to seven…Continue Reading

Thinking of hiding assets during a divorce or separation?

Dividing assets after a divorce or separation is a difficult process. But a recent case highlighted the courts power to undo transactions where the assets were disposed of when a divorce or separation was only being “anticipated”. A common misconception is that if assets are transferred prior to separation occurring (or even post separation), then assets are gone forever. This is usually done by the asset holder in an attempt to hide assets or try to defeat the claim of the other spouse or partner. The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia have powers that can overturn or cancel…Continue Reading

Assistant Attorney General Discusses Antitrust Law Enforcement at Harvard Law School Event | News

Assistant Attorney General Jonathan S. Kanter spoke about his work to modernize antitrust law at a Harvard Law School event on Monday. The discussion, titled “Changing Antitrust Strategy,” was hosted by the HLS Antitrust Association and moderated by HLS professor Einer R. Elhauge ’83. During the conversation, Kanter discussed his work at the Department of Justice to change the way the antitrust law was enforced, citing a system that was “out of touch” with current markets. Kanter, who was confirmed to the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division in 2021 after previously working at the Federal Trade Commission and in the private…Continue Reading

Circulating Issues, Suddenly Discussed at Baleg

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Member of Commission IX DPR from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction Netty Prasetiyani Aher criticized the drafting of the Health Bill (RUU) which took place in the Legislative Body (Baleg) of the DPR. Because, he considered, the preparation was said to be carried out by the method omnibus law such as the Job Creation Law (Ciptaker), which received a lot of public criticism.“Related to the bill on the health omnibus law, if I’m not mistaken we ask back and forth in the meeting, the answer is always unclear, sir, where is the draft? Or what…Continue Reading

Andrew Tate served legal papers after allegations of rape and sexual assault | UK news

Andrew Tate has been served with legal papers by lawyers representing four of his alleged victims who have accused him of rape and sexual assault. The four women, in their late 20s and early 30s, were pursuing civil proceedings against the social media influencer and former kickboxer over alleged offenses between 2013 and 2016 while he was still living in the UK. A Crowdjustice campaign to support legal action against Tate has raised more than £18,500. Lawyers from McCue Jury & Partners, who are representing the claimants, said they had delivered the letter to Tate in person on Wednesday at…Continue Reading

Groups file court application over whether Canada’s laws allow entry of former Israeli PM

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is facing a court application aimed at forcing him to determine whether Canada’s war crimes laws prevent former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett from attending a speaking engagement in Toronto later this month. The application — known by its technical term of a mandamus — was filed Friday in Federal Court and asked a judge to compel Mendicino into making a decision on Bennett’s admissibility. It was filed by Khaled Mouammar, a former national president of the Canadian Arab Federation, human rights groups Palestinian and Jewish Unity and Just Peace Advocates, and the think-tank Canadian…Continue Reading