Tag: current legal issues in the news 2022

Province should pay legal fees from fatality inquiries into Indigenous teen suicides: judge

The Alberta government should pay the legal fees for a small First Nations children’s services agency that appeared at the fatality inquiries into the suicides of four Indigenous teenagers, a judge ruled in a strongly-worded 15-page decision. Fatality inquiries took place last year into the suicides of four Maskwacis teenagers — between the ages of 15 and 19 — each of whom had recent contact with child protection services. Reports have not yet been released into the deaths, which took place between 2017 and 2020. The Akamihk Child and Family Services Society made a court application in hopes the judge…Continue Reading

Emergencies Act: Year later, court hears legal challenge

OTTAWA – A national civil liberties group told a federal judge Monday the federal government has not clearly spelled out proper legal justification for its use of the Emergencies Act early last year in response to protests in the national capital and at key border points. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association was among the groups and individuals in Federal Court to argue Ottawa lacked sound statutory grounds to invoke the emergency measures The government contends the measures taken to deal with the pan-Canadian emergency situation were targeted, proportional, time-limited and compliant with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The…Continue Reading

Top law firms invest in content marketing “which does not work”

Emails: Only some firms send regular updatesA “significant proportion” of large law firms are investing in content or ‘inbound’ marketing schemes that “simply don’t work as they should” and could even damage their reputation, a report has been found. Researchers said a “staggering” 19% of the top 100 law firms let people sign up for legal updates – often with quite complex preference forms – only to never actually send any. Marketing consultancy Thought Spark said it was essential for law firms to develop inbound strategies to “engage and retain potential clients”, leveraging platforms and data to build a…Continue Reading

US abortion laws: Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Wyoming has pushed to the front of state efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion by instituting the nation’s first explicit ban on pills that terminate pregnancies. In many states women can get abortion pills prescribed online and delivered to their homes. The ease and availability of pills has made the method the most popular way to end a pregnancy – more than half of all abortions are done with that method, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion access advocacy group. But 13 states now effectively ban abortion pills by prohibiting all forms of…Continue Reading

Witness list includes lawyers, bankers, accountants

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The trial of Alex Murdaugh began Monday, Jan. 23 and we have the latest from the Colleton County Courthouse. Murdaugh will face his first charges in a long list of criminal and civil allegations in the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. These two deaths were the catalyst to the ruins of the Murdaugh dynasty and the unfolding of a much larger story. The Greenville News will be in the courtroom to give you the latest updates starting with jury selection until a final verdict is reached. Watch the Alex Murdaught trial live:Murdaugh trial…Continue Reading

Witness list includes lawyers, bankers, accountants

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The trial of Alex Murdaugh began Monday, Jan. 23 and we have the latest from the Colleton County Courthouse. Murdaugh will face his first charges in a long list of criminal and civil allegations in the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. These two deaths were the catalyst to the ruins of the Murdaugh dynasty and the unfolding of a much larger story. The Greenville News will be in the courtroom to give you the latest updates starting with jury selection until a final verdict is reached. Watch the Alex Murdaught trial live:Murdaugh trial…Continue Reading

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

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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

What three luxury homes reveal about who owns UK property

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Stylised graphic showing Beechwood House, Lubov Chernukhin and Alisher UsmanovOwners of around 50,000 UK properties held by foreign companies remain hidden from public view, despite new transparency laws. The Register of Overseas Entities, launched in August 2022, was meant to reveal who ultimately owns UK property. But analysis by BBC News and Transparency International found that almost half of the firms required to declare who was behind them failed to do so. Labor MP Margaret Hodge said the legislation was not “fit for purpose”. A UK government spokesperson said the register has been an “invaluable source of information for…Continue Reading