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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

OJK plans to issue 224 derivative regulations of P2SK Law

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) plans to issue 224 OJK regulations as derivative regulations of the Financial Sector Development and Strengthening (P2SK) Law, Deputy Chairperson of OJK’s Board of Commissioners Mirza Adityaswara stated. “In short, based on identification results, 224 OJK regulations have to be created and 43 government regulations as derivative regulations from the P2SK Law,” he remarked during an online press conference, Monday. Currently, the OJK is discussing the possibility of these 224 OJK regulations being consolidated into several regulations in the form of “mini omnibus.” “This is because if we create one by one…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

‘Bullying’ campaign after US graduate speech criticizes Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, D.C. – It is not often that Republicans and Democrats in the United States find common ground, but this week, officials from both major parties pursued a shared cause – bashing a New York law school graduate for a speech criticizing Israel. Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres called The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law graduates “crazed”; former Republican candidate for governor Lee Zeldin described the speech as “raging anti-Semitism”; Major Eric Adams characterized it as “words of negativity and division”. Even Republican Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, joined the pile-on of condemnations against the Yemeni-American graduate…Continue Reading

‘Ninjas never quit’: Senate passes Keira’s Law named for 4-year-old found dead in Milton

Federally appointed judges will now receive greater education on domestic violence and coercive control due to a private member’s bill named after a four-year-old girl whose life came to a tragic end in Milton. Bill C-233, informally known as ‘Keira’s Law,’ was passed by the Senate on Tuesday, April 18. The bill will establish and enhance educational seminars for judges on matters related to intimate partner violence and coercive control. It will also introduce into the Criminal Code electronic monitoring control, in some cases at the judicial interim release phase. This measure is intended to help ensure the safety and…Continue Reading