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China amends criminal laws in latest anti-doping measure

JURIST

Amendment XI was added to Article 355 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, a provision which originally punished the act of providing addictive narcotics to another person. The post China amends criminal laws in latest anti-doping measure appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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Russia athletes banned from competing under Russian name and flag

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The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland has sanctioned Russian athletes from using the country’s name and flag for two years. The WADA had initially banned Russia from international sports events for four years in 2019. However, the court decided to cut the ban from 4 years to 2.

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Who’ll Shoot First? How Relaxed Gun Rules Fuel a ‘Small Arms Race’

The Crime Report

Looking at a scaled down version of mid-century nuclear strategy, a vignette of two people encountering one another in a low-lit side street late at night details how these relaxed vigilante justice laws can turn deadly. The authors create a scenario of two men, Lee and Jesse, both of whom are sporting firearms on hip holsters.

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Garland’s Ultimate Test of Principle: Will DOJ Send the Hunter Biden Perjury Allegations to a Grand Jury?

JonathanTurley

” He used that document as part of his contract with Porsche Financial Services for a sports car. The most damning evidence may be a document reading “I, Robert Hunter Biden, hereby certify that I am the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of Rosemont Seneca Bohai, LLC.”

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FIFA Cases Hold Lessons for FDA-Regulated Companies – Organizations can be Victims of Their Own Employees’ Criminal Conduct

FDA Law Blog

The Guidelines rationale is that “[o]rganizations can act only through agents and, under federal criminal law, generally are vicariously liable for offenses committed by their agents.” In other words, despite a widespread and seemingly systemic fraud, the organization was a victim.

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The Hunted and the Hunter: How the Menendez Superseding Indictment Shatters Hunter Biden’s Claim of Selective Prosecution

JonathanTurley

In Hunter’s case, it was a $142,000 Fisker sports car. The allegations in the two cases draw obvious comparisons. Menendez is accused of accepting a $ 60,000 Mercedes-Benz as part of the corrupt practices. For Menendez, there were gold bars worth up to $120,000. For Biden, there was the diamond allegedly worth $80,000.

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Rachael Rollins Disbarred After Justice Refuses to Prosecute One of its Own

JonathanTurley

The investigation also found an array of other violations, including disregarding ethical warnings on political activities and soliciting expensive sports tickets. The most serious charge was that Rollins “falsely testified under oath … when she denied” providing the non-public information to the Herald reporter.