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Singapore High Court convicts two for $6B penny-stock manipulation

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The Singapore High Court Thursday convicted Malaysian businessman and woman, John Soh Chee wen and Quah Su-Ling for market manipulation and cheating offences that led to the 2013 penny-stock crash. Local media outlets have said that the 2013 crash was the outcome of Singapore’s most serious case of market manipulation, as it wiped out more than $8 billion from the Singaporean Stock Market (SGX).

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“How the future of Roe is testing Roberts’s clout on Supreme Court”

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“How the future of Roe is testing Roberts’s clout on Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes, Carol D. Leonnig, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report. And in today’s edition of The Boston Globe, Liz Goodwin and Jess Bidgood have a front page article headlined “ A new conservative majority poised to overturn Roe could spell the end of the Roberts court.

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Chief Justice Roberts calls Supreme Court abortion leak ‘absolutely appalling’

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US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Thursday called the leak of the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated abortion opinion “absolutely appalling.” A leaked draft US Supreme Court opinion published Monday by POLITICO shows that the justices have voted to overturn the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade. The leak prompted large scale protests by abortion-rights activists outside the Supreme Court building and across the country. “A leak of this stature is a

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“Supreme Court Leak Inquiry Exposes Gray Area of Press Protections; No law or written code of conduct prescribes how an investigation into the leak of a draft opinion should proceed, or whether journalists will be swept into it”

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“Supreme Court Leak Inquiry Exposes Gray Area of Press Protections; No law or written code of conduct prescribes how an investigation into the leak of a draft opinion should proceed, or whether journalists will be swept into it”: Jeremy W. Peters will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times. And Nancy Benac of The Associated Press reports that “ Court leak is catnip for those who love a juicy DC whodunit.

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, May 8, 2022

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Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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India: Whether Every Director Of A Company Can Be Impleaded As An Accused In A Criminal Complaint? - Vaish Associates Advocates

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The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of National Small Industries Corp. Ltd. vs. Harmeet Singh Paintal and Ors., 010(2)AC R1221(SC )/ MANU/SC/0112/2010.

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“With an unprecedented leak, Roberts appears suddenly ineffectual”

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“With an unprecedented leak, Roberts appears suddenly ineffectual”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

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Australia: CCIV – A new structure for collective investments - Holley Nethercote

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What is a CCIV? How will it operate & what are the licensing & regulatory requirements under the financial services laws?

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 30, 2022 to May 6, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Follow field testing by GeoBroadcast Solutions of its zonecasting system, the FCC opened a new comment period for interested parties to weigh in on the test results released by the company.

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Contract Lifecycle Management: A Business Enabler Exploring On-Ground Challenges

CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.

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US federal judge dismisses Trump lawsuit for Twitter account suspension

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US District Judge James Donato dismissed former President Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter that challenged his permanent account suspension. The suit was in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Twitter permanently banned Trump’s account after the Capitol Riot on January 6, 2021. After his account was banned, Trump sued Twitter for First Amendment freedom of speech violations.

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McConnell: Federal Abortion Ban is “Possible” if Court Strikes Down Roe v. Wade

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told USA Today this week that it is “possible” that Congress could pass a national ban on abortion if the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is finalized. In the interview, McConnell confirmed that there would be nothing standing in the way of such national legislation. McConnell did not say that he was calling or planning for such a vote.

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