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DOJ Signals New Strategy For ‘Environmental Justice’

The Crime Report

To the extent a corporate actor violates either civil or criminal law in a manner that implicates environmental justice or the climate crisis, corporations should be aware that my division is paying particular attention to these issues.”.

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New Orleans Police Seek Arrest of Dispatcher Under Novel Criminal Charge

JonathanTurley

She is now accused of criminal malfeasance in office and interfering with an emergency communication. She was charged under Louisiana law with malfeasance in office. What is interesting about the law is how broad the language is. The statute itself reads like criminalized negligence. CORRUPT PRACTICES.

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A Question of Willfulness: The Trial of “Other” Officers in the Floyd Case Is No Slam Dunk

JonathanTurley

The law has been used in famous cases , including the Rodney King case in Los Angeles. It is often more difficult to prove criminal nonfeasance (the failure or omission to perform an obligatory duty) as opposed to misfeasance (wrongful performance of a lawful act) or malfeasance (intentional conduct that is wrongful or unlawful).

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

LexForti

Third-party funding is rather a new concept and was adapted by many legislations only recently due to the illegality of the doctrines of maintenance and champerty in common-law jurisdictions in the past. The concept of TPF, though accepted explicitly by the law of the land, has two sides to it similar to the way of a coin.

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State Hid Criminal Referrals of Other Chemists, Supervisors at Hinton Drug Lab for Years

The Crime Report

Haggan show the agency referred other Hinton chemists and supervisors to the state Attorney General for potential criminal prosecution. The reported conduct includes lying to police, misidentifying drug samples or certifying substances as illegal under state law—including a piece of a nut—when they were not drugs.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. Of course, no one would confuse a bottle of Chardonnay with a Turkey, but that does not seem to matter under our increasingly absurd copyright and trademark laws. ————————————————————.

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