JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2022

A Texas jury has decided that conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones must pay punitive damages to the tune of USD 45.2 million to the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim. These damages, awarded on Friday, relate to a defamation lawsuit. Jones and his InfoWars radio show declared the 2012 school shooting a hoax. Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis who died in the shooting, sued Jones for defamation and “ intentional infliction of

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 7, 2022

Some lawyers always seem fearful of increasing legal fees — recession or no recession, crisis or no crisis. If you are wondering whether to raise your hourly rates or fixed fees, my advice — with very limited exceptions — is to go for it. Clients are never as price-sensitive as you think. The Two Biggest Reasons Lawyers Are Afraid to Raise Legal Fees.

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2022

US District Judge Paul Engelmayer has vacated former Deutsche Bank AG trader Timothy Parietti’s conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. The case was in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In 2016, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Parietti with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2022

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Both the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the FCC released public notices, available here and here , alerting broadcasters and cable companies that they recently became aware of certain vulnerabilities in EAS encoder/decoder devices which, if not updated to most recent software ve

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AUGUST 7, 2022

The former director of a Nairobi-area orphanage and children’s home was sentenced Thursday to 100 years in prison for defiling minors, in a case that has drawn national attention in Kenya. Twenty-nine year old Stephen Nzuki Mutisya of the SCREAMS (Save the Children Reconciliation Education and Assistance Ministry) Africa Safe Child Home was convicted by Milimani Law Courts’ Senior Principal Magistrate Ms Zainab Abdul.

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AUGUST 7, 2022

Rhodes College. The petition by an alumni group at Rhodes College is seeking to remove Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett from the school’s “Hall of Fame” due to her vote in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The petition accuses Barrett of violating the school’s honor code by testifying untruthfully in her confirmation hearing. In reality, the letter engages in gross misrepresentations of her testimony in the latest attack on her character and honesty.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 7, 2022

In separate opinions on Friday, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of habeas corpus petitions filed by two prisoners whose death sentences the California Supreme Court upheld almost 30 years ago. The appeals panel in one case split 2-1. Both opinions applied the standard of review of the federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which is highly deferential to state court decisions.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 7, 2022

The Magistrate found that the police officers were aggressive and treated the accused in a cruel and degrading manner.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 7, 2022

Constructive dismissal is when an employee feels they have no other choice but to resign from their employment.

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AUGUST 7, 2022

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The National Boards and AHPRA have jointly revised the guidelines for advertising a regulated health service.

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AUGUST 7, 2022

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