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Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing UK confirm that they are in discussions regarding a potential combination, which would build upon the complementary strengths, shared ambitions, and combined international reach of the two firms going forward.

Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman's How Appealing blog, the Web's first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. "Alabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On 'Cruel and Unusual Punishment'; In 2002, the Court decided that the Constitution does not allow executions of intellectually disabled people; But states are testing that holding's limits": Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

New York Civil Court Judge Allison Greenfield dismissed a suit filed by landlords UNG 3 Realty and 36 East 20th Street Realty's against Indian restaurant Passerine LLC, finding that, because the restaurant is registered as an LLC, the landlords improperly served it by simply dropping off service papers to a person on the primesis, rather than a manager or stakeholding member of the business.

Anna Thomson-Moore claims decision by Coolmore magnate to appeal is 'vexatious' and delaying care for her disabled son

"The political views of children inform the electoral choices of many current electors, including their parents and their teachers, as well as others interested in the views of those soon to reach the age of maturity," the company's court filing states. "Preventing children from communicating their political views directly burdens political communication in Australia."

A federal jury in Manhattan needed only a few hours to deliver a guilty verdict against Rinsch, who bilked the streaming service out of millions of dollars while claiming he needed more money to finish the sci-fi series White Horse/Conquest after blowing through its initial $44 million budget, before the project was outright canceled. Rinsch, 48, testified during the one-week trial that the cash was to pay himself back for his own money he'd put into the series.

Biglaw's bonus season is moving right on schedule, with firms steadily matching the now-prevailing scales. Cravath once again set the year-end bonus structure, while Milbank set the bar for special bonus scales, and the industry has wasted no time following suit. One by one, firms are confirming that this year's bonus picture looks very familiar - and very lucrative - for associates.

The NCRC announced on Wednesday a tip line for anyone who believes fair lending laws have been violated, saying it has the expertise to investigate and the resources to take action when warranted. Individuals can submit confidential complaints regarding potential violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Housing Act, redlining, or unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices. Advocacy organizations have a key role to play in filling the gaps this administration is creating, Van Tol said.

YIMBY Law's lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges that Newsom unlawfully restricted homeowners' ability to rebuild by giving local governments the green light to shelve SB 9, the 2021 state law that permits duplex construction and lot-splitting on parcels zoned for single-family homes, Politico reported. Residents in the Pacific Palisades appealed to Newsom over the summer to stop SB 9's implementation, fearing that allowing duplexes and split lots would diminish the neighborhood's character and make evacuation efforts in future fires worse.

The new Finance Act is effectively regulation of tax advisors. It mandates that advisors must be registered with HMRC before interacting with them in relation to the tax affairs of a client. If advisors violate this rule, they could face a fine of £5000. This means HMRC is now the judge, jury and executioner for tax advisors, which is wholly inappropriate.

The ruling by Judge Thomas Stevens marks the third upended guilty verdict tied to the longtime Oakland police officer, who is awaiting trial on several bribery and perjury charges. The burgeoning scandal has already led to multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals tied to the detective's work, along with a review of more than 200 homicide cases he either led or touched.

Eyewitness video from the incident was posted at the time to Twitter but has since been removed and the incident was witnessed by at least 20 people. Taylor reportedly would not respond to police commands to drop the bat, and use of Tasers did not seem to subdue him. Then former San Leandro Police Officer Jason Fletcher shot Taylor, and Taylor was seen in the video walking away from officers and dropping the bat before collapsing.

Kim Kardashian is trying to enter the legal profession without a law school education. The bar exam is a deeply flawed and largely unnecessary test, but the best case for having some kind of licensing exam is to make sure anyone taking an alternative path to a law license meets the minimum requirements for a lawyer.

"sit around for a year on the dole"

While the involved officer, like any individual, is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, the charges do not reflect the values or expectations of the Portland Police Bureau. This incident occurred off duty and is being handled by another agency, and we are cooperating and conducting our own internal review. Our commitment to accountability and public trust remains unwavering.

Body-worn cameras are video and audio-recording devices attached to a Garda's clothing, which will retain audio and video footage when a Garda switches them on. Garda acting deputy commissioner with security, strategy and governance, Paul Cleary, said: "They will assist our personnel in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal offences and will also be a key piece of equipment for An Garda Síochána into the future."

"It was a terrible allegation to make. I hope she is sorry for what she did," the judge said.

A company director being pursued for €765,000 following the collapse of her packaging firm has been using artificial intelligence to "churn out reams" of legal papers, the High Court has heard.

Admins often serve as the quiet bridge holding all the moving parts of a law firm (and its clientele) together. With unique insight into the workflows of different practice groups and office culture, they understand how both non-partner attorneys and partners operate, and where those workflows intersect. Their interdepartmental perspective makes them natural connectors who can spot adoption challenges long before they become firmwide frustrations.

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The most dramatic moment in the deposition came when Roderick Gadson, an Alabama prison guard, was questioned under oath about an incident in which he and other officers used such devastating force against a prisoner that the man had to be airlifted to hospital to treat his injuries. Gadson was shown a photograph of the man, Steven Davis. He was lying in an ICU bed breathing through a tube, his cadaverous face bruised and covered with blood, his eyes black and sunken. Gadson was asked whether he felt that the amount of force used had been appropriate, given the way Davis looked. He replied: I don't feel like nothing. I just did my job.

In one of those cases, a judge lifted the hold on construction, ruling that a lack of a sound justification for the hold made it "the height of arbitrary and capricious," a legal standard that determines whether federal decision-making is acceptable under the Administrative Procedures Act. If this were a fictional story, that would be considered foreshadowing. With no indication of how long the comprehensive assessment would take, 17 states sued to lift the hold on permitting.

A passenger who died on a Royal Caribbean cruise was doused with pepper spray and physically restrained by staff members after he was served 33 alcoholic drinks and became violent, according to a lawsuit the man's family filed against the company. Video from aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruises ship showed Michael Virgil at times screaming, kicking at a door, shirtless and then being restrained on the ground.

Look At Your Spend. Then Ask Better Questions. "The average Fortune 500 company spends between $100 to $150 million a year on outside counsel," Rubin told me. "But much of that is still being allocated without a structured framework for risk or complexity." If that sounds familiar, it's because many legal departments still lack the muscle memory or the mandate to challenge their own assumptions about who they work with and why.

Moments after Luigi Mangione was handcuffed at a Pennsylvania McDonald's, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear. The discovery, recounted in court on Monday as Mangione fights to keep evidence out of his New York murder case, convinced police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, that he was the man wanted in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan five days earlier.

The hearing stems from evidence seized after Mangione's arrest. Mangione's lawyers say items were taken before he was read his rights. On Saturday, the court authorized an additional release of evidence, including a piece of paper with a to-do list, which prosecutors say was linked to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Another photo showed a folding knife that prosecutors say was pulled from Mangione's pockets.

Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) remains one of the most pervasive yet least prosecuted crimes in modern warfare. Only in the last century has CRSV been adequately codified under international criminal law. Meeting the crimes against humanity generally requires evidence at the macro scale, demonstrating that individual acts were not isolated but part of a command directive with clear organizational linkage. These legal and doctrinal limitations, along with the normalization of sexual violence as a by-product of war, conspire to obscure justice.

More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with intellectual disabilities. The case, Atkins v. Virginia, was no sidebar in the world of capital punishment. Large numbers of those who commit capital crimes suffer from an intellectual disability. Not only that, even after Atkins, researchers found that "the vast majority of executed offenders possess significant functional deficits that rival-and perhaps outpace-those associated with intellectual impairment."

Avis should have inspected the vehicle immediately upon return and notified you of any issues right away. Anything could have happened in the three days between dropping off the car and inspection. Although California's Civil Code Section 1936 doesn't require rental companies to provide detailed invoices for post-return charges, it strictly regulates how charges must be calculated, disclosed and justified. If you dispute a charge, the burden is on the rental company to prove its validity through itemized documentation.