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The University of Toronto's law school is introducing a new program focused on animal law. "It does, a bit, feel like a long time coming," said Angela Fernandez, a law school professor and director of the new program. "We've kind of gotten to a point now with the resources and the projects ... we've tipped over now into something that really just deserves a full sort of name as a program,"

"By stealing from a charity she was entrusted to serve, the defendant shamefully diverted resources from those in need to line her own pockets," U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said in a statement. "Today's sentence makes clear that those who exploit nonprofits for personal gain will face the loss of their freedom and serious financial penalties. Our Office is committed to protecting nonprofit organizations and the communities that rely on them from fraudsters."

The legal action by Anne Harrison against Eric Harrison and his company IEQ Capital alleged that the couple had been married for nearly 20 years in 2016 when he proposed an "extremely unorthodox" tax-avoidance and estate planning strategy to transfer most of the couple's shared assets into trusts to benefit their two children and others not named in the lawsuit.

"Riders who use guide dogs or other assistive devices deserve a safe, respectful, and welcoming experience on Uber - full stop," an Uber spokesperson said in a statement. "We have a clear zero-tolerance policy for confirmed service denials." Every Uber driver "must acknowledge and agree to comply" with the company's US service animal policy and all applicable accessibility laws before using its driver app, the spokesperson added. The company takes "decisive action" if a violation is confirmed, including permanent account deactivation, he said.

Justice Barrett Shares Concerns About Lawyers Using AI To Prep For Oral Argument: Can't blame the software for predicting obvious questions.

Carlow businessman accused of revenue offences seeks to hold gardaí in contempt for refusing him access to US as he awaits trial Entrepreneur Illann Power, who is awaiting trial accused of almost 90 revenue and reckless filing offences, is seeking to have gardaí held in contempt for refusing to allow him to travel to the US while on bail.

Decades ago, when I was a baby lawyer, I thought that I wanted to be a judge. Judges ran courtrooms, or the clerks did. The judge was almost always a white male (female judges hadn't really cracked the judicial glass ceiling, let alone had a person of color). He belonged to the right, white clubs, could leave early for a tee time if all the cases had either been settled, trialed, or off calendar.

Consumers should be aware AOLs are being offered as substitutes for title insurance but they do not, and legally cannot, offer the same protection as title insurance, the letter states. The gap in coverage may leave consumers without protection that they believe they purchased. White states that as long as the AOL does not offer consumers coverage that meets the definition of insurance as outline in the Code of Virginia, it is not subject to his Bureau's regulation.

Bryant approached a group of National Guard members Aug. 24. He allegedly made statements to the effect that he was "strapped," "these are our streets" and "I'll kill you." The National Guard members understood "strapped" to mean that Bryant was armed. Bryant then approached additional National Guard members and "threw his left shoulder" into the left shoulder of one of them, making physical contact, the emergency motion said. The National Guard members told the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., about the confrontations.

Employers are entitled to base recruitment decisions on whether a prospective colleague might damage office harmony by not supporting the same team, the employment judge Daniel Wright said. He ruled that a boss would not be breaking employment law, for example, if they rejected a job application from an avid Tottenham Hotspur supporter because the office was full of Arsenal fans. The comments came in the case of a woman who took legal action after she lost out on a job with a marketing agency because she didn't vibe with her interviewer.

The law requires survivors such as Wilkens to prove by clear and convincing evidence that their abuse was related to their offense and a substantial contributing factor to the crime. She said she killed her former fiance, Terry Carlton, after being handcuffed and sexually assaulted, KOCO previously reported. Wilkens' attorney Colleen McCarty introduced evidence that her client killed Carlton because of a pattern of abuse that included beatings, rapes, financial extortion, psychological abuse and forced drug use. McCarty is the executive director of the Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law & Justice.

This time last year, Beatrice Zavarro, a then unknown lawyer from Marseille, drew herself up to her full 1.45-metre (4ft 8in) height, and addressed the figure in the dock: It's you and me against the world. That man was Dominique Pelicot. Over the next three months and 17 days, the court would learn that for almost a decade he had drugged his wife, Gisele, and invited more than 50 men into their bedroom to rape her while she was unconscious.

It should go without saying that when you are looking for an attorney to set up your estate plan, especially if you have children you want to pass along money or possessions to, you need to feel absolutely comfortable that whatever documents are set up are done with your best interest in mind. There is no question that what this original lawyer did to this Redditor is both morally and ethically wrong.

One of my little joys this past summer was a brown sugar cold foam cold brew from Starbucks, most often purchased after a strenuous sculling session. Simpler in both construction and calories than a frappuccino, but with the same instantaneous burst of sugary delight on the initial sip, each drink was a hit of warm-weather pleasure to savor. For the first few sips (gulps) the brown sugar cold foam overwhelmed,

Non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) are recorded by police to help assess community tensions and try to head off trouble. Some, most vocally on the political right, see this as a threat to free speech. Cooke, who leads HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, said: I'm a firm believer that non-crime hate incidents are no longer required, and that intelligence can be gathered in a different way, which would cause less concern to the public and would make recording of such issues much easier for policing.

According to court records, Robinson and two accomplices broke into a family home on a January night in 2012. The burglars restrained the family with zip ties, pistol-whipped the father, and threatened to kill a three-year-old child while attempting to steal money and jewelry. Police arrived during the burglary, leading to a shootout in which one accomplice fatally shot himself. Robinson was found hiding inside the house and arrested after resisting officers.

In the complaint, Twenty One Pilots accuse Temu of manufacturing and selling a "myriad of items that are counterfeit or blatant copies" of their merchandise and other intellectual property. The lawsuit alleges this creates an "implied relationship" between Twenty One Pilots and Temu, which constitutes "unfair competition" that devalues the band's brand. As evidence, the complaint includes dozens of pages of photos comparing official merch to the alleged counterfeit products sold on Temu. One example features an official $35 Twenty One Pilots t-shirt alongside a strikingly similar replica sold on Temu for $7.54.

The Trump administration has shut down major anti-corruption programs that had been at the vanguard of international efforts to clamp down on money laundering involving corrupt political leaders, politically connected business interests, and transnational criminal groups.One program called the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative had drawn praise for, among other cases, targeting Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan's late president. Another, called KleptoCapture, was set up to target Russian oligarchs after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Are lawyers at heightened risk of developing a gambling addiction? I've got 2 bills on "no," who wants in on that action? [ ABA Journal] SEC and CFTC look to crypto regulation, which will come to a halt once they learn what Trumpcoin is. [ Law360] Trump's handling of federal workers puts him on collision course with limits of legal authority. [ Bloomberg Law News]

Huntington Beach can't restrict minors from accessing books with sexual content in the city's libraries, an Orange County judge said in a tentative ruling Friday, Sept. 5. The decision stemmed from a lawsuit that some Huntington Beach residents and a local nonprofit filed against city leaders, alleging that efforts to restrict children's books amounted to censorship that violates the state's Freedom to Read Act.

The decision allows Google to keep Chrome but prohibits exclusive agreements across its core products, including Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, and its Gemini AI app. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) argued Google had maintained its near 90% share of U.S. search queries through exclusionary tactics. In a statement, the DOJ said Google used agreements to lock itself in as the " preset default general search engine on billions of mobile devices and computers. "

Jules Thomas, the former partner of Ian Bailey, has fired Gerald Kean as her solicitor in her legal action against Netflix.

I don't think they'd have me back at this point,

In a bid to toss their client's murder conviction, defense attorneys say an Oakland homicide detective showed racial bias by telling him an all-white jury could see him as a big scary Black guy, unless he confessed to the killing. By remaining silent and not admitting to the 2012 shooting, the detective allegedly told the suspect, he might as well squeeze that noose a little tighter, according to a recent legal filing by Jenny Brandt and Jane Brown of the Alameda County Public Defender's Office.