#corruption scandal

#corruption scandal

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Turkey on November 19 in an effort to boost flagging peace talks as pressure grows on the Ukrainian leader and his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, over a corruption scandal. Zelenskyy said on November 19 he would be holding talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but it was not clear if he would also meet with US special envoy Steve Witkoff.

An independent fact-finding commission created by Marcos, a Senate committee and government agencies have been investigating allegations that influential members of Congress and the Senate have pocketed huge kickbacks from construction companies, which had won lucrative contracts to build flood-control projects that turned out to be substandard, incomplete or nonexistent. The scandal has sparked outrage in a country long prone to deadly flooding and typhoons.

Cooley Law Has Real Trouble Getting Its Graduates To Pass The Bar Exam: And the ABA has a real issue with that. Everyone Knows Biglaw Associates Work A Lot Of Hours: But where do the work the *most*? Biglaw Firm Files Lawsuit Against A Former Associate: After they say she made false allegations of sexual assault against a partner. Paul Weiss And Kirkland Got Some 'Splainin To Do (Again): Because how they're paying off their pro bono payola sure seems like it violates the law.

Argentina's president, Javier Milei, has suffered his worst electoral defeat since taking office, as he faces his administration's most serious corruption scandal and signs that the economy is slowing. In local legislative elections on Sunday for Buenos Aires province home to almost 40% of the country's electorate the coalition led by the self-styled anarcho-capitalist was beaten by the opposition by 47% to 34%.

Cristobal Montoro established an economic team linked to the finance ministry, which allegedly took kickbacks from energy companies for favorable government policies, totaling at least €11 million.