Britney Spears’ attorney working for free after $4.2 million

Britney Spears’ attorney is reportedly working for free. Mathew Rosengart has begun offering his services pro bono after receiving more than $4 million from the pop star since she retained him in July 2021, TMZ reported Friday. Sources told the outlet that Spears paid the former federal prosecutor $4,201,856 between November 2021 and March 2023 alone, a figure that represents the work he performed after her conservatorship was terminated. While the Grammy winner has been a free woman for a year and a half, her court case is still ongoing as she continues to battle her estranged father, Jamie Spears,…
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Call for Canada to braid Indigenous rights with endangered species law

Caribou from the Klinse-Za herd in northeastern BC graze in this handout photo. Line Giguere, Wildlife Infometrics.Climbing caribou numbers in northeastern British Columbia prove that collaborations between Indigenous and colonial governments can reverse decades-long declines, but focus needs to shift to culturally meaningful recovery targets, a consortium of researchers and community members say in a new paper published this week in Science. UBC Okanagan’s Dr. Clayton Lamb and West Moberly First Nation Chief Roland Willson co-lead the paper, Braiding Indigenous Rights and Endangered Species Lawalongside nine others for the influential journal. “Abundance matters. There are many cases where endangered…
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Higgs compromises on language-law update, will keep periodic review

The Higgs government is compromising on its update to the province’s Official Languages ​​Act in the hopes of winning unanimous support for the legislation. Premier Blaine Higgs is backing away from the elimination of a mandatory 10-year review of the act contained in the statute. He told the legislature the government will introduce its own amendments on “establishing a time frame, or periodic review” of the law. “We believe the amendments will be in the spirit of continuous improvement of the act,” he said. The original Official Languages ​​Act was adopted unanimously in 1969 and the new version of the…
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Trump to get schooled on rules after district attorney worries he’ll use evidence to slam witnesses

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was ordered Thursday to appear by video at a May 23 hearing in his Manhattan criminal case after a judge this week set rules barring him from using evidence in the case to attack witnesses. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan scheduled the hybrid hearing — the former president on a TV screen, his lawyers and prosecutors in court — to go over the restrictions with Trump and to make clear that he risks being held in contempt if he violates them. The case is continuing in state court even as Trump’s lawyers seek to have…
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TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app

Helena, Mont. – Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights. The Montana residents also argued in the complaint, filed in federal court late Wednesday without public notice, that the state doesn’t have any authority over matters of national security. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law Wednesday and said it would protect Montana residents’ private data and personal information from being harvested by the Chinese government. The ban is scheduled to take effect on Jan.…
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2023-05-03 | NDAQ:FULC | Press Release

NEW YORK, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ —WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announced the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of securities of Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc., (NASDAQ: FULC) between March 3, 2022 and March 8, 2023, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move to Court no later than June 27, 2023. SO WHAT: If you purchased Fulcrum securities during the Class Period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out…
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MI Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court’s Decision That Property Owners Lacked Standing to Challenge a Township’s Amendment to its Zoning Ordinance.

This post originally appeared on the Dalton Tomich blog and is reposted with permission from Dan Dalton, Esq, – https://daltontomich.com/the-importance-of-zoning-notice-requirements-under-michigan-law/ in Montrief v. Macon Township Board of Trustees, the plaintiffs-landowners filed suit against the Township alleging an amended zoning ordinance was invalid and unenforceable based on a failure to comply with certain notice requirements. Under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, an enforcing authority, which in most cases is the local government, must provide notice with respect to certain actions taken in zoning matters. Generally, among the most common actions requiring notice are the following:Authorities must provide notice for public…
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How Do Law Firms Manage Accounts Payable?

In uncertain economic times, all businesses are tasked with doing more with less – including law firms. Every business has to pay what it owes, and with the added complexity of expenses you pay on your client’s behalf, managing invoices is key to saving money and freeing cash flow. Developing and refining your accounts payable management strategies is essential for your law firm. Let’s take a look at the basics of accounts payable management, how it works in a law firm, and how you can improve your own processes. What Are Accounts Payable? Accounts payable includes everything your law firm…
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