Following a court battle with the City of Pembroke, one resident is joining others with “serious” concerns about Mayor Ron Gervais, suggesting the mayor worked as a lawyer on the taxpayers’ dime while serving as an elected official last year.
Some residents recently told CBC News they had concerns about perceived and possible financial conflicts of interest involving Gervais’s ties to his place of employment, Sheppard & Gervais — the firm hired by the city to carry out the city solicitor job, headed by Robert Sheppard.
The solicitor contract began in 2002 and councilors are now looking at considering that…
Open this photo in gallery:Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 9 in Washington. House Republicans on Thursday, April 6, subpoenaed one of the former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe. Jordan ordered Mark Pomerantz to testify before the committee by April 30.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated PressHouse Republicans and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reached an agreement Friday to end a legal dispute over a House Judiciary Committee inquiry into…
The Liberal government will table legislation that includes reforms to Canada’s bail laws before the House of Commons rises for the summer, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says.Asked by Mercedes Stephenson about a timeline for the proposed reforms during an interview on The West Block that aired Sunday, Mendicino said there would be an announcement “in the not-too-distant future” that would address not just good but other investments to law enforcement.
“The short answer is yes,” he said when asked directly if legislation would come before the end of the spring legislative session, which is currently scheduled to end…
Ed Sheeran’s plagiarism trial has finally come to an end, with the jury now set to deliberate.Kathryn Townsend Griffin, the daughter of Ed Townsend, who worked with Gaye on the song, has been arguing that there are ‘striking similarities’ between the two songs, as well as ‘overt common elements’ that violates their copyright.Sheeran has been consistent throughout the case that he has done nothing wrong, and that lots of tunes share certain characteristics, but that doesn’t mean there’s been any plagiarism.Ed Sheeran’s lawyer says the case should ‘never have been brought’ to court. Credit: Press Wire/ShutterstockAnd…
Jennifer Kagan wipes away a single tear as she composes herself once again to discuss her daughter’s legacy.
Her four-year-old, Keira Kagan, was found dead next to her father’s body at the base of a cliff in a Milton, Ont., conservation area in February 2020. A provincial committee found it was “extremely consistent” with past cases of murder-suicide involving a father and a child.
Kagan, who had been in a bitter custody battle with Keira’s violent father for years, was determined to have the tragic result in changes to the way the judicial system deals with cases of intimate partner…
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—Depending on who you ask, the late-night shooting that killed Robert Dotson was either a “justified” use of force by the New Mexico police or a “murderous” act by officers who responded to the wrong house.Attorneys for both sides have given dueling narratives of what happened around 11:30 pm April 5, when three Farmington police officers responded to the incorrect address for a domestic violence call.Police bodycam footage shows officers standing outside the front door of Dotson’s home, asking a dispatcher to confirm the house number.After no one answered the door, the police started walking…
By Blake Brittain
(Reuters) – Apple Inc on Wednesday accused patent owner Arendi SARL of disclosing secret information about a settlement agreement between them, including how much Apple paid, during Arendi’s separate infringement trial against Alphabet’s Google LLC.
Apple asked a Delaware federal judge to impose monetary sanctions against Arendi and its law firm Susman Godfrey one day after Google defeated Arendi’s $45.5 million lawsuit at the trial, which did not involve Apple.
Arendi’s attorneys and representatives for Apple and Susman Godfrey did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday.
Arendi has sued several tech companies over their patents,…
A health screeningUS federal health officials say two hospitals broke the law by denying an abortion to a woman experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
The hospitals, in Kansas and Missouri, are now being investigated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The investigation is the first of its kind to be launched since the Supreme Court invalidated the national right to an abortion last year.
Numerous states have issued regulations and bans on abortion since that ruling.
Following the Supreme Court ruling, the White House warned hospitals that doctors must provide abortions if the patient’s health is at…