Part of the 24-page appeal filed on Monday by lawyers Cristobal Martell against Dani Alves‘ pre-trial detention without bail has been revealed.
The former Barcelona and Seville player was arrested on January 20 and has since been in custody without bail, accused of an alleged sexual assault committed at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona on December 30.
in his appeal, Alves questions the victim’s account of the Sutton images and claims that the complainant deliberately entered the bathroom after him without the player letting him pass or opening the door.
El Periodico publishes excerpts from the appeal, which the Barcelona…
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Professor Owens led a workshop to help local New Bedford entrepreneurs with the legal challenges of starting a business.
UMass Law Visiting Professor Lisa Owens led a workshop focused on legal challenges for startups and entrepreneurs who are part of the New Bedford Economic Developmental Council (NBEDC)’s NB100. NBEDC’s mission is to focus on local business growth and competitive advantage, offering entrepreneur support and grants and loan programs to provide assistance to new businesses in the South Coast region.
This was the first in a series of workshops led by Professor Owens for the NBEDC.…
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Court of Appeal decision on limitation periods relating to service contracts
Nigeria renews its bid to overturn an $11bn arbitration award at London’s High Court
UK government and the NSEC signed a memorandum of understanding on offshore renewable energy
Courts clarify the extent of powers in respect of documents on personal devices
High Court ruling on unintentional waiver of privilege
ECJ affirms the right…
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—News organizations are still struggling over how to cover Donald Trump.Years after he crashed onto the political scene and ascended to the Oval Office, in large part by exploiting the press’ insatiable appetite for spectacle, the nation’s top news organizations continue to give oxygen to the disgraced president’s trivial stunts.A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here.The latest example comes by way of Bob Woodward. Trump this week filed a $50 million lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize-winning…
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If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love my daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you’ll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news.Topline:Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi, 83, allegedly embezzled more than $15 million from his clients between 2010 and 2020. Girardi was a high-profile figure whose cases include the one that inspired the film Erin Brockovichand is the estranged spouse of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality TV star Erika Jayne, who filed for divorce in 2020.Why it matters: Girardi owned downtown LA law firm Girardi Keese.…
Womble Bond Dickinson and UK firm BDB Pitmans had entered early merger discussions last year(Reuters) – Global law firm Womble Bond Dickinson and smaller UK firm BDB Pitmans have abandoned merger talks after “extensive discussions,” the firms said in a joint statement Wednesday.
“Both firms have decided that the best path forward is to remain independent of each other,” the statement said. The law firms said in October that they were in early talks to merge.
The firms said through a spokesperson they would not provide additional comments.
It is not uncommon for firms to start discussions that do…
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Member of Commission IX DPR from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction Netty Prasetiyani Aher criticized the drafting of the Health Bill (RUU) which took place in the Legislative Body (Baleg) of the DPR.
Because, he considered, the preparation was said to be carried out by the method omnibus law such as the Job Creation Law (Ciptaker), which received a lot of public criticism.“Related to the bill on the health omnibus law, if I’m not mistaken we ask back and forth in meetings, the answer is always unclear, sir, where is the draft? Or what is…
In Brief An AI language model is apparently going to be used during an upcoming legal hearing to defend someone in a real case. The goal is to demonstrate that AI can replace lawyers, according to the CEO of the consumer rights-focused startup DoNotPay.
Large language models like ChatGPT generate text, and learn to model the relationships between words after having been trained on webpages scraped from the internet. Unfortunately, their outputs often have to be steered away from producing information that is biased and discriminatory, as reflected from their training data. They are also prone to generating false “facts”…