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Presiden Biden Mengumumkan Satu Calon Baru untuk Melayani sebagai Pengacara AS, Satu untuk Melayani sebagai Marsekal AS

Presiden mengumumkan niatnya untuk mencalonkan satu calon baru untuk menjabat sebagai Jaksa AS dan satu calon baru untuk menjabat sebagai Marsekal AS. Ini adalah pejabat yang akan sangat diperlukan untuk menegakkan supremasi hukum sebagai pejabat penegak hukum federal. Orang-orang ini dipilih karena pengabdian mereka untuk menegakkan hukum, profesionalisme mereka, pengalaman dan kredensial mereka, dedikasi mereka untuk mengejar keadilan yang setara untuk semua, dan komitmen mereka terhadap independensi Departemen Kehakiman. Presiden telah mengusulkan anggaran yang secara signifikan akan meningkatkan pendanaan untuk penegakan hukum sebagai bagian dari pendekatan komprehensif untuk mengatasi meningkatnya tingkat kejahatan yang diwariskan pemerintahan ini. Presiden juga telah meluncurkan…
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Virginia sheriff charged over handing out deputy badges for bribes, US attorney’s office says

CNN — A Virginia sheriff is facing federal fraud and conspiracy charges as the US Justice Department claims he handed out deputy sheriff badges in exchange for money to help fund his election campaign, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday. Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Howard Jenkins, 51, and three other Virginia men have been charged with a conspiracy to exchange bribes for law enforcement badges and credentials, the US attorney’s office for the Western District of Virginia said in a statement. The indictment claims that from at least April 2019, Jenkins accepted cash bribes and bribes in the form of…
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NYC woman indicated on hate crime charges after string of anti-Asian attacks, the district attorney’s office says

CNN — A New York City woman was indicted on seven felony hate crime charges in connection with a string of anti-Asian attacks on the city’s Upper West Side, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday. Camila Rodriguez, 29, was charged in two New York State Supreme Court indictments with assault in the second degree as a hate crime, six counts of assault in the third degree as a hate crime, and six counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree, the district attorney’s office said. CNN reached out to Rodriguez’s attorney at The Legal Aid Society, a nonprofit that…
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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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Seventh Circuit Upholds Sign Code Variance Procedure

This post was authored by Julie Tappendorf and Tyler Smith of Ancel Glink and originally posted in the Municipal Minute and reposted with permission The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled against a billboard company in its First Amendment challenge to a county’s sign code. GEFT Outdoors, LLC v. Monroe County. A billboard company sought to install a digital billboard which did not comply with the county’s sign code regulations. The company applied for a variance from the County’s Board of Zoning Appeals (BZOA). After the BZOA denied the variance request, the billboard company sued the county under a…
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Trump Effort to Block Mike Pence Testimony Will ‘Fail,’ Ex-US Attorney

Former US Attorney Barbara McQuade argued that Donald Trump’s attempts to prevent his former Vice President Mike Pence from giving testimony will “fail” and will only serve to delay the special counsel’s investigation. Pence was subpoenaed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on February 9, after negotiations between his team and special counsel Jack Smith reportedly broke down. The former vice president is being compelled to testify before a grand jury about Trump’s involvement in the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The former vice president is considered a key witness in the case, as one…
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Hagens Berman, National Trial Attorneys,

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hagens Berman urges Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) investors who suffered $500k or more in losses to submit your losses now. Class Period: Aug. 5, 2022 – Nov. 3, 2022Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr. 4, 2023Visits: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/TEAM Contact An Attorney Now: [email protected] 844-916-0895 Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) Securities Fraud Class Action: The litigation focuses on Defendants’ past assurances that Atlassian was vigilantly watching all stages of the funnels in which it operates, that “[t]he good news […] is that we have yet to see any specific trend geographically or even in industry segments or…