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News outlets raced to publish Trump’s lawsuit against Woodward. Experts say the suit ‘has no legal merit whatsoever’

  • September 7, 2024
New York CNN — 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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Circulating Issues, Suddenly Discussed at Baleg

  • September 4, 2024
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…
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The MetaBirkins Battle | IP LawWatch

  • August 17, 2024
In 2021, artist Mason Rothschild launched metabirkins.com and announced that he would be selling non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) called MetaBirkins. The MetaBirkins offering consisted of 100 NFTs depicted as fury purses that resembled the well-known Birkin bag. Hermѐs, owner of the BIRKIN trademark as well as the BIRKIN trade dress, took issue with Rothschild’s MetaBirkins NFTs and sent a cease and desist letter. Despite Hermѐ’s demands, Rothschild refused to discontinue the sale of the MetaBirkins NFTs. Photos from Complaint filed by Hermѐs International in Hermès International, et al. v. Mason Rothschild (1:22-cv-00384) On January 14, 2021, Hermѐs filed suit against the…
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Cancer kills firefighters but coverage varies by province. A new law seeks to change that

  • July 17, 2023
Fire knows no borders in Canada — but firefighters’ workplace compensation for some types of cancer does. A new federal law could change that. How provinces compensate firefighters for workplace-related cancers — the most deadly occupational risk they face — varies widely. Provincial workplace safety boards link different cancers to firefighting, making it harder for some firefighters to access compensation. “To have this inequality of coverage for firefighters when they get diagnosed with those illnesses is a real disservice to those who serve the community,” said Neil McMillan, director of science and research at the Occupational Health, Safety and Medicine…
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Casey’s Law training in Georgetown

  • July 7, 2023
GEORGETOWN, Ky (WTVQ) — The Georgetown Police Department hosted training for Casey’s Law on Thursday at the Scott County Public Library. The event begins at 5:30 pm and lasts until… Casey’s Law is a legal proceeding which results in a court order for involuntary treatment for addiction. The law was started by Casey’s mother, Charlotte Wethington, after losing her son to an overdose on August 19, 2002. He was 23 years old. GPD shared information about the disease of addiction, how to go through the process of filing the petition and ended with a Narcan distribution. Corey Councill, the Recovery…
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US recommends Americans considering traveling to China due to arbitrary law enforcement, exit bans

  • July 6, 2023
BEIJING — The US recommended Americans consider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions. No specific cases were cited, but the advisory came after a 78-year-old US citizen was sentenced to life in prison on spying charges in May. It also followed the passage last week of a sweeping Foreign Relations Law that threatened countermeasures against those seen as harming China’s interests. China has also recently passed a broadly written counterespionage law that has sent a chill through the foreign business community, with offices being raided, as well as a…
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Kenneth Law case now spans 11 Ontario police forces

  • June 20, 2023
Editor’s note: If you or anyone you know is struggling with mental health there are a number of ways to get help, including by calling Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. A list of local crisis centers is also available here. Peel police are asking members of the public to be on “alert” for items containing sodium nitrite, including hoods and masks, as the investigation into the online sale of the lethal substance continues. In a video posted to YouTube on Friday, Peel police provided an update on their investigation into Kenneth Law, the Mississauga man accused of selling sodium…
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Bill 96: Quebec public servants to rely on ‘good faith’ of people seeking service in any language but French

  • May 21, 2023
With Quebec’s new law to protect the French language poised to come into effect June 1, the government has sent provincial agencies a list of criteria clients must meet in order to be served in a language other than French. CBC News has obtained the instructions the ministry responsible for the French language has given to those agencies and institutions on how to apply the law, known as Bill 96. The law’s wide scope limits the use of English in the courts and by civil servants, and imposes stricter language requirements on small businesses, municipalities and CEGEPs. Provincial civil servants…