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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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Anti-vaccine doctor’s fans flood court, claiming to be ‘common-law grand jury’ in his $66.6M lawsuit

  • July 12, 2023
Room 31 at the Vancouver law courts is normally a quiet, somewhat boring place, where lawyers present brief arguments on procedural questions and spectators rarely present. But Friday morning was different. As a clerk attempted to organize a long list of matters on the docket, about two dozen supporters of anti-vaccine activist Daniel Nagase flooded into the courtroom and declared himself a “common-law grand jury under the Magna Carta.” Members of the crowd, some wearing shirts reading “Purebloods Stand Together,” took turns reading out a statement charging a government lawyer with obstruction of justice for attempting to have Nagase’s $66.6-million…
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Foreign Consultancies in China Wary of Expanded Counterespionage Law

  • May 30, 2023
taipei, taiwan — International business consultancies operating in China that provide economic data to potential investors appear to be headed into a period of greater scrutiny as of July 1, when a revised espionage law expanded the list of activities Beijing considers spying. The consultancies assist companies and individuals seeking profit from the world’s second-largest economy by doing deep background reports before money flows into China. And while China’s economic policymakers advocated in March for more foreign investment to restore an economy stalled by Beijing’s draconian COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, that position runs counter to President Xi Jinping’s national security concerns.…
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Call for Canada to braid Indigenous rights with endangered species law

  • May 28, 2023
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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TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app

  • May 26, 2023
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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Disabilities lawsuit scores win over Ford government’s shield law

  • May 17, 2023
The Court of Appeal made it clear a Ford government law can’t block the claims of vulnerable people who’ve been ‘harmed by the government’s stupidity’: lawyer EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trilliuma new Village Media website devoted to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park. A law passed by the Ford government to immunize the province from lawsuits has suffered a blow from the Court of Appeal. And the group of Ontarians at the heart of the court victory couldn’t be more deserving, says a lawyer was involved in the case. Kirk Baert, a partner at Koskie Minsky,…
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The NL Federation of Labor calls on government to overhaul new pay equity legislation

  • April 19, 2023
It’s only been in effect since October, yet Jessica McCormick believes Newfoundland and Labrador’s pay equity legislation needs to be revamped. The leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador Labor Federation says the bill the government passed was better than nothing but fell way short of a comprehensive set of laws to improve the lives of women in the workforce. The NLFL partnered with the Equal Pay Coalition in Ontario to produce an overview and critique of the legislation, which it published earlier this week, as the government is in the middle of consultations on the regulations that go with the…
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Does No Win No Fee Mean No Payment Is Required?

  • April 15, 2023
Table of Contents ‘No win no fee’ explained: What does it actually mean? You might have heard about ‘no win, no fee’ agreements that certain law firms offer existing and prospective clients. This type of arrangement is also known as a conditional agreement and government sources often refer to it as a conditional cost agreement. Many people find this type of offer an attractive prospect, due to the fact that upfront legal fees can be waived. However, it can prove confusing, so we thought we would explore this legal term more fully, to keep you best informed about the particulars.…