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Mozambique’s former finance minister, has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the infamous $2 billion “tuna bond” scandal. Manuel Chang’s sentence, handed down by a Brooklyn federal court, is evidence of the global reach of U.S. financial regulations and the consequences for foreign officials who exploit the international financial system.…
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The American Bar Association (ABA) has called on U.S. senators to vote against the Laken Riley Act (S. 5), a bill that mandates the indefinite detention of noncitizens arrested for certain low-level offenses, without an option for bond. In a letter dated January 16, ABA President Bill Bay expressed concerns that the bill would undermine…
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Cook County Circuit Judge Thomas E. Nowinski, who was elected to the bench in 2022, has requested a transfer out of the Domestic Violence Division following his controversial decisions in two cases that resulted in the tragic deaths of a child and a woman. Nowinski, who has been in the spotlight for his handling of…
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In a landmark decision on Friday, January 17, 2025, U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 2,500 non-violent drug offenders, the largest number of pardons and commutations ever issued by a U.S. president. The move, which addresses disproportionate sentencing, is seen as a critical step toward criminal justice reform. The commutations were granted in…
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Brittany Watts, a woman from Ohio, has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Warren, local law enforcement officers, St. Joseph Warren Hospital, and its owners after she was criminally charged with abuse of a corpse following a miscarriage. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division…
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The legal feud between actress Blake Lively and her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni has escalated, bringing crisis public relations and alleged misconduct into sharp focus. The controversy, outlined in a series of lawsuits filed over the past weeks, centers on allegations of retaliation, defamation, and misconduct during and after the…
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University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax filed a lawsuit against the institution on Thursday, accusing it of racial discrimination. The lawsuit, submitted in federal court in Philadelphia, claims that Penn disciplines white faculty more harshly under its free speech policy while overlooking similar conduct by minority faculty members. Claims of Unequal Treatment and Tenure…
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal from religious parents seeking to exempt their children from classes featuring LGBT storybooks in a Maryland public school district. This case marks another significant intersection between religious freedoms and LGBT rights brought before the justices. Parents Challenge School’s Policy Parents from Montgomery County Public…
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Massive Wildfires Destroy Homes and Displace Thousands At least 36 judges and employees from federal and state courts have lost their homes to the wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles, according to court officials. These homes are among the more than 12,000 structures destroyed or damaged during the nine-day disaster, which has forced…
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The Supreme Court on Friday, January 17, 2025, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s parent company, China-based ByteDance, to divest ownership of the platform, potentially leading to a nationwide ban. According to NBC, the ruling, issued in an unsigned opinion with no dissents, allows the law to take effect on Sunday, sparking widespread uncertainty about the…
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