Man faces 1st-degree murder charge in shooting of Montreal Mafia figure’s daughter-in-law

With the help of the Ontario Provincial Police, Montreal police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of Montreal Mafia member Moreno Gallo’s daughter-in-law last month. Claudia Iacono, 39, was shot five times at 4:30 pm on May 16 in the parking lot of her beauty salon, Salon Deauville, in the […]

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Pakistan court grants bail to former PM Imran Khan’s wife in graft case – lawyer

LAHORE, Pakistan, May 15 (Reuters) – A Pakistani court in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday granted bail until May 23 to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife in a graft case, a lawyer in their legal team said. Khan was arrested by the country’s anti-graft agency last week in the same case, prompting […]

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Bill 96: Over 20 municipalities challenging Quebec French-language law in court

Almost two dozen municipalities with bilingual status in Quebec are taking the provincial government to court to challenge parts of the French-language law – Bill 96. The coalition of 23 municipalities led by Cote-Saint-Luc is challenging in five areas: contracts and communication, the obligation to adopt resolutions to maintain bilingual status, allegations of illegal searches […]

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Fox Corp. board under investigation by Oregon’s attorney general for violating its fiduciary duties

New York CNN — Oregon’s attorney general announced Monday she is investigating Fox Corp.’s board of directors for “breach of fiduciary duty” after Fox News repeatedly broadcast election lies in the wake of the 2020 election. That resulted in a historic $787 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. “Treasurer Read and I believe that […]

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Bilingual cities and towns in Quebec join forces to mount legal challenge to Bill 96

Twenty-three municipalities in Quebec have joined together to ask the courts to suspend parts of Quebec’s new language law, which they describe as abusive, while they contest it. All of the cities and towns taking part in the challenge, including Côte Saint-Luc, Beaconsfield, Dorval, Kirkland, Montreal West and Westmount have bilingual status. The Act respecting […]

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Attorney for billionaire at center of Clarence Thomas controversy offers to meet with Judiciary staff

An attorney for GOP megadonor Harlan Crow offered to meet with Senate Judiciary Committee staff as Democrats push to investigate undisclosed, luxury trips that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted from the real estate developer. Crow’s attorney, Michael Bopp, has rebuffed the committee’s demands for information, but in a Monday letter, Bopp offered to meet […]

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Client Legal Update: Whistleblower Protection Act

Summary much back and forth, the German Whistleblower Protection Act (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz; HinSchG) was passed by the German parliament on 12 May 2023 and will come into force one month after its announcement (most likely mid-June 2023). The HinSchG is intended to create standardization and comprehensive protection for whistleblowers in the implementation of the European Whistleblowing […]

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