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Inside the movement to ban caste discrimination across the US

11/10/2025despair

Some South Asians, many miles away from their homes, say they are suffering from experiences with discrimination that date back thousands of years.

From job rejections to unsupported marriages, they claim that severe harassment from the caste system crossed over into America and has gone unchecked.

“When we talk about our personal experience, people don’t believe me,” Prem Paariyar, a Nepalese immigrant who said he was discriminated against because of his caste both back home and in the US, told ABC News Live. “Not just my experience, our experience.”

PHOTO: Prem Paariyar, an anti-caste activist, speaks with ABC News. — Prem Paariyar, an anti-caste activist, speaks with ABC News.
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The IRS is weighing the evidence on LDS Church finances

10/10/2025despair

Whistleblower David A. Nielsen is stepping up his push for federal authorities to fully investigate his billion-dollar allegations of financial wrongdoing by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm, Ensign Peak Advisors.

So far, though, there’s little public indication that major investigations are underway.

In a statement issued to The Salt Lake Tribune days after the former Ensign Peak portfolio manager appeared on “60 Minutes,” Nielsen’s attorney said the IRS and US Department of Justice “must not shrink from the responsibility of enforcing the rule of law” in exploring Allegations the church violated its tax-exempt

Senators Release Report from Government Watchdog on the Prevalence and Economic Effects of Noncompete Agreements Amid Intensifying Federal and State Efforts to Restrict Use

09/10/2025despair

On May 17, 2023, US Senator Rob Wyden (D-OR) announced the release of a long-awaited report on the US Government Accountability Office’s multi-year investigation into the use of noncompete agreements across the US labor market. In announcing the release, Senator Wyden said that the GAO report “highlights the problems of noncompete agreements – particularly their impact on limiting workers’ fundamental freedom to change jobs,” and pledged to “fight tooth and nail for fair labor laws that protect workers and promote the creation of new businesses in Oregon and nationwide.”

In March 2019, Wyden and a bipartisan group of US senators …

Law firm hosting Kicks & Cocktails for health-care providers

08/10/2025despair

May 17 event in Barrie will feature self-defence class, cocktail reception in support of the Compassionate Justice Fund

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Oatley Vigmond, an award-winning personal injury law firm in Ontario, is hosting a special event on May 17, 2023 between 6 and 9 pm called Kicks & Cocktails at Liberty North located at 100 Caplan Ave., in Barrie.

It will feature a self-defence class for local health-care providers and lawyers, followed by a cocktail reception. The goal of the event is to raise awareness and funds for the Compassionate Justice Fund, in collaboration with the Ontario Brain

‘Bullying’ campaign after US graduate speech criticizes Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

07/10/2025despair

Washington, D.C. – It is not often that Republicans and Democrats in the United States find common ground, but this week, officials from both major parties pursued a shared cause – bashing a New York law school graduate for a speech criticizing Israel.

Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres called The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law graduates “crazed”; former Republican candidate for governor Lee Zeldin described the speech as “raging anti-Semitism”; Major Eric Adams characterized it as “words of negativity and division”.

Even Republican Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, joined the pile-on of condemnations against the Yemeni-American graduate

Strategy+business: Worldwide Business Strategy Information Articles And Award-winning Analysis

06/10/2025despair

A cooperative differs from a company in that it has members, not shareholders, they usually share decision-making authority. Cooperatives are typically categorised as both shopper cooperatives or worker cooperatives. Cooperatives are fundamental to the ideology of economic democracy. In most types of partnerships, every companion has limitless liability for the money owed incurred by the business. The three most prevalent types of for-profit partnerships are common partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited legal responsibility partnerships.

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Law In Action Emory University Faculty Of Law

05/10/2025despair

In all three traditions, a canon was originally a rule adopted by a church council; these canons formed the inspiration of canon law. Academic excellence is on the heart of what makes Queen’s probably the greatest law faculties in Canada. Juris Master Put the law to work in your profession or enhance your primary degree. Choose from degree packages designed that can help you uncover your passion and assist others through the law. We are dedicated to improving access to justice via excellence in instructing, analysis, service and engagement.

Law professor and former United States Attorney General Edward H. Levi …

Government Control Over the Flow of Information: Lord Sumption Speaks Out Against the Online Safety Bill in the Latest Episode of Law Pod UK

04/10/2025despair

Author: Rosalind English

The Online Safety Bill is currently making its way through the House of Commons, having reached the report stage in July. The bill’s concept of “legal but harmful” is controversial, and has attracted criticism from high places, not least of all former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption. Lord Sumption joins Rosalind English in this episode to discuss the problems involved in defining this kind of harm and the concepts of “misinformation and disinformation” in the Bill.

Lord Sumption worries about the “sheer randomness” of the process for identifying legal but harmful material, and points out that the