15 EU countries, including Germany and France, joined the legal case against Hungary’s anti-LGBT law

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A total of 15 European Union countries have joined a legal case against Hungary’s Child Protection Law, widely criticized as being anti-LGBT.

Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Malta, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, France, Germany and Greece, together with the European Parliament, will act as third parties in the lawsuit filed last year by the European Commission.

The deadline to join the case ended on April 6.

“We stand firm in our commitment to an inclusive society and equality for all,” said the Belgian Foreign Affairs Ministry, which had led the charge against the controversial bill.

The Hungarian law,

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What is Communication & modes of Communication under the Indian Contract Act?

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According to Section 2(h) of the Indian Contract Act 1872, An agreement enforceable by law is a contract. Before a contract comes into existence the promisor has to signify his willingness and a promise has to signify his assent. It, therefore, becomes necessary to explain what is meant by such signification and what should be the mode of the same.

To bring into notice the willingness or assent of the parties to enter into a contract one needs to communicate. This mode of communication can be postal or instantaneous. Section 3 of the Indian Contract Act states that communication can

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US Justice Clarence Thomas responds to unreported luxury travel | Courts News

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United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has responded to a report detailing his failure to disclose luxury trips provided by a Republican megadonor — a possible violation of the law.

In a statement to US media on Friday, Thomas said he had “always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines”.

His response came a day after a report from the nonprofit news publication ProPublica, which detailed regular trips taken by the staunchly conservative justice on the private jet and 162-foot (50-metre) yacht of real estate scion Harlan Crow.

The report said that Thomas’s failure to report two decades of

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The group of law students in Montreal is committed to animal welfare

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University de Montreal (UdeM) law students campaigning for animal welfare have collected more than 4,000 signatures on a petition in less than three months and caused a major retail chain to change course.

Founded in 2012, the UdeM’s Fonds étudiant pour la défense juridique des animaux (FEJDA) is campaigning to protect animals and to have their rights recognized in society through conferences and activities. Composed of volunteers who are law students at the Université de Montréal, FEDJA is financed by the Animal Justice organization.

Initially, FEDJA was a body designed to raise awareness in the university community, but it expanded

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Important update for customers of Porter Davis (in liquidation)

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Following from the Grant Thornton’s, liquidator of Porter Davis, Customer Meeting this morning, there are still many questions left unanswered and we can appreciate that there may be some uncertainty that exists regarding what your rights and obligations are and what you should do next.

Our Building team at PCL Lawyers will use tomorrow’s Webinar to address those outstanding questions and set the record straight with regard to some concerning answers. In addition to answering the commonly asked questions regarding including insurance, deposits and contract termination in more detail.

Our Webinar will be informative with practical and commercially sound legal

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23-year-old father from Gjoa Haven called to the Nunavut bar

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On the really tough days, when James Takkiruq felt like quitting law school, he’d look over at his five-year-old son and remember why he had to keep going.

“He was a big support,” said Takkiruq, recalling the four years he spent going through the Nunavut Law Program in Iqaluit. “I wouldn’t have been able to make it here without [that] supports.”

He was the youngest member of the 25-person cohort to go through that program — 17 years old when he started. He graduated, along with 21 of his fellow students, last October in Iqaluit.

Now 23, Takkiruq was called

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South Florida child sex abuse attorney caught with 2,000+ child sex abuse images, videos

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Federal prosecutors accused a 53-year-old South Florida attorney who represented victims of child sexual abuse of possessing child sexual abuse material himself.

According to prosecutors, who announced the arrest Wednesday, Michael T. Dolce is expected to appear in a West Palm Beach federal court Thursday where he is facing multiple child pornography charges.

According to his arrest affidavit, on March 15, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Dolce’s West Palm Beach apartment.

Detectives said they discovered Dolce was actively downloading child sexual abuse material using peer-to-peer software.

Investigators said nearly 2,000 images and videos

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