Legal sizes for lobsters trapped off New England could change to protect the population

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The commission said it’s considering the changes because of a worrisome lack of baby lobsters growing off New England.

Max Oliver moves a lobster to the banding table aboard his boat while fishing off Spruce Head, Maine, on Aug. 31, 2021. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The rules about the minimum and maximum sizes of lobsters that can be trapped off New England could soon become stricter, potentially bringing big changes to one of the most valuable seafood industries in the country.

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Bipartisan Bill Introduced by Senate relating to Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020

On August 2, 2022, Senators Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) introduced the Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act, legislation that would expand the categories of persons that could be sanctioned under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (UHRPA). Rep. Jim Banks (R-Indiana) filed a companion in the House of Representatives.

Currently, UHRPA imposes sanctions on certain entities and individuals named by the President as allegedly having committed certain human rights violations in Xinjiang. The bill would expand the scope of this reporting requirement to include “every foreign person who knowingly provides significant goods, services, or

Upcoming Webinar: Predicting and Managing the Risks of Doing Business in China

Please join us on Wednesday, July 12 at 12PM EDT for a webinar on Predicting and Managing the Risks of Doing Business in China.

As tensions between the US and China continue to build, what does this mean for US companies operating in China? Partners George Grammas and Ed Newberry will discuss the current political landscape, as well as provide insight on where things are headed and what you can do to mitigate risks and protect your relationships going forward. The discussion will help senior leaders and decision makers evaluate their current activities in China and determine whether they should

Google to block news in Canada over law on paying publishers

OTTAWA, June 29 (Reuters) – Google said on Thursday it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news publishers.

Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google will remove links to Canadian news from search results and other products in Canada when the law takes effect in

Call for Canada to braid Indigenous rights with endangered species law

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.

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Ekinops’ SixSq announces updates to the Nuvla platform and marketplace legal framework for improved business enablement

Ekinops’ SixSq announces updates to the Nuvla platform and marketplace legal framework for improved business enablement

Ekinops’ SixSq announces updates to the Nuvla platform and marketplace legal framework for improved business enablement

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PARIS, May 23, 2023

PARIS, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — EKINOPS (Euronext Paris – FR0011466069 – EKI)a leading network access and virtualization specialist, today announced important updates to the legal framework for the Nuvla platform and marketplace, provided by its subsidiary SixSq SA.

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Nuvla is a proven B2B SaaS digital platform and marketplace for industrialization and automation of containerized edge applications and device management. Nuvla

Calls grow for Quebec laws to fight sexual violence in high schools after new allegations

More than a dozen parents and students alleging sexual violence at some Quebec high schools came together Friday to call for a law to prevent and fight the issue in secondary schools.

At a news conference Friday in Montreal, several young women and parents — some holding signs reading “No means no” and “#sexualassault awareness” — took turns speaking about their experiences, denouncing the way their school administration and boards handled allegations of sexual assault.

They, along with several politicians present, implored Education Minister Bernard Drainville to do more to clamp down on the problem.

“It’s been a while that

NCAA rules legalized gambling with tough penalties

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More than 40 athletes from Iowa and Iowa State could face discipline from both law enforcement and the NCAA for impermissible online betting.

The NCAA consequences could be far worse than the legal ones.

While the penalty for betting on sporting events in the state of Iowa for individuals under the age of 21 is a fine of US$645, a college athlete could be sidelined for most of a season because of NCAA rules.

Five years since a Supreme Court decision paved the way for states to legalize betting on sporting events, more than half have