current legal issues in the news 2021

North Carolina makes changes to new abortion law days before enforcement

08/12/2025despair

RALEIGH, NC –

North Carolina Republican legislators rolled out on Thursday adjustments to the state’s new abortion restrictions that are set to take effect in days, addressing some provisions that litigation seeking to block the law’s enforcement calls are confusing and inconsistent.

GOP senators said the changes offered on the Senate floor were small, designed to affirm the intent of the measure enacted last month over Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto that in part would ban starting July 1 nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy.

“We very much see it as something that is technical and clarifying,” Sen.

Ugandan anti-LGBTQ law deepens Anglican Church rift on gay rights | ReligionNews

16/11/2025despair

The latest split in the Anglican Church comes after recent comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Uganda’s new law.

The chair of a conservative group of Anglican church leaders on Wednesday accused the church’s global head of perpetuating colonialism with his criticism of one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, introduced by Uganda last month.

The new legislation imposes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts and a 20-year prison sentence for “promoting” homosexuality.

“It seems the history of colonization and patronising behavior of some provinces in the northern hemisphere towards the South, and Africa in particular, is not

Family of murdered Alberta toddler, mother urges federal politicians to pass Noah’s Law

08/11/2025despair

A private member’s bill that proposes changes to the Criminal Code of Canada and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act has been introduced in Parliament and has the family of two Alberta murder victims calling for lawmakers to support it.

“Noah’s Law,” formally known as Bill C-336, was introduced in both the House of Commons and the Senate this week as a joint bill by Conservative MP Gerald Soroka and Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu.

The bill is named after 16-month-old Noah McConnell, who was murdered in Hinton, Alta., in September 2021. The boy’s mother, 24-year-old Mchale Busch was sexually assaulted and

Gervonta Davis legal history: What to know about boxer’s sentencing, arrest & court date

09/08/2025despair

Following the biggest win of his career against against Ryan Garcia, Gervonta Davis’ future in boxing could be in limbo pending his May 5 court date.

Davis recently appeared in court for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run incident in November 2020. Davis pleaded guilty to four traffic offenses, though the judge rejected a plea agreement that would have ensured no jail time.

Davis will be sentenced on May 5. He is facing 14 charges after being accused of fleeing the scene of an accident that involved multiple people, including a pregnant woman.

Davis could face up to seven years

Can you Purchase a Property Without Cash? Beware of the Dangers

27/07/2025despair

Cryptocurrency (such as Bitcoin) has been on the rise in the last decade. More and more people are becoming interested in moving their money from banks into this digital form of currency. The question arises in the property market as to whether you can buy or sell a house in cryptocurrency. Even if you could purchase a property what are the risks and how does the law treat cryptocurrency. We will answer these questions below.

Is there precedent to sell and buy property with cryptocurrency?

While property sales by cryptocurrency have not entered the mainstream property market, there have been

Remote Signing of Wills.

14/07/2025despair

The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has evolved the adoption of technology in our daily lives and work. In order to continue life and commerce during lockdowns the laws have changed to widen the use of electronic signing and execution of documents. While contracts, leases and other standard documents are often signed remotely questions started to be raised on whether another document could be signed remotely, a person’s last Will and Testament.

In Victoria the Wills Act 1997 (Vic) (the Act) provides how a Will needs to be executed in order for the document to be valid. Historically a Will

Do you have to give back an engagement ring after a breakup?

13/01/2025despair

Engagement rings can be an asset all until themselves. The cost of the ‘perfect ring’ can be anywhere from $1,500.00 to well over a million dollars. It all depends on the type of metal used as well as the cut and clarity of the diamond or other precious stones.

Under the circumstances, it is not uncommon for a separating couple to get fixed on the value of an engagement ring and whether to have to legally give the ring back.

In this article, our family lawyers examine legal cases where couples have disputed the ownership of the ring after breaking

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) Price Target Raised to $29.00 at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

20/12/2024despair

JFrog Ltd. logos JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG – Get Rating) had its price objective hoisted by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $28.00 to $29.00 in a report released on Monday, Benzinga reports. The firm currently has an overweight rating on the stock.

Other equity analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on JFrog from $26.00 to $24.00 and set a neutral rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 5th. Needham & Company LLC decreased their price objective on JFrog from $30.00 to $28.00 and set a buy rating for the company in a report