Kazakhstan Law News Digest for December 2022 – January 2023

Key Kazakhstan legal developments for the last two months and clarifications from the state authorities, case law news and legal publications have been discussed by our team. I. Legislative News Environment The Parliament has amended the Administrative Offences Code to strengthen administrative liability for environmental offenses. Most notably, a new corpus of administrative offence was […]

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North Carolina makes changes to new abortion law days before enforcement

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 […]

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells law students ‘Survivor’ offers helpful lessons

Jackson, the court’s first Black female justice, is coming to the end of her first term on the court. The justices are done hearing arguments for the term and are expected to issue all their remaining opinions by the end of June before going on summer break. Major decisions on affirmative action and President Joe […]

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Pakistani transgender activists to appeal the Shariah court ruling against laws aimed at protecting them

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Transgender activists in Pakistan said they plan to appeal to the highest court in the land an Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act was passed by Parliament in 2018 to secure the fundamental rights of transgender Pakistanis. It ensures […]

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‘You seem to be … misrepresenting the law’

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Classified document leak ‘awkward’ for US relationship with Ukraine 06:12 Local NAACP president calls expulsion of Tennessee lawmakers a ‘political lynching’ 04:42 How the Texas mifepristone abortion pill case could end up in Supreme Court 05:36 Full Panel: Biden says […]

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Windsor landlords protest rental licensing pilot project

It was a quiet yet passionate protest in front of the city hall Tuesday as about 100 people showed up to share their objection to the city’s Rental Licensing Bylaw. “A criminal records check. I’ve been a landlord for 30 years in this city. I’m getting a criminal record check?” property owner Diane Chauvin questioned. […]

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