Harvard Law Review Elects Apsara Iyer as 137th President | News

Apsara A. Iyer, a second-year law student at Harvard Law School, was elected the 137th president of the Harvard Law Review, becoming the first Indian American woman to hold the position.

The Law Review, founded in 1887, is among the oldest student-run legal scholarship publications. Previous editors of the organization include Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Ketanji Brown Jackson ’92, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as well as former President Barack Obama, who served as the review’s 104th leader.

In the Law School’s Jan. 30 press release, Priscila E. Coronado, Iyer’s predecessor, said the publication was “extremely lucky” to have Iyer

Court: Chaco Canyon area drilling permits violated federal law

OIL & GAS: A federal appeals court finds the federal Bureau of Land Management violated environmental law by failing to account for the cumulative impacts of approving nearly 200 drilling permits near Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. (Associated Press)

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Climate advocates urge the Biden administration to base federal methane emissions rules for oil and gas facilities on New Mexico’s regulations, which in essence are routine tire flaring and venting. (Albuquerque Journal)
Permian Basin oil production reached a record 5.6 million barrels per day in January. (Axios)
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OJK plans to issue 224 derivative regulations of P2SK Law

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) plans to issue 224 OJK regulations as derivative regulations of the Financial Sector Development and Strengthening (P2SK) Law, Deputy Chairperson of OJK’s Board of Commissioners Mirza Adityaswara stated.

“In short, based on identification results, 224 OJK regulations have to be created and 43 government regulations as derivative regulations from the P2SK Law,” he remarked during an online press conference, Monday.

Currently, the OJK is discussing the possibility of these 224 OJK regulations being consolidated into several regulations in the form of “mini omnibus.”

“This is because if we create one by one

What three luxury homes reveal about who owns UK property

Stylised graphic showing Beechwood House, Lubov Chernukhin and Alisher Usmanov

Stylised graphic showing Beechwood House, Lubov Chernukhin and Alisher Usmanov

Owners of around 50,000 UK properties held by foreign companies remain hidden from public view, despite new transparency laws.

The Register of Overseas Entities, launched in August 2022, was meant to reveal who ultimately owns UK property.

But analysis by BBC News and Transparency International found that almost half of the firms required to declare who was behind them failed to do so.

Labor MP Margaret Hodge said the legislation was not “fit for purpose”.

A UK government spokesperson said the register has been an “invaluable source of information for

IDI Threatens to Hold More Massive Protests if the Omnibus Law Health Bill is Passed

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Slamet Budiarto, Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Board (PB) of the Indonesian Doctors Association (PB IDI), said that his institution would stage a bigger protest if the DPR passed the Health Omnibus Law Draft (RUU).

Currently, the Health Bill is being discussed by the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI because it is part of the 2023 Priority National Legislation Program (Prolegnas).

“We will carry out a possibly more massive rejection action with other health professional organizations and community organizations,” Slamet said in a press conference at the DPR RI Building, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday (16/1/2023).

He

PCL Lawyers elevates 8, including 4 to partners

PCL Lawyers proudly celebrates the promotion of eight exceptional legal professionals, commending their remarkable skills and dedication across diverse practice areas.

The firm’s commitment to recognizing the expertise and supporting the continuous growth of senior lawyers is emphasized by Lauren Croft in her recent article for Lawyers Weekly.

Meet our newly promoted team:

Emma Restall – Building & Construction

Harish Nair – Building & Construction

Chris Karatselios – Commercial

Douglas McMillan – Family Law

Ian Isaacs – Family Law

Phil Drew – Wills & Estates

Tayla Williamson – Building & Construction

Joanna Shaft – Litigation & Disputes

Managing Partner, Glenn

Convicted Surrey Six cop wins another chance to get legal fees paid

Former Mountie Derek Brassington, convicted of breach of trust, may get his legal fees paid after all

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A former lead investigator in the Surrey Six murder case, who was convicted of breach of trust after having an affair with a potential witness, may get his legal fees paid

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

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