California governor Gavin Newsom made a bold attempt today to eliminate sales of new gas-guzzling cars and trucks, marking a critical step in the state’s quest to become carbon neutral by 2045. But the effort to clean up the state’s largest source of climate emissions is almost certain to face serious legal challenges, particularly if…...
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Attorney General William Barr appears before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2020.Matt McClain | ReutersThe Department of Justice proposed legislation Wednesday to reform a key legal liability shield for the tech industry known as Section 230.The draft legislation focuses on two areas of reform. First, it aims to…...
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Dangerous, illegal and irresponsible – that’s how UK fishing organisations have described the actions of Greenpeace in the North Sea after campaigners dumped giant boulders in the Dogger Bank. The largest shallow sandbank in British waters in a conservation zone off the east coast of England. The area provides a habitat for a wide range…...
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Source: pexels.com Whether you’re a professional considering a career shift or an organization looking to hire a lawyer, it’s advisable to partner with a legal recruitment firm to get the job done. A legal recruitment firm is something of a middleman. They match organizations that are interested in hiring lawyers with candidates looking for work.…...
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Russia is so confident in its Covid-19 vaccine that it will shoulder some of the legal liability should anything go wrong, rather than requiring buyers to take on the full risk, the head of the state fund bankrolling the project told Reuters.The decision leaves the vaccine's state-backed developers open to potentially costly compensation claims should…...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arraigned a former director of Physical Planning, Pius Ezeokafor, in the department of architecture, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, in Anambra State, for alleged fraud and false pretence and gratification to the tune of N27 million. In a statement signed by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwajuren on Tuesday, the…...
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Scam text messages claiming to be from crucial government services will be blocked on Telstra's network under a new pilot program.The telecommunications giant will work with the federal government's Australian Cyber Security Centre and Services Australia to stamp out dodgy texts.Messages purporting to be from Centrelink or MyGov with malicious links or requests for personal…...
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Kentucky officials said on Tuesday that two election scams are actively targeting voters with fewer than 50 days to go until the 2020 presidential election, but one nonprofit accused of perpetrating a scam has denied the officials' allegations.Kentucky's Secretary of State Michael Adams and Attorney General Daniel Cameron warned voters of the scams in a…...
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Author of the article:Publishing date:Sep 15, 2020 • • 1 minute readA Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Quebec provincial police have made several arrests linked to an alleged romance scam that targeted elderly people online. Photo by Paul Chiasson /THE CANADIAN PRESSArticle contentMONTREAL — Quebec provincial…...
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