Appeals court ruling deals legal setback to Biden administration in gun stabilizing brace case

A federal appeals court dealt a legal setback to the Biden administration on guns Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging tighter regulations on stabilizing braces, an accessory that has been used in several mass shootings in the U.S.

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s rule from going into effect for the gun owners and groups who filed the lawsuit. The order came shortly before a deadline that would have required people to register stabilizing braces and pay a fee, or remove the braces from their weapons.

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and

Marine vet Daniel Penny’s GiveSendGo legal defense fund is the site’s second-biggest campaign

Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s crowdfunding campaign to pay his legal fees in the death of an erratic homeless man on the New York City subway is among GiveSendGo’s most successful fundraisers in its history, the company’s co-founder told Fox News Digital.

“It’s the No. 2 ever on GiveSendGo,” Chief Financial Officer Jacob Wells said. “This definitely sparked an emotional response with many people.”

He added that, at one point, the fund was raising $1,000 a minute after the Marine vet was charged with one count

George Santos appointed himself as his own campaign treasurer

WASHINGTON — Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican under indictment for campaign finance violations, appointed himself as his own campaign treasurer Friday.

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In paperwork filed with the Federal Election Commission, Santos named himself as treasurer and custodian of records, listing a Washington post office box as his official address.

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Santos follows a line of people overseeing his campaign finances since his November election: Nancy Marks, a longtime New York GOP operative who resigned as his treasurer in January; Thomas Datwyler, who denied ever accepting the job after his name appeared on FEC paperwork; and Andrew Olson, who

Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v SSE Generation Ltd [2023] UKSC 17 – UKSC Blog

SSE Generation Ltd, the respondent, claimed capital allowances on expenditure incurred when constructing a hydro-electric power station at Glendoe, Fort Augustus in Scotland. Such allowances may be deducted from income for the purpose of calculating a company’s trading profits subject to corporation tax. Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”) disputed certain allowances claimed by SSE for tax years 31 March 2006 to 31 March 2012 on the basis that in their view certain relevant assets did not give rise to allowable expenditure under the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (the “Act”).

SSE appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (the “FTT”).

Massive Kewaunee factory farm, DNR reach settlement on manure spreading, water monitoring

MADISON – A massive Kewaunee County factory farm will eliminate its application of liquid manure on fields over the next four years, as part of a legal settlement that allows it to avoid costly installing groundwater monitoring wells.

Kinnard Farms on May 11 agreed to install the manure treatment technology at it’s Casco location. The Department of Natural Resources agreed to the farm’s terms.

The agreement is the latest chapter in long-running tensions between the county’s massive farms, known as CAFOs — or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations — and residents concerned about the impact of the large operations on their

This Week in the Supreme Court – w/c 15th May 2023 – UKSCBlog

Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.

On Tuesday 16th to Thursday 18th may the Court will hear the case of Polmear and another v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, on appeal from [2022] EWCA Civ 12. The Court will consider whether an individual can make a claim for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing the death or other horrifying event of a close relative as a result of earlier clinical negligence. The hearing will begin at 10:00am in Courtroom 1.

On Wednesday 17th may the Court will hand-down judgment in Commissioners

Evictions increasing in metro Atlanta, legal aid officials say

Cobb Legal Aid says it is handling more cases than ever before, with thousands of people in the area facing criticism and the loss of their homes.

MARIETTA, Ga. — Legal aid officials in Cobb County are reporting an increase in crime cases due to rising rental prices and the end of federal funding to help with rent.

A Cobb County resident, wife and mother of four is one of those facing eviction. Kat, who did not want 11Alive to use her full name, said that the court and community have been supportive,

“It makes me feel good that they

Jalla and another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another [2023] UKSC 16 – UKSC Blog

This appeal concerns the tort of private nuisance (a civil wrong) in the context of a major oil spill. The question at issue is whether there is a continuing private nuisance and hence a continuing cause of action. This is an important question because it affects when the limitation period for the bringing of claims (which in English law for torts is normally six years) starts to run.

The claimants and appellants are two Nigerian citizens. The defendants and respondents are both companies within the Shell group of companies. The Bonga oil field is located approximately 120km off the coast