Who Pays for it?(Part-I) – The RMLNLU Law Review Blog

By: Prakhar Bajpai


INTRODUCTION

The fundamental feature of modern jurisprudence is that for a democracy to be successful, voters must be prepared to make their decisions wisely. A democratic system that does not honor the normative values ​​represented by modern jurisprudence runs the risk of eroding its own public legitimacy and trust. A political conception of the democratic system would not limit itself merely to free and fair elections but would also consider that the purity of elections be maintained. One such process that amalgamates this political structure is the “freebies” that impinge on the functioning of the rule of

Attorney General Merrick Garland Names Special Counsel in Biden Classified Documents Case

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US Attorney General Merrick Garland names an independent special counsel to probe President Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents at the US Justice Department in Washington, DC on January 12, 2023. Credit – Olivier Douliery—AFP /Getty Images

Attorney General Merrick Garland determined that Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents merits further investigation, and on Thursday named a former Trump-era prosecutor as special counsel to probe the matter.

Robert Hur, who Donald Trump named as US Attorney for the District of Maryland from 2018 to 2021, will head up the investigation into how documents with classification markings ended

Bannon’s lawyers ask to quit wall case, citing ‘differences’

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NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon’s lawyers wanted out of his border-wall fraud case, telling a judge Thursday that he was unwilling to speak with them directly and that they had “irreconcilable” differences about how to proceed.

Bannon, a conservative rabble-rouser and longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, has until a Feb. 28 hearing to find new counsel, Judge Juan Manuel Merchan said. His current lawyers, David Schoen and John Mitchell, must stay on the case until then, the judge said.

“We just have a

FTC Enforcement Actions Stake Out Aggressive New Position on Post-Employment Non-Compete Agreements

“Practices that three unelected bureaucrats find distasteful will be labeled with nefarious adjectives and summarily condemned, with little to no evidence of harm to competition. I fear the consequences for our economy, and for the FTC as an institution”

– FTC Commissioner Christine S. Wilson

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) started 2023 with a bang. In addition to issuing a proposed Rule that would ban post-employment non-competes nationwide, the FTC announced that it had settled two previously undisclosed enforcement actions and entered into proposed consent orders with three employers based on a novel legal theory. According to the Complaints filed …

Murder suspect in MTA bus driver shooting arrested in Atlanta

Law enforcement officers in Georgia arrested a man Thursday who Baltimore Police said shot and killed his co-worker outside of a Maryland Transit Administration facility where they both worked.

According to a news release, Leon Douglas Hill was arrested in Atlanta after nearly three months since the Oct. 18, 2022, shooting of Elaine Jackson, 40. Officers responding to the 1500 block of Washington Boulevard found Jackson in the parking lot of the MTA’s Bush Division facility. Jackson was transported to a hospital where he later died.

Detectives believe the shooting resulted from domestic violence.

Hill is now awaiting extradition to

OH Appeals Court Holds Enforcement Officer was Entitled to Statutory Immunity

This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.

Property owner Powlette filed a malicious prosecution suit against the township’s zoning code enforcement officer, Carlson, alleging that the officer engaged in intentional and malicious conduct by swearing to a second criminal complaint against the owner for operating a bed and breakfast without a conditional-use certificate after the original complaint against the owner was conditionally dismissed. The Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, granted the officer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, and Powlette appealed.

After reviewing the pleadings, and construing all material accusations and all reasonable inferences therefrom in favor of

Small Business – Picayune Items

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Twist Bioscience Corporation (“Twist” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: TWST). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at [email protected] or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.

Fighting for victims of securities fraud for more than 85 years (PRNewsfoto/Pomerantz LLP)

The investigation concerns whether Twist and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.

[Click here for information about joining the class action]

On November 15, 2022, Scorpion Capital published a short report on Twist (the “Scorpion Report”). The Scorpion Report described Twist as “[t]he latest miniaturized ‘lab-on-a-chip’ scam,

Privacy laws in Australia: Why aren’t victims of domestic violence being protected by police? (and why it matters)

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Privacy laws in Australia: Why are victims of domestic violence not being protected by the police?

A current news story revealed the alarming fact that victims of domestic violence are having their details made public. How on earth can this be occurring? Why aren’t privacy laws in Australia better protecting victims of heinous acts?!

The Queensland police department has been publicly criticized for jeopardizing the safety of women in abusive relationships. A recent domestic violence victim was “forced into hiding after her details were accessed by a senior constable and leaked to her abusive former partner”. To say this is