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OceanGate Letter Convinced Company to Let Employee Go on Titan: Docs
- The company that owns the rights to the Titanic is lobbing new allegations against OceanGate.
- RMS Titanic Inc. said it let Paul-Henri Nargeolet use the sub because of now-disputed safety claims.
- Legal counsel to OceanGate rejected that characterization in comments
Hampton County preps for influx of media, visitors
Unless a South Carolina circuit court judge grants a recent motion to change venue, small, rural Hampton County is about to play host to the next internationally followed, highly publicized trial in the Alex Murdaugh legal saga, and all of
R (on the application of Officer W80) v Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and others [2023] UKSC 24. – UKSC Blog
W80, an armed police officer, shot Jermaine Baker dead in a police operation. Mr Baker was implicated in a plot to snatch two individuals from custody. The police had intelligence that the plotters would be in possession of firearms. W80’s
Swing state Republicans bleed donors and cash over Trump’s false election claims
By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne
(Reuters) – Real estate mogul Ron Weiser has been one of the biggest donors to the Michigan Republican Party, giving $4.5 million in the recent midterm election cycle. But no more.
Weiser, former chair
‘No pressure involved’ in phone call to Arizona governor over 2020 election results
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence confirmed that he called former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at Donald Trump’s request to discuss the 2020 election results, but insisted that Trump never pressured him to find evidence to back up his
ILPC Annual Lecture 2023 – Information Law & Policy Centre
The ILPC is honored to announce that Robert Spanoformer President of the European Court of Human Rights, will deliver the ILPC Annual Lecture 2023.
Mr Spano is a Partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
R (on the application of Toraane and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 23 – UKSC Blog
The public sector equality duty (“PSED”) imposed by section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 is a procedural obligation that requires public bodies to have due regard to the equality needs listed in that section when exercising their functions. This
Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v SSE Generation Ltd [2023] UKSC 17 – UKSC Blog
In this post, Jack Prytherch, Of Counsel in the Tax Disputes & Investigations team at CMS, comments on the Supreme Court’s decision in HMRC v SSE Generation Ltd [2023] UKSC 17, which was handed down on 17 May 2023. The
R (on the application of Maguire) v His Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde and another [2023] UKSC 20 – UKSC Blog
This appeal is concerned with the conduct of an request into the death of Ms Jacqueline Maguire (“Jackie”) who died in hospital on 22 February 2017, and the impact upon this of article 2 of the European Convention on Human