UPDATE 1-ECB’s Enria wants euro zone banks out of Russia faster

(Updates with context in paragraph 2, background in paragraphs 4 to 6, JPMorgan report in paragraph 6)

June 27 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank wants lenders to speed up their exit from Russia given the increased reputational, legal and financial risk of doing business there, supervisory chief Andrea Enria said on Tuesday.

Although Europe’s top supervisor has for months said he hoped European financial bodies would cut ties with their Russian assets, the matter has taken on new significance after Saturday’s 24-hour mutiny by the Wagner militia underscored the country’s political fragility.

In a letter to members of the

Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (2) Polmear and Anor v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and (3) Purchase v Ahmed – UKSCBlog

In this post, Isabel Emerson, Senior Associate, and Anna Walsh, Partner, in the Clinical Risk and Medical Advisory and Professional Discipline and Regulatory team at CMS preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (2 ) Polmear and Anor v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and (3) Purchase v Ahmed

These three conjoined appeals were heard by the Supreme Court on 16 – 18 May 2023.

These are three deeply tragic cases, each relating to a claim by a close relative (a secondary victim) for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing, or

India denies Dorsey’s claims it threatened to shut down Twitter

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Former Twitter CEO Dorsey accuses India of threatening company

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India lashes out, latest example of tussle with Big Tech

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Big tech companies have struggled to do business in India

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Modi’s government says it always acts in the interest of user safety

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By Kanishka Singh, Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Aditya Kalra

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI, June 13 (Reuters) – India is threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts critical of the handling of farmer protests, co-founder Jack Dorsey said, an accusation by Prime Minister

Comprehensive mental evaluation of possible suspects in the deadly South Bay crime spree: Legal analyst

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Three people were killed and another three were injured in a string of crimes across the South Bay on Thursday afternoon.

The crime spree spanned five scenes across San Jose and Milpitas. A man is in custody, accused of several stabbings, car-jackings, and having intentionally hit and killed two pedestrians.

SJPD gave an update on Friday in a joint press conference with San Jose Major Matt Mahan and the Milpitas Police Department.

VIDEO: Police give investigation update on Thursday’s deadly South Bay killing spree

The suspect, 31-year-old Kevin Parkourana, faces multiple counts of homicide and

Legal-Bay Pre-Settlement Funding Announces Updates to Ongoing JUUL Lawsuits

Leading settlement funding firm reports that the e-cig manufacturer is under fire from family groups, facing multiple lawsuits with more to come

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Legal-Bay LLC, the premier Pre Settlement Funding Company, reports that JUUL Labs, Inc. has agreed to pay $40MM to the state of Californian due to allegations of deceptive marketing for their electronic cigarette product. Many of these lawsuits allege that JUUL’s marketing tactics were specifically designed to appeal to young people via social media campaigns and influencer partnerships, involving flashy advertising and sweet flavors to present a product that would

Biden, the GOP reached a debt-ceiling deal, now Congress must approve it to prevent calamitous default

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling, but now Congress must rush to approve the spending cuts package in a matter of days to avert a potentially disastrous US default .

The agreement risks angering both Democratic and Republican sides as lawmakers Sunday begin to unpack the concessions made to compromise. Negotiators agreed to some Republican demands for increased work requirements for recipients of food stamps that had sparked an uproar from

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”).

Legal slam dunk for Charles Oakley in a long-running battle with Madison Square Garden

NEW YORK — New York Knicks fan favorite Charley Oakley scored a legal slam dunk in his long-running feud with Madison Square Garden and owner James Dolan.

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A Manhattan federal appeals court reinstated Oakley’s lawsuit against the World’s Most Famous Arena over his 2017 ejection from the Garden while attending a game as a fan — and opened the door for the one-time power forward to add Dolan as a defendant.

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“We cannot conclude as a matter of law that no reasonable jury could conclude that the defendants gave Oakley a reasonable opportunity to depart, and that they