A Toronto woman has been found guilty of first-degree murder after fatally striking a Toronto lawyer with a U-Haul in 2020. Anh Thu Chiem was found guilty by a jury at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice before Justice Peter Bawden on Tuesday. The 64-year-old was automatically sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for 25 years, the mandatory sentence for a first-degree murder, in the death of Scott Andrew Rosen in December 2020. Rosen, a commercial litigator who was representing Chiem’s ​​ex-son-in-law, was 52 when he was fatally struck in an underground parking garage near Eglinton Avenue East near Mount Pleasant Road.…

Prince Harry’s lawyers are seeking to tie Piers Morgan to phone hacking after years of hostile commentary by the former newspaper editor about the duke and his wife, Meghan Markle. The Duke of Sussex has pronounced it his life’s work to transform British media through high-profile lawsuits, including three that are based on historical allegations of criminality by sections of the tabloid press. In one of those cases Harry has in his sights one of his most vocal and vociferous critics, a man who chose a dispute over Meghan’s account to Oprah Winfrey of experiencing suicidal thoughts as the hill he would die on.…

SYDNEY, May 1 (Reuters) – Fiji’s former attorney general, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, who is also general secretary of the Pacific island nation’s main opposition party Fiji First, was taken into custody on Monday after being charged with abuse of office, police said . The charge relates to a complaint lodged by an election official in February, the Fiji police said in a statement. “Mr Sayed-Khaiyum remains in custody and will be produced in the Suva Magistrates Court tomorrow,” the statement said. The criminal charge was approved by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, it added. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment outside of office hours.…

The Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA) is raising concerns over access to justice as the number of practicing law professionals in rural and remote areas of the province of dwindles. FOLA, which represents 46 district and county associations in Ontario, put forward a motion last week that calls on the Law Society of Ontario to develop a strategy for attracting and retaining law professionals in underserved communities. “We hear from communities all across Ontario about the lack of lawyers who are moving to fill gaps in service in smaller communities, and these are predominantly northern communities and rural communities,” said Douglas Judson, FOLA’s chair.…

Preston Hemphill, the white officer seen on body camera footage during Tire Nichols’ traffic stop, will not be charged in Nichols’ death, according to Hemphill’s attorney. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy also announced Tuesday that he would not bring any criminal charges against Hemphill in connection with the case. Nichols, 29, died three days after he was beaten by officers during a January traffic stop in Memphis. Hemphill, who was not present at the beating, was fired from the Memphis Police Department in February for violating “multiple department policies” during the incident, the department said.Memphis police officer Preston Hemphill.…

By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – The $787.5 million settlement that ended Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp also marks the end of a lucrative, two-year legal battle for the sprawling teams of highly-paid lawyers on both sides. At least 31 lawyers from nine different law firms worked on the case, court filings show. Dominion said Fox News broadcast false claims that the company’s voting machines were involved in a conspiracy to rig the 2020 US presidential election, and won one of the biggest settlements paid in a defamation lawsuit. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis complimented the legal teams in court after Tuesday’s settlement, saying he had not seen “as good of lawyering” in 13 years on the bench.…

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Attorneys for the family of Edward Bronstein, who died in police custody in 2020, announced they reached a $24 million settlement with the state of California during a press conference Wednesday. “Today is huge because the amount of the settlement matters,” said Annee Della Donna, an attorney for Bronstein’s family. “It is a huge message to every officer out there: Take your knees off our necks.” Family attorney Eric Dubin said this is the biggest civil rights settlement in California’s history. Nationwide, it is the second largest settlement behind the $27 million George Floyd’s family was approved for. There was no admission of wrongdoing by California as part of the settlement, according to Dubin.…