The Law Society of Alberta rejected a motion to suspend the group’s ability to require members to undertake continuing education, multiple lawyers told Global News. The decision comes after the Law Society of Alberta held a special meeting on Monday to vote on the motion. Roughly 4,669 active Alberta lawyers registered to attend the special meeting, which was held via Zoom.There were 2,609 votes against the motion, compared to 864 votes in favour. The Law Society of Alberta said 3,473 votes were cast at Monday’s meeting.This means lawyers practicing in Alberta will still have to take mandated continuing education courses. Read more: Indigenous course for lawyers becoming ‘increasingly common’ in Canada: expert The vote is a response to a petition from 51 lawyers against The Path, a five-part course on Indigenous history and culture that follows one of the calls to action in the Truth and Reconciliation report.…
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VoIP-Pal Provides Legal Update on the Status of Current Patent Litigation
WACO, Texas, June 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VoIP-Pal.com Inc. (“VoIP-Pal”, “Company”) (OTCQB: VPLM) is pleased to provide a legal update of recent developments in the current patent litigation. At a hearing held on June 12, 2023, in Case No. 6:20-CV-00272-THERE IS the Court granted VoIP-Pal’s motion to consider the Court’s final construction of the term “routing message” and construed the term to mean “a message that includes a callee user name field and a route field.” VoIP-Pal has filed a stipulation dismissing its lawsuit against Samsung in the Western District of Texas (WDTX). As a result of stipulations dismissing the lawsuits against Facebook, Googleand Twitter in the Northern District of Californian (NDCAL), the pending motions for judgment on the pleadings against US Patent Nos.…
Hong Kong refuses to clarify law as uncertainty dims business hub | Human RightsNews
Taipei, Taiwan – For decades, Hong Kong has advertised the rule of law as the cornerstone of the city’s success as an international business hub. These days, though, the Hong Kong government often appears unwilling or unable to explain what the law actually is. In the run-up to the June 4 anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, Hong Kong officials were repeatedly asked by journalists if commemorating the event would be a crime under a Beijing-decreed national security law (NSL) imposed in the wake of mass protests in 2019. On each occasion, the officials, including Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, refused to give a direct answer.…
Bryan Kohberger indicted for ‘killing 4’ in University of Idaho murders and lost chance to attack evidence against him
ACCUSED quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger has been indicted by a grand jury in connection to the grisly killings of four University of Idaho students last November. Kohberger, 28, will appear in Latah County Court, Idaho, on Monday, where he will enter a plea to the burglary and four felony murder charges against him. 4 A grand jury has indicted accused quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger on felony murder chargesCredit: AP:Associated Press 4 Bryan Kohberger is charged with the murders of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee GoncalvesCredit: Instagram/kayleegoncalves 4 The grisly murders rocked the small college town of Moscow, Idahocredits: AP The legal blow to Kohberger’s defense team means they will no longer be able to attack the evidence used to arrest him, according to Fox News Digital.…
Foreign lawyers are restricted from working on national security cases in Hong Kong – National
Hong Kong’s legislature passed a legal amendment on Wednesday to prevent foreign lawyers working on national security cases, a restriction critics say will undermine fair trials and the right of defendants to choose their lawyers. The amendment enshrines in law a ruling from China’s top lawmaking body last December that Hong Kong courts must get the approval of the city’s leader before admitting a foreign lawyer without Hong Kong qualifications for national security cases. The use of foreign lawyers by both prosecutors and defense has long been part of the rule of law traditions in the former British colony and in recent years some have become involved in defending critics of the Beijing-backed city government.…
Israelis protest legal changes before the nation’s 75th birthday
TEL AVIV, Israel — Tens of thousands of protesters flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel on Saturday to vent their opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government and its divisive plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system. The mass protest — staged weekly since the start of the year — comes just ahead of Israel’s landmark 75th anniversary celebration. The holiday honoring Israel’s founding in 1948, meant to be a display of national unity, has been marred by one of Israel’s gravest crises in its history. Plans by Netanyahu’s government to weaken the Supreme Court have outraged Israelis who see it as an assault on their country’s system of checks and balances and a threat to its very democracy.…