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Magic circle firm Linklaters is to combine legal advice with diversity training in a new client offering.
A ‘diversity faculty’ will provide clients with a mixture of legal employment advice and strategic business guidance around diversity and inclusion issues. The firm said the service is designed to help clients manage
With recent job losses, a global pandemic and a shaky economy, many low-income residents need legal help more than ever.
Based on data from previous recessions, the most significant legal issues likely to surface under the current conditions will be unemployment and housing issues, including evictions, according to a fact
Question: Four months ago, I handed over Dh400,000 to someone in exchange for buying a share in the company and entering my name as a partner, but it hasn’t happened. I have a guarantee cheque for the amount I paid. What are my legal rights? I feel I may have
Gugu Gumede is founding member of the Molao365 app.
South Africans seeking much-needed legal advice can now access this information via a newly-launched legal literacy app, Molao365.
The Molao365 app offers a free legal advice servicefrom a legal team, which comprises qualified and experienced lawyers, 24 hours a day,
Old Spice Partners with Two-Time NFL Super Bowl Champion and Producers of New ‘BLACK BOYS’ Social Justice Documentary to Promote Racial, Educational, and Social Justice in Schools Nationwide
Old Spice today announces a 10-year initiative to help increase high school graduation rates by 10 percent through confidence and empowerment programs
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Despite the heightened risk of severe complications, pregnant people often don’t
From 2000 to 2015, roughly $836 billion in capital left the African continent, according to a recent report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This so-called “capital flight” occurs along legal pathways like remittances and other transfers or via illegal means like money laundering or misinvoicing.
The Justice Department unsealed charges against two Islamic State militants from Britain, accusing them of carrying out a gruesome campaign of torture, beheadings and other acts of violence against Western hostages, including four Americans.(Oct. 7)
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WASHINGTON – Two British ISIS militants known as “The Beatles” are facing
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That’s exactly what Cullors and Black Lives Matter have done. Dismissed as “terrorists” by their detractors, Cullors flips that definition back on them: “Terrorism is being stalked and surveilled simply because you are alive. And terrorism is being put in solitary confinement and starved and beaten. And terrorism is not
Across the UK air pollution is still breaching legal limits despite years of legal challenges designed to force the Government to take action.
The latest data for 2019 shows 33 out of 43 UK ‘national reporting zones’ levels of nitrogen dioxide breached legal limits. That included parts of London, Southampton,
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – San Diego County leaders have stressed education over enforcement regarding the rules and laws surrounding the coronavirus, but there are laws in place to help stop the spread.
“There is civil liability and criminal liability,” says Professor Joanna Sax from the California Western School of Law.
Microsoft revealed it was being probed by the U.S. Department of Labor over its pledge from earlier this year to bolster Black leadership at the tech behemoth.
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In this April 12, 2016, file photo, the Microsoft logo is shown in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
The inquiry from the
My small house on Cape Cod needs sprucing up, but from the kitchen table, I can see a home that is in much better shape. Its owners hope to sell it for $8 million.
This palace — which really isn’t overstating things; it looks like a small hotel — is
At last month’s meeting, Attorney Maura O’Keefe said a fee reduction would be an improper use of license fees, which are supposed to reflect the cost of the city service provided and could violate Massachusetts’ Anti-Aid Amendment. The commissioners didn’t want to approve a measure with legal concerns, but in
Could “iconic” venues like Antone’s become tax-funded visitor centers? (Photo by David Brendan Hall)
As City Hall continues to rifle through its coffers looking for any and all revenue that can be used to stabilize the music venues, bars, and restaurants that face imminent closure, a familiar argument
The School of Law’s clinical legal education program serves clients who need help the most — and the novel coronavirus has made the need greater than ever. Now the school’s new COVID Response Legal Clinic is working to help people with legal needs arising from the pandemic.
The clinic, co-directed
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Netflix Inc. won the right to stream a series featuring Indian tycoons who ran into trouble with the law, a victory that may boost its efforts to offer more local content in a crucial emerging market.
An Indian court allowed the American
When John Carney walked into the Dover Downs casino on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, he was about to make history.
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The governor of Delaware bet $10 on the Philadelphia Phillies beating the Chicago Cubs that day.
It was just a regular game in a long season, but the
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03:16 07 Oct 2020, updated 07:45 07 Oct 2020
Attorneys who were fired by Maryland Legal Aid, a top provider of pro bono legal services to low-income residents, have accused their former employer of discrimination.
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Three former senior attorneys for Maryland Legal Aid have filed a discrimination complaint against the pro-bono
(Bloomberg) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani wants Taliban fighters to integrate into the country’s armed forces and join efforts to eliminate Islamic State militants, the first clear indication of the government’s vision for its defense and security apparatus if peace talks in Qatar progress.
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Boris Johnson and Ursula Von Der Leyen gave their negotiators another month to reach a post-Brexit deal on Saturday, days after the EU Commission president announced she would begin legal proceedings against the UK for passing a bill to break international law. Analysts say that Johnson’s plan to jettison EU
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