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JURIST
MARCH 6, 2025
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal unanimously upheld Thursday the convictions of the opposition activist Tam Tak Chi of uttering seditious words under now-repealed section 10(1)(b) of the Crimes Ordinance. Another question before the court is whether the sedition offense was an indictable offense that must be tried by a judge and jury.
JURIST
MAY 30, 2024
The prosecution stated that the defendants agreed to veto government budgets if they obtained a majority in the 2020 Legislative Council election to force Lam to address the “Five Demands Not One Less” demand, which included demands such as repealing the now-withdrawn extradition bill and for Lam to resign as Chief Executive.
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SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Share In the midst of a national opioid crisis that claimed more than 100,000 lives in this country over the past year, the Supreme Court will hear a case on Tuesday about the relevance of doctors’ subjective intentions in criminal prosecutions for unlawful distribution of controlled substances. While on the surface, the case, Ruan v.
FDA Law Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Now, after an unfavorable HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) advisory opinion and two defeats in court, Pfizer has appealed the Second Circuit’s decision to the Supreme Court. The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the AKS and its Mens Rea Element.
FDA Law Blog
AUGUST 4, 2022
That court granted summary judgment to the government on the APA claim and rejected Pfizer’s narrower reading of the AKS, which would require an element of “corrupt” intent to impose AKS liability. Similarly, the Court drew on the plain meaning of “willfully” to reject Pfizer’s argument that the term suggests “an element of corruption.”
JURIST
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Every clause in the blasphemy law was modified or changed when Zia was leader, and the intent or mens rea requirement was completely removed. Human Rights Without Frontiers reports that 1,860 people were accused of blasphemy between 1987 and August 2021, with 200 cases filed in 2020, which indicates a sharp rise.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 6, 2022
When 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in March 2020 during a botched raid on her apartment, the country was collectively “traumatized” — particularly marginalized communities. Without video footage, everything becomes someone’s word against another.
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