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Ohio governor signs bill expanding ‘stand your ground’ rights

JURIST

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a “stand your ground” bill into law Monday, eliminating an individual’s duty to retreat from any place where she is permitted to be before using force to protect herself. The new law will no longer require an individual to retreat from any place where she is lawfully permitted to be.

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UK Supreme Court rules person under criminal investigation has reasonable expectation of privacy

JURIST

Claiming a tort of misuse of private information, ZXC sought damages and injunctive relief against Bloomberg. Bloomberg’s appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal in 2020, but the Supreme Court agreed later that year to hear the matter. In 2019, the trial judge ruled in his favor and awarded damages of £25,000.

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Foreign law illegality and non-contractual claims

Conflict of Laws

However, recent developments in domestic law illegality have sparked debate on whether foreign law illegality too should be reformed in a similar light (see Ryder Industries Ltd v Chan Shui Woo [2016] 1 HKC 323, [36], [52]-[55]; cf Magdeev v Tsvetkov [2020] EWHC 887 (Comm), [331]-[332]).

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How to Get Work as a Paralegal

SimplyLawJobs

local government, property, family or criminal law etc.). This covers all the basic areas of academic law including, English Legal System, Contract Law, Law of Tort and a choice of another legal topic. Where to Start? If you already have experience, that’s a great place to start. Check NALP out on social.

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Colorado Candidate Accused of Yielding to Blackmail While on the Aspen City Council

JonathanTurley

There is a bizarre political controversy out of Colorado that may raise some interesting defamation and criminal law questions. If it occurred in 2017, the statute of limitations ran by 2020. Both the Colorado GOP and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) are calling for Democrat Adam Frisch to withdraw from the race.

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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

This holds for tort law (liability), criminal law, and administrative law. This is an important point, as the Draft Treaty leaves it up to the State Parties to determine whether the human rights violations are best dealt with in administrative, criminal, or civil law (Art.

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

LexForti

This was further supported when the Criminal Law Act, of 1967 did away with these crimes and torts of “maintenance” and “champerty”. 1] Gladwin Issac & Trishna Menon, Walking the Tightrope of Third-Party Funding in Arbitration in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects , IALR 1–15 (2020). [2] 4] Justice B.N.

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