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Switzerland court hands down first conviction relating to Liberia civil war

JURIST

The arrest was a result of criminal complaints made by seven Liberian victims. The Swiss attorney general’s office filed an indictment against Kosiah after a nearly five-year investigation in 2019. In the current decision, a maximum sentence of 20 years was handed down by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court.

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

LexForti

Considering India’s clear restriction on attorneys entering into conditional fee arrangements [24] , the researcher urge that India’s rules only enable participants to pursue funds straight without the participation of their legal counsel. It was held by the Privy Council in Ram Chandoo v.

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ABA Midyear Meeting 2019

LegalTalkNetwork

He is only the second attorney from his state to head the ABA. On this episode of On The Road, Law Library of Congress’ Barbara Bavis returns to the air to share her favorite free resources for legal research in areas like case law, state law, criminal law, civil law, international law, and more.

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Lawyers Worried About Alina Habba’s Inexperience In… Well… Everything

Above The Law

attorneys have served as assistant U.S. attorneys and held senior roles within those officesthats valuable experience. Tobias of the University of Richmond School of Law, in comments given to the New Jersey Law Journal , on Alina Habba’s appointment as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

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Alvin Bragg has his Trump trial, All he Needs Now is a Crime

JonathanTurley

Below is an expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial and much awaited explanation of District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the underlying alleged criminal conduct. The Trump cases have highlighted a couple of New York’s absurdly ambiguous laws. As with James, Bragg saw it in Trump.