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Hong Kong top court affirms opposition activist now-repealed sedition convictions

JURIST

The 1970 amendment defined “seditious intention” to include “counsel[ing] disobedience to the law or to any lawful order.” ” The court found that the statutory law has displaced any common law requirement of proving an intention to incite third parties to violence or public disorder.

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US Supreme Court rules reckless offenses do not qualify as ‘violent felony’

JURIST

One of the three violent felonies the government alleged as a predicate to the ACCA charge was for reckless aggravated assault under Tennessee law. He wrote instead that the phrase is “a centuries-old term of art in the criminal law that distinguishes offenses against the person from offenses against property.”

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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

The government, in turn, focuses on the structure of the CSA — the words denoting mens rea, “knowingly or intentionally,” come after the exception clause at issue and so, the government argues, do not apply to it.

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Hong Kong court convicts two former Stand News journalists of sedition

JURIST

” Furthermore, Kwok also ruled that the prosecution could establish the defendant’s mens rea by proving that the defendant, aware of the seditious intent within a publication, disregarded the consequence of publishing it. The trial began in October 2022, with an initial ruling expected in October 2023.

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Could the Road to an AKS Violation Be Paved with Good Intentions? Pfizer Asks SCOTUS

FDA Law Blog

In June 2019, Pfizer sought an OIG advisory opinion to ensure that its proposal would not run afoul of federal law. Pfizer challenged the OIG’s interpretation as contrary to law in a lawsuit brought in the Southern District of New York (SDNY). The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the AKS and its Mens Rea Element.

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

FDA Law Blog

On June 27, 2019, Pfizer sought an OIG advisory opinion to ensure that its proposal would not run afoul of federal law. Pfizer challenged the Agency’s interpretation as contrary to law under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in the Southern District of New York.

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How the present Laws would have dealt with the Uchiha Massacre?

LexForti

Whatever the mens-rea may be, the actus-reus was the total elimination of a clan. What International Law says? In case, the offender is beyond the territory of the State, the hosting state, based upon their present law and enforceable treaties; should grant the extradition. Danzo assigning Itachi the mission. Conclusion.

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