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Australia financial crimes regulator opens investigation into sports betting company Entain

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Entain’s website describes the company as “one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming groups operating in the online and retail sector.” The post Australia financial crimes regulator opens investigation into sports betting company Entain appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Kenya’s former sports minister found guilty of embezzling funds in 2016 Rio Olympic Games

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The Kenyan Court on Wednesday found that former sports minister Hassan Wario was guilty of anti-corruption. The former sports minister maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty to all counts of embezzlement. He was charhed with embezzling funds for athletes in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. million ($32,667) and KSH 10.2

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Biglaw Captured Almost Half Of All Legal Spend Last Year

Above The Law

While everyone was busy doomscrolling… everything, Biglaw quietly tightened its grip on the legal market. percent of all legal spend. That’s a healthy amount since the report clocked $67 billion in total legal spend last year. And then they’ll threaten Legal’s budget next year. Circle of life.

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Federal US judge strikes down Illinois assault weapons ban over Second Amendment violations

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Legal challenges to PICA emerged just days after Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed it into law, sparking a divide in judicial opinion between the liberal-leaning Chicagoland area and the state’s more conservative southern and western regions.

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India dispatch: Supreme Court flip allowing controversial animal sports shifts responsibility for policing cruelty from judiciary to executive

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The five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Justice KM Joseph, upheld the constitutional validity of amendments to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (the “Act”) by the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra, and allowed the conduct of animal sports like Jallikattu, Kambala and bull-cart racing in the respective states.

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Run Your Practice More Mindfully on a Legal Pad

Attorney at Work

Sam Walton turned a five-and-dime into the Walmart empire using little more than business savvy and a legal pad. His reliance on yellow legal pads is well-documented. How to Use a Legal Pad: You Think Better on Paper. A Legal Pad Is Efficient and Productive. My Stripped-Down Legal Pad Planner.

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Canada dispatches: counter to Alberta government policy, Calgary sports teams and universities embrace vaccine mandates

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Calgary Sports and Entertainment (CSEC) announced Monday that, effective September 15, all future Calgary Flames, Stampeders, and Hitmen games will require every fan and employee that is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to have done so before entering their arenas. [Ian Profiri is JURIST’s Staff Correspondent for Canada.

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