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New evidence led to murder charges in Kenneth Law case: investigators

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September 7, 2024
4 min read

The mother of a teenage boy who died by suicide using products believed to have been sold by Kenneth Law said she could see the “light at the end of the tunnel” Tuesday after hearing that police had laid a dozen new charges of second-degree murder on the Mississauga man. “It's infuriating. It's very heavy to carry,” Isabella, of Langley, BC, told CTV News. Her son, Jaden, took his own life in February 2021 with the use of a nitrogen tank and regulator after consulting with Law over e-mail. No charges have been laid in connection with the death of…

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Trump fraud ruling adds to his string of legal losses in New York

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September 6, 2024
6 min read

Donald Trump's latest legal defeat in a New York court — a jaw-dropping $354 million judgment to claw back the proceeds of a decade of fraud, plus almost $100 million in interest — puts an exclamation point on an unprecedented losing streak in his home state.Trump and his company have been victorious in a series of costly, cascading high-profile legal battles in New York in the last 14 months. It has been a reckoning without precedent, with judges and juries alike concluding that Trump and his company have been engaged in illegal behavior for years.Trump's losses have come in state…

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Legal Update: If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 113: California Officially Expands Statewide Paid Sick Leave Law

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September 5, 2024
7 min read

What You Need to Know: On September 13, 2023, the California legislature passed SB 616, which expanded the State's existing paid sick leave mandate, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014in significant ways. On October 4, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law. The law takes effect on January 1, 2024. The amendments increase the annual amount of California paid sick leave from three days or 24 hours (whichever is greater) to five days or 40 hours (whichever is greater) for eligible employees. The increase to five days or 40 hours impacts several substantive topics, including the…

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Ontario real estate law updated with open bidding option

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September 4, 2024
4 min read

TORONTO — New rules for Ontario real estate are coming into force that are intended to provide more clarity and choice for buyers and sellers, although they don't go as far as some had hoped. The rules, which took effect Friday, include the option for sellers to use an open bidding process, improvements to broker and brokerage disclosures, and ways to avoid conflicts on multiple representation.The open bidding option gives the seller the choice to disclose submitted bid prices to potential buyers, something they were previously prohibited from doing.Open bidding has been advocated by some, including Ontario Green Party leader…

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Emergency hazards to be repaired in 24 hours through Awaab’s Law

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September 3, 2024
4 min read

New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced today (9 January 2024), supporting the government's pledge to deliver Awaab's Law. The two-year-old from Rochdale died from a respiratory condition caused by extensive mold in the flat where he lived, and the government is taking action to introduce life-changing reforms in social housing to prevent future tragedies. The Awaab's Law consultation has been launched by the Housing Secretary, which proposes introducing new strict time limits for social housing providers and forcing them to take swift action in addressing dangerous hazards such…

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DACA Court Case Updates – FWD.us

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September 2, 2024
2 min read

The Supreme Court could control the future of 600,000 DACA recipientsThe Supreme Court could decide within the next year whether to hear a case about the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. In September 2023, Judge Andrew Hanen, a federal judge in the US Southern District of Texas, who issued a ruling declaring that the DACA program is illegal. While Judge Hanen's most recent ruling does not impact DACA recipients' current protections or their ability to continue to renew them, the decision is another cruel and disheartening indication that the courts plan to terminate this vital…

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Modi’s Latest Push for Common Law in India Sparks Concerns

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September 1, 2024
5 min read

An apparent push by India's government to consider implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, essentially a common set of personal laws for all Indian citizens, has raised concerns that the ruling party is trying to split society along communal lines. After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said last week that the country could not run on the dual system of “separate laws for separate communities” and several media reports suggested the government could soon move for consideration of the implementation of the UCC in Parliament, opposition leaders cried foul, calling it a plot by Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party to enforce…