Suit alleges U.S. environmental policy harms children
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal Prominent California plaintiffs firm Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy has filed a lawsuit alleging that the U.S. government has deprived “future generations” of their constitutional rights by allowing climate change to occur. The…
Right to marry includes right to choose spouse: In prison, same sex or not
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal Seventh Circuit points to landmark same-sex marriage ruling in a decision about a former corrections employee who wants to marry a prisoner. The right to marry includes the right to select one’s…
Cayman Islands: Vegetable matter resembling ganja recovered in water twelve miles offshore
From RCIPS: Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 10:03 AM About 10AM on Saturday, 23 August, marine officers responded to a call from a member of the public on board a boat near Twelve Mile Bank, twelve miles offshore from Seven Mile…
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Community Events 8th Annual CISPA Gala “Back to the Future-Celebrating 45 years of excellence” Date: 10/10/2015 Time: 6:30 PM Ritz Carlton Seven Mile Beach Phone: 749 3360 Register Event Description: The 8th Annual CISPA Gala “Back to the Future-Celebrating 45…
Nicaragua charges Fifa official with corruption
From The Local ch One of the seven Fifa officials arrested in Switzerland has been charged with money laundering and corruption charges in Nicaragua, a prosecutor said, expecting an extradition to be completed soon. Lausanne lawyer to head Fifa reform…
Big law lessons in Amazon’s workplace jungle
By Steven J. Harper, From The Am Law Daily Amazon’s founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, hates the recent New York Times article about his company. He says it “doesn’t describe the Amazon I know.” Rather, it depicts “a soulless, dystopian…
Cuban doctors fleeing “shortages and mistreatment” in Venezuela protest for US visas
From CARIBBEAN360 BOGOTA, Colombia, Monday August 24, 2015 — Deteriorating conditions in Venezuela are causing increasing numbers of Cuban medical personnel working there to immigrate to the United States under a special US programme launched in 2006 that expedites their…
D.C. lawyer’s killer gets 24 years in prison
By Zoe Tillman, From Legal Times A judge on Friday sentenced the woman who fatally stabbed Washington lawyer David Messerschmitt in a hotel room to 24 years in prison. The defendant, Jamyra Gallmon, admitted luring Messerschmitt, 30, an associate at…
UPDATE: Cayman Islands: Man arrested on suspicion of Attempted Murder in GT GC/ Woman arrested at Courthouse -ganja/Naked woman swimming in GT
From RCIPS: Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:29 AM UPDATE: Man Charged with Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent A man, age 22, from East End, has been charged with Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent and Possession of an Offensive Weapon in connection…
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Community Events 8th Annual CISPA Gala “Back to the Future-Celebrating 45 years of excellence” Date: 10/10/2015 Time: 6:30 PM Ritz Carlton Seven Mile Beach Phone: 749 3360 Register Event Description: The 8th Annual CISPA Gala “Back to the Future-Celebrating 45…