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Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said holding elections almost two months earlier would pose logistical issues [File: Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters] Beirut, Lebanon – President Michel Aoun has sent a draft law to hold parliamentary elections ahead of time on 27 March instead of May back to parliament for reconsideration. The president’s office said on Friday that holding elections almost tw...

One of Samuel Kerson's Abolition Panels at Vermont Law School. Image courtesy Samuel Kerson. A U.S. district court in Vermont has ruled that Vermont Law School can conceal a large public artwork about slavery that has divided viewers for years because of imagery that some deem offensive and cartoonish. The judge rejected the artist’s argument that doing so would violate his rights under VARA,...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lanier Law Firm was among 24 national firms honored for excellence in appellate work during the past year at the National Law Journal's Legal Awards event in Washington, D.C. The annual awards highlight the top litigation and appellate practices in specific areas, as well as individual attorneys. As one of the leading trial firms in the nation, Th...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lanier Law Firm was among 24 national firms honored for excellence in appellate work during the past year at the National Law Journal's Legal Awards event in Washington, D.C. The annual awards highlight the top litigation and appellate practices in specific areas, as well as individual attorneys. As one of the leading trial firms in the nation, Th...

ACCRA - Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday emphasized the need for civil debate and tolerance as parliament works towards a vote on a controversial bill that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender. The so-called family values bill has dismayed the local LGBTQ community and prompted U.N. human rights experts to warn it could establish a system of state-sponsored d...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters Union representatives came to the offices of the Korean International Trade Association (KITA) in Washington this afternoon to hand them a letter and ask the group to follow South Korean law and participate in talks meant to improve the wages and safety procedures for Korean truckers. The letter, authored by Teamster General President Jim Ho...

Why Supreme Court didn't block Texas abortion law CNN's Jessica Schneider walks through the Supreme Court's decision to allow a Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks to remain in place for now, while agreeing to hear oral arguments on the law next month.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”), a leading national shareholder rights law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Lightning eMotors, Inc. (“Lightning eMotors” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ZEV) securities between May 7, 2021 and August 16, 2021, inclusive (the “Class Period”). Light...

Bitcoins in an office in London, U.K. Jamey Seely was previously legal chief of Covetrus Crusoe taps excess natural gas to power Bitcoin mining Crusoe Energy Systems Inc. has hired Jamey Seely as the company’s general counsel, months after reports that it sought additional financing to expand Bitcoin mining operations. Seely was most recently general counsel of animal health tech company Co...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Polish arguments that fundamental judicial changes the country has made would not undermine the European Union on Friday failed to convince key bloc leaders who said that the withholding of billions in EU recovery funds would likely continue unless Warsaw falls back into line. At the end of a two-day EU summit dominated by the standoff over core values like judicial independen...