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Actress Angelina Jolie is greeted by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, following a news conference on the bipartisan modernized Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on Capitol Hill on Feb. 9,, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS) A couple of things unrelated to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine recently caught my eye, reminding me that while this conflict will even...

U.S. litigation funders committed $2.8 billion to new deals in 2021 Share of commitments to Big Law firms rose 46% from prior year Litigation funding companies in the U.S. committed $2.8 billion toward new deals in 2021, an 11% increase from the prior year, thanks to rising interest from the world’s biggest law firms. The country’s 200 largest law firms received 41% of the commitments from ...

OVERVIEW On March 21 2022, the European Competition Network (ECN), the network of authorities comprising the European Commission, the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the national competition authorities of all EU Member States (NCAs), issued a joint statement on the application of competition law in the context of the war in Ukraine (the Joint Statement). IN DEPTH The Joint Statement starts o...

DUBAI, UAE, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a world first, the International Security Alliance's virtual cybersecurity exercise - ISALEX 2.0 – kicked off today. Hosted at EXPO 2020 Dubai, it will be the first exercise of its kind to be held in the Metaverse. The unique simulation aims to bolster cybersecurity, while ensuring the readiness of alliance members to confront future threats throu...

Dog walker Cia Rising, of Hanover Center, walks along Dogford Road in her town with clients Summer, left, Doubles and Rising’s dog Ned on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Rising said she usually walks in the woods, but stays on the road this time of year due to hunting season. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests t...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Starting Wednesday morning, you may start to notice more state and local law enforcement out in school zones and along bus routes. Patrol officers working overtime will be sponsored by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute as part of the state’s Stop Arm Violation Enforcement (SAVE) program. “We know school buses are out there. Most of us have children that ride th...

Microphones are seen on a table before the start of a news conference in Sochi, Russia, July 2, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo March 23 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it was vital to apply a new law which could see journalists jailed for up to 15 years for deliberately spreading false information, after investigators opened a criminal case against a prominent reporter. ...

(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it was vital to apply a new law which could see journalists jailed for up to 15 years for deliberately spreading false information, after investigators opened a criminal case against a prominent reporter. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the specific case of journalist Alexander Nevzorov, whom investigators late on Tuesda...

U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (Reuters) - Large law firms in the U.S. received a much bigger proportion of the total litigation funding commitments going toward "portfolio" deals in 2021 than in past years, according to a report released Wednesday. Some 53% of total law firm portfolio funding commitments were allocated to th...