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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Abortion rights advocates and providers asked the Florida Supreme Court to decide whether the state’s 15-week abortion ban should be blocked in court, after an appeals court allowed the ban to stay in effect—the first test of whether the court will overturn its decades-old precedent protecting abortion rights and let the state enact harsher bans. Key Facts The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers asked the Florida Supreme Court to consider a July ruling from a state appeals court, which allowed the ban to remain in effect as the litigation moves forward and denied a request to fast-track the case to the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs said the Florida Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review the ruling because it directly conflicts with its own precedent, as the state’s highest court ruled in 1989 that the Florida Constitution and its right to privacy protects … [Read more...] about Florida Supreme Court Asked To Consider Blocking 15-Week Abortion Ban After Appeals Court Lets It Stay In Place

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The California Court of Appeals has upheld a whopping verdict against Roundup. In 2018, jurors awarded $289 million to a man they say got cancer from Roundup weedkiller . Plaintiff Dewayne Johnson was awarded $39 million in compensatory damages, and $250 million in punitive damages. Later, the Judge reduced the $250 million punitive verdict to just under $40 million That left Mr. Johnson slated to collect $78.5 million, about half compensatory and half punitive damages. But Bayer, which now owns Roundup, appealed. The appeals court refused to reverse the decision, but it did slash the damages again. The court denied Monsanto/Bayer’s motion for a new trial on condition that Johnson accept a settlement of $10.2 million in compensatory damages, plus the same amount in punitive damages. The appeal is still a win for plaintiffs, and it may influence even more suits. There are already vast numbers of cases. How will this $20.4 … [Read more...] about Plaintiff Wins Roundup Weedkiller Appeal But Faces IRS Taxes

Representative image Fresh lockdown will be imposed in Maharashtra only if the demand for medical oxygen touches 800 metric tons per day, public health minister Rajesh Tope said on December 25. His statement came a day after the Maharashtra government banned the assembly of more than five persons in public places between 9 pm to 6 am and restricted the number of people allowed at public functions in view of a spurt in coronavirus cases. Omicron cases were increasing "rapidly", but in general such patients were not ending up in ICU nor did they need supplementary oxygen, Tope said, speaking to reporters in Jalna. "There will be statewide lockdown only if the demand for medical oxygen rises to 800 metric tons (per day)," he added. The minister did not mention the current rate of consumption of medical oxygen in the state. We do not want people to face more restrictions, therefore I am making an appeal to people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour. Wearing a mask is very … [Read more...] about ‘Lockdown in Maharashtra only if daily oxygen demand touches 800 MT’

Trends will do : Roe v. Wade plantifff never had an abir Norma McCorvey (L), known as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 landmark Roe vs Wade ruling that expanded abortion rights in the US. The deeply divisive Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade verdict, that upheld the abortion rights of women, has triggered outrage around the world. The Roe v. Wade verdict had come out in 1973 on an appeal filed by a Texas waitress Norma McCorvey, who became known by her pseudonym Jane Roe. McCorvey wanted to terminate her pregnancy but the laws of Texas prohibited her from doing so. So she filed a suit in 1970 against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas county. The Supreme Court ruled in her favour but the verdict came in 1973.  By that time, she had birthed a daughter and given her up for adoption. Later in her life, the very woman whose case led to a landmark court order became an Evangelical Protestant and supporter of the anti-abortion movement. Close … [Read more...] about Roe v. Wade plaintiff could not have abortion due to late court ruling

IT’S ONLY WORDS Images taken from the Facebook page of the SMNI network show two of the five book projects ordered terminated by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF), in a move denounced by academic and literary circles as well as some lawmakers as outright censorship. The highlighted texts purportedly show why the national language commission found the works “subversive.” The KWF is not the first government body, however, to go after publications that have already passed scholarly or editorial review but are now deemed dangerous for young Filipino minds. Some of the country’s most prominent writers’ groups are up in arms over the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino’s (KWF) order to cease the publication and distribution of several titles it deemed to have “subversive” content. “It is alarming and we must be vigilant against the constant Red-tagging of writers and their books on a recent TV program,” according to the largest of the groups, the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (Umpil), … [Read more...] about Writers’ groups join outcry over KWF move

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Days away from the theaterical release of Jurassic World , the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series, paleontologists and dinosaur lovers alike are eagerly awaiting the return of the most beloved dinosaur franchise in film history. As a professional dinosaur lover, I've been having fun revisiting what the scientific community has learned from the fossil record since the first Jurassic Park to see what this new film appears to get right about dinosaurs and where it diverges from the consensus. Scientists have known for decades that dinosaurs are related to birds and were most assuredly covered in feathers. Even though dinosaurs were being depicted in illustrations with feathery coatings as early as the late 1970s, it was not until the early 1990s that the mounting comparative anatomical evidence from fossil discoveries elevated the hypothesis of birds being avian dinosaurs to near universal acceptance in the … [Read more...] about What We’ve Learned About Dinosaurs Since Jurassic Park Came Out

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A Texas jury rendered a verdict in Alex Jones’ defamation trial, ordering Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages plus $4.1 million in compensatory damages to Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting . Jones broadcast false claims that the shooting was staged by "crisis actors." Jones says that he will appeal, and even if he loses, appeals take time. Sometimes even after a verdict, a lower settlement is reached, since collecting on a big verdict can be difficult, expensive and time-consuming. It’s not clear how many assets Jones has, although Roger Stone has already started a campaign to raise money for him. But if Jones ever pays, many Americans might be surprised at the tax rules at play. Jones’s business model may not be to everyone’s liking, but if he makes money from his broadcasting operations, these are probably business expenses. In contrast, the … [Read more...] about Alex Jones Gets $49.3M Tax Write Off, Plaintiffs Have To Pay IRS Tax On Verdict

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Schumer-Manchin tax bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act , which passed the Senate on Sunday, raises taxes and will give the IRS billions to go into what the Wall Street Journal called “beast mode .” In all, the meant-to-be-inflation buster bill will dole out about $80 billion to the IRS for increase enforcement, operational improvements, customer service, and systems modernization. Think big, really big. That $80 billion is more than six times the current annual IRS budget of $12.6 billion. How can the IRS spend all of that? You guessed it, the bill says a whopping $45.6 billion will be for enforcement, and make no mistake, enforcement is the main directive from Democrats to the IRS. Get bigger, tougher and faster at collecting, and make them pay. Meanwhile, the IRS could be ramping up its police power too. The IRS is a key part of the government, but not one you usually associate with law enforcement … [Read more...] about The Inflation Reduction Act Unleashes A Tougher IRS

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin New Yorkers have never wanted for Italian specialties shops, but New Yorkers have never seen anything quite like the new Harry’s Table by Cipriani (hereafter HTC), outside of the stunning, long-lived PECK in Milan, and far more appealing than the touristy New York EATALY stores. In its breadth of space alone—28,000 square feet—HTC sets an unhurried pace, and, while sometime in the future it may be jammed, for the moment the eight-week-old market is a civilized pleasure to visit, shop in and eat at. HTC is located at ground level in the dwarfing, monolithic Two Waterline Square, near Lincoln Center, from which it currently draws most of its clientele. Since parking (outside of an expensive lot) is almost impossible, dropping by for those who do not live in the area will require you take a taxi or car service. The sprawling food market is the first by the Cipriani family, whose legendary history dates back to 1931, … [Read more...] about Harry’s Table By Cipriani Makes Market Shopping Chic On New York’s Upper West Side

Yet another quantum computing company has gone public via SPAC. advertisement advertisement D-Wave completed a planned merger on Monday with DPCM Capital (the latter of which was already listed on the New York Stock Exchange), making the Canada-based firm the third quantum player to go public via a SPAC —that is, a special purpose acquisition company—within the last year. (The other companies? Rigetti and IonQ .) It’s an interesting trend, but perhaps not a surprising one: According to D-Wave CEO Alan Baratz, the until-recently-obscure financial quirk offers his company—one that’s in a still-budding sector—faster access to capital. “In some sense SPACs are ideal for a company that has huge potential but is going to take some time to mature,” he tells Fast Company . “With a SPAC, you’re able to tap into the funding sources in the public markets to accelerate your growth and do it based on the future potential.” advertisement … [Read more...] about Why quantum computing companies like D-Wave are using SPACs to IPO