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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline A Florida appeals court affirmed Monday a lower judge’s ruling that a 16-year-old minor in the state cannot get an abortion, based on a law requiring parental consent for minors, forcing the teenager to carry her pregnancy to term as such consent laws come under increasing scrutiny in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Key Facts A three-judge panel at the First District Court of Appeals in Florida sided with a circuit court judge in Escambia County, who ruled that the plaintiff “had not established by clear and convincing evidence that she was sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy,” as Florida law requires. The state’s parental consent law , enacted in 2020, lets minors seek a “judicial bypass” and get court permission to get an abortion if they can’t get consent from a parent or guardian. The judges said their decision was based on the fact that … [Read more...] about Appeals Court Blocks Florida Minor From Getting An Abortion

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Georgia’s six-week abortion ban will remain in effect as a court challenge against it moves forward, a state judge ruled Monday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt state-level bans that went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Key Facts Georgia: A state Superior Court judge declined to block the state’s six-week abortion ban Monday while the litigation against it proceeds, rejecting a request from abortion providers and advocates who sued to overturn the law after a federal judge allowed it to take effect in July. Idaho: The Idaho Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s trigger law outlawing nearly all abortions can take effect August 25 as abortion providers’ litigation against it moves forward, and also allowed a six-week ban to take effect immediately, which is modeled after Texas’ six-week abortion ban and allows private citizens to … [Read more...] about Georgia Abortion Ban To Stay In Effect, Judge Rules—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now

A Makati City Court has voided the P34-billion Manila Bay reclamation venture of the Gatchalian family, saying it did not undergo the required competitive bidding process. The Manila Waterfront City proposal is a mixed-use development spanning 318 hectares that would be located west of the Quirino Grandstand up to the breakwater of Manila South Harbor. The joint venture, signed in 2017, was led by the City of Manila and Waterfront Manila Premier Development Inc., owned by the Gatchalian family. But in an order last April 25, the Makati Court nullified the venture for various violations. No Neda approval It said the City of Manila and Waterfront “failed to secure the required [National Economic and Development Authority] board approval and because the Manila Waterfront City reclamation project did not undergo public bidding as required.” The court also recognized a project award granted three decades ago to petitioner, Asean Seas Resources and Construction Development Corp., … [Read more...] about Court voids P34-B reclamation of Manila Bay by Gatchalians

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A merican Airlines has agreed to purchase 20 supersonic Overture planes from Boom Supersonic, both companies announced Tuesday. That’s five more than the 15 Overture jets that United Airlines ordered last year. Overture’s order book, including purchases and options from Japan Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, the U.S. Air Force and other customers, stands at 130 aircraft. Not bad for a jet that has yet to become a reality. Boom expects to roll out the first Overture model in 2025 at its new plant in North Carolina , with the jet entering commercial service by the tail end of this decade. If all goes according to schedule, the first paying passengers will break the sound barrier some 26 years after the last Concorde flight from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport in October 2003. Overture is being designed to carry 65 to 80 passengers at Mach 1.7 over water — or twice the … [Read more...] about American Airlines Agrees To Buy 20 Supersonic Jets From Boom

COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set Sept. 17 as the schedule for a plebiscite to decide on the question of splitting Maguindanao into two provinces. Comelec Resolution No. 10797 set the election period from Aug. 16 to Sept. 24 during which a gun ban is imposed throughout the province. Police have started laying down security plans to ensure that the political exercise would be peaceful and orderly. Before leaving his post as regional police director in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona ordered the Maguindanao police to strictly implement the gun ban. Under Republic Act No. 11550, which was signed into law by then President Rodrigo Duterte on May 27, 2021, the plebiscite schedule should have been September last year, but the Comelec called off the exercise due to conflict with the preparations for the May 9 general elections. RA 11550 aims to split the current Maguindanao … [Read more...] about Maguindanao split plebiscite set for vote on Sept. 17

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The legal industry has been remarkably buoyant in a tumultuous world. It has weathered 9/11, the global financial crisis, economic downturns , automation, digital transformation , domestic and international instability, and the Pandemic. Through it all, the legal sector has prospered financially , even as its resistance to change has misaligned it with business and distanced it from society . Law’s financial success has come at a steep price—the health and well-being of its workforce, an obscured purpose, and high profits but low customer satisfaction. Public trust in lawyers , legal institutions , and the vitality of the rule have law are historically low. Most Americans believe the legal system is accessible only to the wealthy and the data confirms this. The legal system is widely perceived as lacking accessibility impartiality, transparency, diversity reflective of the society it purports to serve, … [Read more...] about Democratic Degradation Is Law’s Ultimate Disruptor

CatholicVote, a Catholic advocacy organization, released a seven-figure ad campaign Wednesday targeting President Joe Biden for failing to protect Catholic churches and pregnancy resource centers from escalating attacks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. There have been 64 incidents against pro-life organizations and 69 against Catholic churches since the court’s decision to overturn Roe was leaked May 2, according to CatholicVote. The ad shows a clip of Biden , who is Catholic, encouraging pro-abortion protesters alongside a video of John F. Kennedy, America’s only other Catholic president, condemning attacks on churches. Post-Roe attacks on pro-life groups and Catholic churches have included at least three firebombings along with numerous threats spray-painted on walls and two churches set on fire . The White House condemned one of the attacks and violence generally June 9. WATCH: Kennedy called the burning of churches in the 1960s … [Read more...] about Catholic Group Unveils Ad Slamming Biden For ‘Failure’ To Protect Churches, Pregnancy Centers From Attacks

U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner ruled Wednesday that two Pennsylvania judges were liable for $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to 300 people after orchestrating a “kids-for-cash” scheme. The ruling regards former Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, who sent young children to a for-profit jail in exchange for $2.8 million in payments from the owner of the penitentiaries, while shutting down a county-run juvenile detention center, according to The Associated Press (AP) . Pennsylvania’s “kids for cash” judges, who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks, have been ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes. https://t.co/yTjWKmCijp — Michael Rubinkam (@michaelrubinkam) August 17, 2022 “Ciavarella and Conahan abandoned their oath and breached the public trust,” Judge Conner wrote in his judgement, according to AP. “Their … [Read more...] about ‘A Scandal Of Epic Proportions’: Judge Orders Two Fellow Judges To Pay $200 Million Over ‘Kids-For-Cash’ Scandal

Representative image. Many SMEs approach us for consultation on how to implement PoSH (prevention of sexual harassment) provisions at workplaces, especially when new investors scrutinise such provisions. The new-age investors understand the need for making the workplace safe and congenial and the PoSH guideline is the first step to inclusion and diversity. Diversity on the other fronts comes later. Though the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act has been notified, the details on its administration are not clear. We hear about sordid cases of harassment every now and then. These grab the headlines, especially if the people involved are high profile. SMEs can have a major challenge if things blow over and their major ethical customers stop dealing with them due to their poor record on this front. This can also present a risk because while details of how to submit compliance reports are nebulous, the fines prescribed can create an … [Read more...] about Should SMEs take sexual harassment at workplace seriously?

“We are a government of laws, not of men.” Associate Justice George Malcolm misattributed this adage when he wrote a Supreme Court decision back in 1927. Justice Malcolm thought he was quoting Thomas Jefferson when it was actually John Adams who said that. And even then, Adams merely borrowed this idea from James Harrington. But before we lose ourselves with names, let’s think about the word misattributed. You know what else was recently misattributed? Justice was misattributed. Last month, three people were killed and a student was wounded. The perpetrator was caught, and a community was shocked to its core. What was supposed to be a joyous occasion was cut short by several gunshots. And then the social media posts came. Ideally, in this society, we put murderers behind bars and the criminal act is condemned. But social media paints a more nuanced picture. I have read people posting comments online arguing in favor of the murder. Others went as far as to congratulate … [Read more...] about Misappropriating justice: Taking the law into our hands is never an answer