The operator of 10 New England McDonald’s franchises is set to pay $1.6 million to settle allegations that a manager at the fast-food restaurant chain made sexual comments to employees and routinely groped them. Some of the victims were teenagers. On Thursday, US District Judge William Sessions in Burlington, Vermont, approved a consent decree that […]
The field of special education litigation is not one that many lawyers include among their specialisations, but can be life-changing for those it serves.
Now that the UK government has passed its controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, what will the outcomes be for trade and international relations?
On Friday, the US Supreme Court voted to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that recognised a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion and legalised the procedure nationwide. The ruling comes as a momentous victory to Republicans and religious conservatives. Powered by its conservative majority, the Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that […]
To say that corporate criminal liability has been viewed as a thorny issue in recent years is to understate the situation. After all, if it had not been such a great cause for concern, the Law Commission would not have been asked to examine it and produce options for change. Having grasped this particular thorn, […]
The impact of so-called “no -fault” evictions on tenants has been on the government’s legislative radar for some time now. It announced in 2019 that it intended to legislate to do away with them, on the basis that it would provide security to the substantial number of families renting in the private sector. Citing fears […]
The United States and Meta Platforms Inc, which owns social media platform Facebook, have settled a lawsuit over a housing advertising system that illegally discriminated against users based on their race as well as other characteristics. The lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice claimed that Meta encouraged advertisers to target users based on their […]
On Friday, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of WikiLeaks’ founder Julain Assange to the US to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to an end. US authorities want Assange on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks’ release of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables. Washington […]
JPMorgan Chase has won a London High Court trial against Nigeria, in which the nation was seeking $1.7 billion in damages over the US investment bank’s role in a disputed 2011 oil deal. The bank said the judgement reflects its commitment to high professional standards, while Nigeria said it was disappointed with the verdict and […]
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