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Do First Offenders Get Jail Time?

30th September 2020
First-time offenders are convicts who have no previous criminal record. Such convicts are subject to the First Offender Act that guides courts on how to treat them.
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JPMorgan to Pay $920 Million in Highest Ever Spoofing Settlement

30th September 2020
The multinational investment bank admitted to wrongdoing regarding market manipulation by its traders.
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US Pension Funds Sue Allianz Over $4 Billion Losses

29th September 2020
The pension funds allege that Allianz mismanaged their investments during the COVID-19 market shock.
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Federal Judge Halts Trump Administration’s TikTok Ban

28th September 2020
Relief arrived hours before the social media app would have been forced off the Apple and Google App Stores.
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Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Justice

28th September 2020
The nomination sets off what will likely be an intense partisan struggle in the lead-up to the presidential election in November.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Her Impact on Law

25th September 2020
A look back at the career of Justice Ginsburg and the many ways in which she shaped the legal landscape of America.
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DC Grants Law Grads Temporary Licence to Practice

25th September 2020
Having deemed in-person bar examinations “infeasible”, DC has given recent graduates a new path to practicing law.
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TikTok Files Suit to Block 27 September Download Ban

24th September 2020
The rising social media giant reiterated its earlier arguments that the Trump administration’s concerns over the app’s handling of data are groundless.
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Facebook Says Data Rules May Leave It Unable to Operate in Europe

24th September 2020
Amid a legal dispute over the transfer of EU data, Facebook said it may withdraw its platforms from the EU.
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How Is a Sentence Decided by a Judge?

23rd September 2020
To non-lawyers, the process of sentencing can sometimes feel opaque. What factors to judges consider in deciding the severity of a sentence?
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