Africa
Kenya's anti-gay bill proposes 50-year jail term
Dubbed the Family Protection Bill 2023, the draft law is recommending a ban on homosexuality, same-sex unions, and any LGBTQ activities and campaigns.
BBC
Results for "controversial Ebonyi Cybercrimes Law 2021"
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Tech
US law firm accused of waiting more than a year to inform affected parties about data breach
According to the complaint, Hill Farrer determined that cybercriminals gained unauthorized access to its systems between March 14 and March 18, 2022. The hackers are alleged to have accessed and stole sensitive personal information
LAW.COM
General
Why lawyer wants only husbands’ property but not wives’ shared during divorce
According to him, this is one of the surest ways to save most marriages ‘which are tearing apart just because of issues of who is entitled to what.'
DL News
General
Ensure proper mechanisms for enforcement of Continental Court’s decisions- African lawyers urged
She noted that it's time for all to see the decisions of the continent’s court as solving and dealing with the pressing issues bedeviling its people
DL News
Others
Pakistan: More than 100 arrested after churches burned
More than 100 people have been arrested in an east Pakistan city after thousands of Muslims burned churches and vandalised homes
BBC
Europe
Germany approves landmark bill to liberalise cannabis use and sale
People will also be allowed to grow up to three cannabis plants as Berlin tries to curb the black market, protect consumers against contaminated products and reduce drug-related crime.
Sky News
US
70 Indian graduates sue the US government over H-1B denials based on employers’ fraud
The plaintiffs—employed through a training program for foreign graduates of US colleges and universities—say they didn’t knowingly engage in fraud despite their employers’ actions.
The Economic Times
Courts
Suspected serial paedophile remanded
Rashid Anaata, the suspect, was arrested over the weekend and arraigned before the Wa Circuit Court and was subsequently remanded
GNA
Courts
SSNIT retrieves ₵132 million from employers through court action
The cases were related to employers who failed to honour statutory social security obligations on behalf of their employees
GNA
US
Affirmative action: US Supreme Court overturns race-based college admissions
The US Supreme Court has ruled that race can no longer be considered as a factor in university admissions.
BBC News, Washington
Europe
UK: Law firm named and shamed for not paying 10 workers the minimum wage
According to a spokesperson, the issue arose around four years ago when apprentices' wages were not automatically increased after their first two years' of employment.
Law Society Gazette
Africa
Liberia: Court orders release of former Chief Justice from police detention
Her release from police custody comes amid reports that she and three other members of her household have been charged with murder, criminal conspiracy, and making false statements to law enforcement officers.
Front Page Africa
Africa
Tinubu signs law on interest-free student loans
Local students in tertiary institutions such as universities, colleges and polytechnics will now be able to easily get interest-free loans from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund to cover tuition fees
BBC
Business
NPA to prosecute crimes in oil supply chain
This was made known by the Legal Manager of the NPA, Farida Ali-Musah at a media engagement in Cape Coast.
DL News
General
GIMPA Law tops Africa at ICC Moot Court Competition
This feat was achieved by the team comprising Dzigbordi Agbenyo, Abigail Anyormi, Obed Owusu, and Laura Edwards.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Full Judgment: Why Supreme Court declared Gyakye Quayson’s election unconstitutional
In a 35-page judgment in the opinion of Amegatcher(JSC), the apex court resolved the issues in the case under the broad headings of jurisdiction, qualification, allegiance, preliminary objections, and·consequential directions
DL News
Tech
TikTok joins list of social media companies sued for privacy violations from third-party data-sharing
In the wake of surging consumer privacy lawsuits alleging the illegal use of tracking pixels by third-party websites to collect personal information, TikTok and its parent company ByteDance are facing accusations that non-TikTok users’ “hig...
LAW.COM
General
ECOWAS Court conference urges tough measures against unconstitutional change of government
The keynote address at the opening of the conference on Monday, 22nd May 2023, was delivered by Professor of Practice at Tuft University in the US, Professor Chidi Odinkalu. It was opened by President Adama Barrow.
GNA
Supreme Court News
Striking out of law on cannabis cultivation: AG's review application dismissed
In July last year, the ordinary bench of the Court struck out that portion of the Act as being made by Parliament in excess of its jurisdiction.
DL News
General
African Bar Association holds annual conference from August 6-10
The theme for this year’s conference is “Building the Legal Profession in Africa under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.”
DL News