Business
Debt collectors in US can now DM you on social media
Collection calls rank as the biggest pet peeve of American consumers, with the CFPB receiving more complaints about debt collectors every year than on any other issue.
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Legal Professions Bill: Deans of Faculties to make recommendations
Prof. Atuguba assured students, parents, and guardians, that the newly formed Conference of Law Deans will work to assuage most of the challenges faced in legal education in Ghana.
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Courts
The Supreme Court has, in a four to three majority decision of its review panel, overturned its earlier three to two majority decision of the ordinary bench in Ex parte Opuni.
Lower courts are also to follow the decisions of higher courts, but not slavishly.
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General
2022 Budget: No nuisance taxes will be introduced- John Kumah
On nuisance taxes, Mr. Kumah noted that it is a lazy approach to raise revenue thus a number of them had been scrapped.
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US
JP Morgan sues Tesla for $162 mln over warrants, Musk tweets
Musk’s tweets led to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil charges and $20 million fines against both him and Tesla.
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General
56% of Ghanaians say they are confident in new police administration
On July 21st, 2021, the presidency announced the appointment of Dr George Akuffo Dampare as Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) with effect from August 1.
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Africa
Portugal bans bosses texting staff after-hours
Portugal already has a temporary resident visa scheme designed to attract entrepreneurs and freelancers.
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Business
"Don't introduce new taxes in 2022 budget" - Spare Parts Dealers
“If new taxes would be introduced, there is the need to evaluate current taxes to find out those that are not performing or what we call nuisance taxes.
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General
For better or for worse? New Changes introduced into the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court Rules
The 2021 Dowuona- Hammond Memorial Lecture which was mainly sponsored by the Executive of WOSA 90 also had in attendance, a Retired Justice of the Court of Appeal Justice Isaac Duose.
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General
Encroachers on KNUST lands will face my wrath – Asantehene
According to him, all lands in Asanteman, including that of KNUST, were vested in the custody of the Manhyia Palace, therefore, he would not countenance any form of invasion given the critical role land resources would play in the expansion...
GNA
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Ban on tricycles on highways problematic; it needs legal backing – Minority
The Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, announced the ban as part of making the roads safer and ensuring law and order in the national capital.
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US
White House commission on Supreme Court reforms sees risks in expanding court
Biden signed an executive order in April creating the 36-member bipartisan commission in response to calls from the left for seats to be added in order to counteract the 6-3 conservative majority on the nation’s highest court.
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“We shun all forms of immorality, sexual and otherwise” – Jehovah’s Witnesses on LGBTQ
“Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the Bible’s moral code is the best standard for living, and they choose to abide by that code,” the letter, signed by Mr Daniel A. Adashie of the Public Information Desk.
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General
Constitutional review should be devoid of political influences – Barker-Vormawor
We know from history that when you use a presidential system, you always have a winner-takes-all kind of government so how do we deal with that?”
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General
A Judge’s Perspective: Preparedness of the Judicial Service of Ghana Post COVID-19
The implementation of the E-Justice system has not been without challenges.
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General
IGP pledges to make Police Service most respected organization
At age 51, he will be the youngest IGP to serve in the Fourth Republic and the eighth youngest since independence.
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US
Facebook’s whistleblower tells Congress how to regulate tech
Stanford law professor Nate Persily, who has previously worked directly with Facebook on academic partnerships in the past and who has acknowledged the limitations of those partnerships, recently called for legislation that would compel pla...
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General
Initiate Parliamentary Enquiry into 2020 General elections-ASEPA to Speaker of Parliament
ASEPA is of the view that issues of accountability and oversight go beyond the Jurisdiction of the Courts but falls under the powers of the Legislature.
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2 million capsules of Tramadol, Tapentadol intercepted at Tema Port
In June 2018, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched an integrated strategy to support countries in addressing the on-going synthetic opioids crisis affecting mainly North America with fentanyl and its analogues, and...
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General
GBA moves forward to hold 28th Annual Conference
The conference promises to be informative and pragmatically innovative
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