Tech
US Online Law School posts top-notch bar exam pass rate
Concord Law School posted a higher pass rate on the February bar exam among first-time test-takers than American Bar Association-approved schools
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Crime
Global executions in 2022 at highest rate for five years - Amnesty
A total of 883 people are known to have been put to death across 20 countries, marking a rise of 53% compared to 2021, according to the group's annual review.
BBC
Others
Singapore executes man for supplying cannabis
Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was hanged at dawn on Wednesday over a plot to smuggle 1kg (35oz) of cannabis.
BBC
Others
Chinese engineer arrested in Pakistan for alleged blasphemy
Police said the alleged blasphemy act had enraged the local staff, leading to angry protests Sunday evening across the Kohistan district where the project is being built, with thousands of protesters blocking the main highway linking Pakist...
VOA
Europe
TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children's data
It estimated TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children aged under 13 to use the platform in 2020
BBC
Europe
ChatGPT banned by regulator in Italy over data breach
Italy's data protection regulator announced a ban on ChatGPT, and investigation into OpenAI. It cited a March 20 data breach, and no "legal basis" for using people's data to train the chatbot.
Business Insider
Tech
Generative AI could automate almost half of all legal tasks - Report
It estimated that the legal industry would see significant job replacement from generative AI
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Europe
Serial sperm donor who fathered 550 children sued for increasing incest risk
The civil case is being brought against blacklisted Jonathan Jacob Meijer to stop him from offering his services
The Telegraph
Courts
Customs officer, two others accused of $4M gold theft remanded
Emmanuel Dwamena, 37, the Customs Officer, Abdul Karim Lakoh, 38 and Seth Dzamesi, 43, both businessmen, denied conspiring to steal the 75 kilos of gold bars
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General
Ghana to pass International Criminal Court Bill- Attorney General
When finally passed, the ICC Bill will enable Ghana’s courts to try offenses recognized under the Rome Statute while the ICC also prosecutes cases where Ghana courts are unable.
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Africa
How law firms can leverage bitcoin
Bitcoin and the Lightnight Network have the potential to transform the legal industry by introducing a new, decentralized and secure way of handling financial transactions.
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Others
Saudi Arabia grants first law practice licences to three foreign law firms
With the new amendments, the country aims to encourage firms to set up in Saudi Arabia so legal work is coordinated within the Kingdom, and to also enable high-profile deals stay within the country.
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General
Nana Dr. S. K. B. Asante to launch book on Critical and Biographical Essays
Nana S.K. B. Asante, born on May 11, 1933, is a Ghanaian lawyer and the Paramount Chief of Asokore Asante in the Ashanti Region.
DL News
General
Ghanaian lawyer wins 2022 IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award
Currently a lecturer at the UPSA Law School, Yorm becomes the first female Ghanaian and second African lawyer to have won this award.
DL News
Africa
South African ex-President Zuma calls courts unjust after completing jail term
Zuma, who has faced myriad corruption allegations, also had failed to appear in front of an inquiry into state graft -- locally called "state capture" -- that occurred under his nearly decadelong tenure.
VOA
Africa
Nigeria: Interpol arrests 75 suspected cyber criminals linked to Nigeria's Black Axe Cult
The coordinated operation targeted Black Axe cells - one of Nigeria's mightiest criminal groups - as well as others from West Africa.
AllAfrica
Others
Indonesia bans all syrup medicines after death of 99 children
It comes just weeks after a cough syrup in The Gambia was linked to the deaths of nearly 70 children.
BBC
General
ECOWAS Court President Amoako Asante awarded again for excellence in leadership
The award is in the distinguished personality category and according to organisers, it goes to represent his ‘groundbreaking commitment to human capital development and support for projects in empowering young leaders in Africa.
DL News
General
ECOWAS Court President Justice Amoako Asante, Vice re-elected for two-years
Their election follows the assumption of duty of two new judges sworn in two weeks ago, to replace out-going Justices Keikura Bangura and Januaria Tavares Silva Moreira Costa, both of Sierra and Cape Verde respectively.
DL News
US
Coachella files copyright infringement lawsuit against Afrochella
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday at a California district court and obtained by Rolling Stone, comes three years after AEG (which owns Goldenvoice) issued a warning to the Afrochella festival about infringing on the festival’s trademark.
Rolling Stone