Tech
eBay pays $3m fine in blogger harassment case
Executives at eBay sent live spiders and cockroaches to Ina and David Steiner, according to court papers.
BBC
Results for "2019 (Act 992)"
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Tech
OpenAI says it's 'impossible' to train AI without copyrighted materials
OpenAI faces multiple lawsuits over its use of copyrighted articles, books, and art to train its generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
Euronews
Tech
AI cannot patent inventions, UK Supreme Court confirms
Technologist Dr Stephen Thaler had sought to have his AI, called Dabus, recognised as the inventor of a food container and a flashing light beacon.
BBC
Courts
Farmer jailed and fined over visa fraud
Dominic Ampea is to pay a fine of GHC3,600 in default serve 18 months imprisonment.
GNA
Courts
Driver jailed for stealing gun, heavy industrial machines worth GH¢87,000
Abu Mohammed was found guilty by an Accra Circuit Court on the charges of stealing.
GNA
Tech
Tech best bet against money laundering – experts
For decades, the fight against money laundering has been a game of cat and mouse, with criminals constantly innovating new ways to clean their dirty cash.
thebftonline.com
Courts
Housekeeper jailed for stealing gun, other industrial machines
Abu Mohammed was found guilty by an Accra Circuit Court on the charges of stealing.
GNA
Supreme Court News
Presidential spouse salary case: Supreme Court to deliver judgment February 28
A seven-member panel of the apex court heard arguments yesterday from counsels for the applicants and the Attorney-General and subsequently fixed the date for the judgment.
DL News
Europe
Women make up 37% of law firm partners in the UK
The figure, from the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority’s biennial collection of diversity data, is two percentage points up on the previous count in 2021
Law Society Gazette
Courts
Court sets January 2024 for treason trial verdict
On that day, whether accused persons file written submissions or not, the Court would give its judgment.
GNA
Europe
UK: Litigant unwittingly put fake cases generated by AI before tribunal
Tax tribunal judge Anne Redston accepted that Felicity Harber had not know they were the product of what is known as ‘hallucination’, where generative AI delivers highly plausible but incorrect results.
Legal Futures
Africa
Niger coup leaders repeal law against migrant smuggling
The legislation allowed authorities to take action against smugglers who transported migrants through Niger's vast desert on to Libya and Europe.
BBC
General
I said my residence was ‘almost’ sold- Speaker of Parliament
At a breakfast meeting, the Speaker of Parliament was reported to have said that his official residence at Cantonment had been sold.
DL News
Europe
Italy mafia trial: 200 sentenced to 2,200 years for mob links
The three-year trial saw individuals, including a former Italian senator sentenced for alleged links to the 'Ndrangheta, one of Europe's most influential criminal organisations.
BBC
US
A$AP Rocky must stand trial on charges he fired gun at former friend, judge rules
A Los Angeles judge found there is enough evidence for the hip-hop star to stand trial after hearing roughly a day and a half of testimony at a preliminary hearing.
Sky News
Courts
Mona Gucci in Court over alleged visa fraud
The accused allegedly took GHS103,400.00 from a trader under the pretext of securing her United State of America visas for her clients but failed.
GNA
Courts
Asamoah Gyan’s ex-wife wanted £ 5,000 monthly, USD 1 M, 50% of properties, businesses as settlement
However, the Honorable court, presided over by Hafisata Ameleboba JA, after the assessment of her substantial contribution to the acquisition of the properties, granted her the UK property and two others.
DL News
Europe
UK: Severely fatigued lawyer unfairly sacked over absences
Chinedu Orogbu brought employment tribunal proceedings against Duncan Lewis Solicitors after he was dismissed over repeated absences from work.
Law Society Gazette
Africa
Nigerian doctor sentenced to life in prison for rape
Dr Olufemi Olaleye sexually assaulted the girl for more than a year until his wife found out and informed the police, the prosecutor said.
BBC
Courts
Alleged panic withdrawal story: Blogger, another charged, granted GH¢20,000 bail
Jeffrey Eppirim Nyame, the blogger, is facing a charge of publication of false news
GNA