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Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to four years jail
Ms Suu Kyi faces 11 charges in total, which have been widely condemned as unjust. She has denied all charges.
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Beyond Compliance: Why Trust Is the True Measure of Good Governance
Good governance is not measured by the number of policies an institution adopts, but by the confidence it inspires in those it serves.
Eric Ofori Kwaah, Esq., MCIM, ACIArb, MIoD
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Streamlining legal billing: Best practices for law firms
To keep your legal business running smoothly, ensuring an efficient billing process is important. Here are tips that can make your law firm billing process more efficient and less hectic
Lawyer Monthly
US
Former Google Engineer Opens Up: About Her Sexual Harrasment Ordeals At Google
I used to be a Google engineer. That often feels like the defining fact about my life. When I joined the company after college in 2015, it was at the start of a multiyear reign atop Forbes’s list of best workplaces.
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Africa
New association promotes in-house legal opportunities
In-house legal roles offer African lawyers greater room for self-expression and career progression, said speakers at the launch of the African Corporate & Government Counsel Forum.
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Courts
Two ex-convicts remanded over taxi robbery; accomplice on the run
The accused, Vincent Gbetorglo and Peter Akakpo, also known as “Dompe,” pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and robbery. They are expected to reappear in court on 3 November 2025.
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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
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Biography of Justice Prof. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu to be launched December 8, 2022
The biography is written by journalist, teacher, tourism consultant, and cultural activist, Kofi Akpabli.
DL News
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African Bar Association honours ECOWAS Court President, former President Kufuor for outstanding leadership
Given during the opening ceremony of the 2022 annual conference of the AFBA which opened on Monday, 8th August 2022 in Lilongwe, Malawi, the award recognizes good governance.
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Business
Energy Minister indicts ECG management, past boards, others for sad state of company
Chairman of the board Keli Gadzekpo pledged to turn the business around with new ideas.
DL News
US
Judge presses Giuliani, others on $1.3 billion defamation claims
At the end of the four-hour hearing, Nichols said he would take all of the arguments under advisement.
DL News
Courts
Court orders arrest of four for failing to appear before it
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of four accused persons for failing to appear before it.
DL News
Tech
Bollywood music labels sue OpenAI over copyright
The music labels argue that OpenAI, the company behind popular AI tools like ChatGPT, has been using their recordings without permission to train its language models.
Lawyer Monthly
Africa
Man sues Facebook over alleged poor working conditions in Kenya
Man sues Facebook over alleged poor working conditions in Kenya
nation.africa
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Top Constitutional Law Cases since adoption of Constitution 1992 - Law Lecturer recounts
Top Constitutional Law cases since adoption of Constitution 1992 - Law Lecturer recounts
Richard Osei Boateng
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Case Summary – Justice Abdulai v Attorney-General
The Judgment of the Supreme Court in Writ No. J1/07/2022 – Justice Abdulai v Attorney-General is the subject of discussion in this Special by the Dennislaw Research Desk
DennisLaw Research Desk
Business
Standard Chartered settles £1.5bn investor lawsuit over Iran sanctions disclosures
More than 200 claimants, representing about 1,400 investment funds, had sued the UK-listed lender in London, arguing that they were misled by the bank’s public statements and omissions.
DL News
Crime
‘Aboboyaa’ rider granted GH¢50,000 bail over alleged defilement of 6 -year-old
Frank Agyei pleaded not guilty and would reappear before the court on November 13, this year, for trial.
GNA
Courts
He said he would ‘break me’; How 30-year Oakwood School teacher escaped jail
However, at the end of the trial, the court held that the accused, per his defense, had been able to raise a reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case and was thus acquitted and discharged.
DL News
Courts
Housekeeper jailed for stealing $16,000 from employer
Thomas Yokpo denied the offence but was found guilty after trial and jailed accordingly.
GNA