Africa
Nigeria imposes annual levy on expatriate workers
The move is meant to encourage foreign companies to employ more Nigerian workers
BBC
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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
Business
10 years of LI 2204: Joe Wise bemoans low local input in upstream petroleum sector
He has thus tasked the Petroleum Commission to do more to train more Ghanaians to participate in the sector.
DL News
Africa
Uganda to impose tax on Facebook, Twitter and Netflix
The Parliament of Uganda has passed a proposed new law that imposes a 5 percent tax on the income earned in the country by foreign digital companies such as Facebook and Twitter.
The EastAfrican
Tech
Following ChatGPT hype, South Florida’s lawyers see promise in AI boom
Lawyers will be at the forefront of crafting ethics regulations and laws around AI, aided by already-existing Florida institutions.
Tech
Flutterwave’s accounts in Kenya have been frozen over fresh money laundering allegations
A recurring theme in the allegations laid against Flutterwave is the company’s involvement in card fraud and money laundering.
Tech Cabal
Business
Law Clerk Services Company launched: Great relief for lawyers, individuals, organizations
JL Clerk Services: Serving lawyers with speed and efficiency
DL News
US
US pharmacy chains ordered to pay $650m in Ohio opioids suit
In November, a federal court found Walgreens Boots Alliance, CVS and Walmart helped create an oversupply of addictive opioid pills.
BBC
Africa
Three Nigerian men charged for allegedly defrauding entities, including US universities
The three, Olabanji Egbinola, Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo, and Donald Ikenna Echeazu are facing charges of wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft.
DL News
General
Euro 2022: Uefa reports 290 abusive posts to social media companies following group stage
European football's governing body launched a new project at the start of Euro 2022 to "monitor, report, and remedy cases of online abuse". Of the 290 abusive posts, 55% have been removed by social media companies.
BBC
Tech
E-Discovery's Mental Health Challenges Are Often Silent, But All Too Present
While the suffering may be silent, industry observers note mental health challenges such as stress and burnout are very common.
Law.com
Tech
Ukrainian Legal Tech Companies Continue On Under Cloud of Russian Invasion
Since the beginning of the war, many legal tech founders and their employees have relocated, traded in their cubicle for a home office or started working periodically from a bomb shelter.
Law.com
Africa
How Nigeria succeeded in clipping Twitter’s wings
Twitter has agreed to a raft of conditions to end a seven-month ban in Nigeria, in what feels like a big win for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in its efforts to regulate the internet, some analysts say.
BBC
General
Hundreds of professional footballers threaten legal action over use of data
GSDT is adamant the use of such data is not covered by image rights.
DL News
US
Global tax deal seeks to end havens, criticized for ‘no teeth’
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Paris would use its European Union presidency during the first half of 2022 to translate the agreement into law across the 27-nation bloc.
DL News
US
The Trump Organization has been charged with tax fraud. What could that mean for the former president’s company?
The former president himself has not been charged by prosecutors, but they say investigations are ongoing.
DL News
Africa
Egypt and Suez ship owners agree on compensation
The ship blocked one of the world’s busiest trade routes, forcing companies to reroute ships and causing long tailbacks of hundreds of vessels
DL News
Business
IES urges government to review Petroleum Agreements amidst drawbacks in oil sector
The IES wants the government to review the royalties and taxes charged stakeholders and parties in the upstream sector
DL News
General
Prosecute prospectors who break rules – MP urges govt
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Dormaa East, Mr Paul Twum Barimah, says the decision by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to suspend all prospecting licences granted mining companies will help protect t...
DL News
General
Collapse of 347 MFIs: List of properties available for auction
The Receiver of the collapsed 347 Microfinance Companies (“MFIs”) and the 23 Savings & Loans and Finance House Companies has reminded the general public of bids to purchase some properties belonging to the defunct institutions.
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