Eswatini’s main opposition leader President Mlungisi Makhanya was poisoned in an attempted assassination, according to his party, the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) on Wednesday. This accusation drew attention to the southern African nation, which is one of the last absolute monarchy still in existence and where the government has been working for years to suppress…
The number of outbreaks and people sick in them in the Netherlands has gone down compared to the previous year, according to statistics recently reported. In 2023, 911 outbreaks were reported, with 3,500 people falling ill. In 2022, there were 1,173 outbreaks and 4,505 sick people. Norovirus, Salmonella, and Campylobacter were still the most commonly…
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(Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) Earlier this year, a disciplinary committee concluded that former Trump DOJ flunky Jeff Clark violated ethics rules, bolstering the DC Disciplinary Counsel’s effort to disbar Clark for good. Clark, a DOJ environmental lawyer, tried to convince Trump to appoint him Acting Attorney…
Main: the outside of the stabbing scene as shown on the local news. Right: suspect Dwayne Robinson looks on during a court appearance (KGW). Under the apparent belief that his own sister had been poisoning for years on end, a brother grabbed a hunting knife, repeatedly stabbed her in the chest as she ate in…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Texas legislature to impose stricter oversight and deny additional funds to the Texas Military Department (TMD), which oversees Texas’s National Guard (TNG) forces on Wednesday. This follows reports of TNG troops firing pepper-spray projectiles, commonly known as “pepper-ball,” against migrants at the US-Mexico border as part of Operation…
Representative Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, has introduced the Toxic Free Food Act, which would require the FDA to close the “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) loophole and make chemical food additives subject to FDA approval and oversight. The veteran lawmaker also submitted public comment to the Food and Drug Administration as the agency works to develop…
[co-author: Julia Kotamäki] On September 12, 2024, the UK government published the Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024 (the “Regulations”), granting the UK’s trade sanctions enforcement body, the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI), new implementation and enforcement powers effective from 10 October 2024. The Regulations also grant the Department for Transport…
One thing is certain about Biglaw billable rates — they’re always going up. Despite that maximum, it’s still news in the industry. It was more than a decade ago that partner billing rates first hit $1,000/hour, but it wasn’t much longer before we hit the $2K mark. Now, according to data from Valeo Partners, we’ve…
Amy Willi (Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office) A 45-year-old New York woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless endangerment after her dog escaped from her house and attacked a 2-year-old boy playing across the street. On March 14, 2023, Amy Willi opened the door of her Long Island home and her dog, Kojo, got loose and…
