In the new year, Massachusetts driving instructors will begin teaching student drivers about the harms of operating vehicles while impaired by cannabis. State transportation officials said in a statement that drivers’ education classes across the state would integrate a new 25-minute module on the subject. The lessons will be taught at more than 460 driving…
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Augusta National is right to keep LIV golfers on the Masters invite list
Of course Augusta National stuck with its current method of filling the field for the Masters Tournament. Imagine the ugliness — unless you’re fond of swarming lawyers — if Chairman Fred Ridley had drawn a line in the bunker and banned the Saudi tour golfers who are otherwise eligible for the annual “tradition unlike any…
Stanford International Bank Ltd (in liquidation) v HSBC Bank PLC (Expedited) [2022] UKSC 34 – UKSC Blog
On appeal from: [2021] EWCA Civ 535 The Appellant (“SIB”) is a company incorporated in Antigua and Barbuda that went into liquidation in 2009. Most of SIB’s business was selling investment products to international customers. However, during 2003 to 2009, SIB was being run as a large Ponzi scheme. Customer withdrawals and payments when investment…
Candey Ltd v Crumpler and another (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation)) [2022] UKSC 35 – UKSC Blog
Candey Ltd, the appellant, acted as a solicitor for Peak Hotels & Resorts Ltd (“PHRL”) between April 2014 and March 2016 in respect of worldwide litigation and various other matters. One such matter was an action in the High Court in London, referred to as “the London Litigation”. On 21 October 2015, PHRL entered into…
Why the Titans’ epic ‘volleyball’ interception vs. the Chargers counted
Soccer, football, volleyball — it all happened on Sunday afternoon. Hours after Leo Messi and Argentina earned the country’s third World Cup final victory, the United States was treated to a excited volleyball match during Chargers vs. Titans. MORE: Titans QB Ryan Tannehill returns after being carted off with an ankle injury Titans defensive backs…
This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 19th December 2022 – UKSCBlog
On Wednesday 14th December the Supreme Court will hand down two judgments. The hand-downs will take place at 9:45 a.m. in Courtroom One: Stanford International Bank Ltd (In Liquidation) v HSBC Bank PLC, on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 535. The Court was asked to consider whether an insolvent company suffers any loss if payments…
Allen Weisselberg could get more time since the Trump Organization guilty verdict required jurors to find he lied
President Donald Trump with his then CFO Allen Weisselberg at Trump Tower in 2017.Evan Vucci/AP Only one person, ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg, is going to jail for the Trump Org. tax-fraud scheme. Ex-Manhattan financial-crimes prosecutors say he could now face more time than his five-month deal. A judge could rule Weisselberg violated the deal because jurors,…
Brake and Anor v Chedington Court Estate Ltd – UKSCBlog
In this post, Tara McCarthy and James Warshaw, associates in the litigation team at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Brake and Anor v Chedington Court Estate Ltd. Factual Background The respondents in the Supreme Court are a married couple, Mr and Mrs Brake, and their son. Mr and Mrs Brake…
Musk vows ‘legal action’ against jet-tracking teens
Elon Musk revealed Wednesday night that he is taking “legal action” against the teenager who runs a since-suspended Twitter account tracking the billionaire’s jet flights. The Twitter CEO made the announcement after implying the jet-tracking account operated by Jack Sweeney, a University of Central Florida freshman, was to blame for a Tuesday stalking incident where…
DB Symmetry Ltd and another v Swindon Borough Council [2022] UKSC 33 – UKSC Blog
This appeal is concerned with the meaning of a condition that was attached to the grant of planning permission for a development site in the outskirts of Swindon. The proposed development included two roads, a “North-South access road” which ran southward from a new junction with the A420 and continued to the southern boundary of…