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‘You are important to our community’ – ECOWAS to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has responded to news of the exit of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the community. Although ECOWAS says it is yet to receive any direct formal notification from the three Member States about their intention to withdraw from the Community, the authority “remains committed to finding […]

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Reimagining Legal Services For Those Who Cannot Afford a Lawyer: Combine AI and Lawyers

ChatGPT and other consumer accessible AI solutions are not the answer to legal services and legal information for people who cannot afford a lawyer. They’re not even close. They could help big time though if lawyers were the conduit from AI to consumers. First, from Stanford University why AI is not the answer for legal

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USA: “Prosecutors Quitting in Droves”

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Prosecutors are “quitting in droves,” while the offices that employ them are getting a fraction of the applications that they have in the past, according to a law professor who studied the problem. Vacancies in prosecution offices are higher than 15% in Houston and Los Angeles; higher than 20% in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Detroit;

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Kenya: High Court Blocks Deployment of Police to Haiti

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A Kenyan court on Friday ruled against the government’s plan to deploy police to Haiti to lead a UN-backed multinational mission aimed at restoring peace and security in the Caribbean nation struggling with gang violence. On Friday, judge Enock Chacha Mwita ruled that “any decision by any state organ or state officer to deploy police

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Defamation: Donald Trump must pay $83.3m for defaming E Jean Carroll

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A New York jury has decided Donald Trump should pay $83.3m (£65m) for defaming columnist E Jean Carroll in 2019 while he was US president. The penalty in the civil trial is made up of $18.3m for compensatory damages and $65m in punitive damages. Mr Trump was found in a previous civil case to have

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ICJ orders Israel to ensure acts of genocide are not committed in Gaza

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The UN’s international court of justice has ordered Israel to ensure its forces do not commit acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, in a historic decision. In an interim judgment delivered on Friday, the president of the court, Joan Donoghue, said Israel must “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts that fall within the

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Kenneth Eugene Smith: US inmate faces first nitrogen execution after losing last-minute appeals

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The Supreme Court has refused to grant a last-minute reprieve to an Alabama death row inmate facing the first ever US execution by nitrogen inhalation. The justices have twice declined, along with a federal appeals court, to block what Kenneth Eugene Smith’s lawyers call a “cruel and unusual” punishment. Opponents say using nitrogen gas could

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Spain: FA Boss May stand trial for kissing player

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A Spanish High Court judge proposed on Thursday that former football federation chief Luis Rubiales stand trial for kissing player Jenni Hermoso’s lips after Spain’s victory in the Women’s World Cup. The court said in a statement that the judge, Francisco de Jorge, also sought a trial for former women’s team coach Jorge Vilda, as

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Michgan: Court Clerk Steals from Judge

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A former court clerk in Wayne County, Michigan, has been charged with embezzling more than $60,000 from the judge for whom he worked. Steven Allen, 42, of Detroit was accused of illegally obtaining the judge’s ATM card to make withdrawals and purchases, according to a Jan. 23 press release by the Michigan Department of Attorney General. Allen

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Ghanaian Lawyer based in New York Arrested for Defrauding Immigrants and U.S. Government

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Kofi Amankwaa endangered his clients by filing fraudulent documents claiming they were being abused by their children, according to the SDNY and NY Attorney General. Federal authorities charged a Bronx attorney this week with carrying out a “large scale” immigration scheme to defraud the U.S. government through a law that can provide domestic violence victims

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