Judge Tests Positive For Coke, Gets Bond Revoked

You’d think being arrested and facing charges of coercing a witness and harassment would be the nadir of someone’s judicial career, but you’d be wrong! Judge A. Melissa Boyd of Shelby County, Tennessee, was arrested in December on charges related to allegations she attempted to influence her former campaign manager’s testimony in an investigation by…

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GameStop Does It Again

The struggling brick-and-mortar retailer of the eminently online orderable got its partisans hopes up once more, only to seriously let them down yet again. The post GameStop Does It Again appeared first on Above the Law. #GameStop

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Redundancy Compensation In Gibraltar – Redundancy/Layoff

ISOLAS Partner Mark Isola KC and Senior Associate Nick Isola, experts in employment law, provide a comprehensive analysis of statutory redundancy compensation in Gibraltar highlighting both the similarities and key differences to England and Wales. In the lead-up to the last General Election on 12th October 2023, the Gibraltar Chronicle published an article on the…

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In Los Angeles, Bet Tzedek’s New Online Legal Clinic Helps Pro Se People with Conservatorships

In Los Angeles, the legal services organization Bet Tzedek has long run regular in-person legal clinics designed to help self-represented individuals better understand and navigate the sometimes complex process of conservatorship, by which a court appoints a person to manage the personal and financial affairs of someone who cannot make decisions for themself because of…

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Assessing the Legality of Israel’s al-Shifa Hospital Complex Operation | Lesley Wexler | Verdict

Yesterday, Israel withdrew from the al-Shifa hospital complex after its fourth raid on the facility during the Israel-Hamas war. Israel articulated its activities as a “high-precision operation in limited areas of al-Shifa hospital following concrete intelligence that demanded immediate action.” The IDF said that troops had been “instructed on the importance of operating cautiously, as…

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