Home Daily News Appeals court upholds negligent homicide… Criminal Justice Appeals court upholds negligent homicide conviction for encouraging suicide by electronic means By Debra Cassens Weiss June 12, 2024, 11:32 am CDT A defendant living in Indiana who encouraged a Tennessee woman in online conversations to kill herself for his sexual pleasure can be found…
The Nigerian economy was severely impacted in 2023 by a national election, the subsequent devaluation of currency and the removal of the discount exchange rate for students studying abroad from the Central Bank of Nigeria, known as ‘Form A’. While Nigerian’s have become accustomed to fluctuating rates and shortages of foreign exchange, many students have…
Mark A. Morrow and Jeffery D. ChaddockPhoto by Ben Wirtz SiegelThe Ohio University College of Fine Arts is being renamed the Jeffery D. Chaddock and Mark A. Morrow College of Fine Arts. Ohio’s Board of Trustees approved a resolution renaming the college after receiving a $25 million gift from Envisage Wealth CEO Jeffery Chaddock, a…
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said that Chinese students should be coming to the US to “study humanities and social sciences” instead of STEM subjects like “particle physics” The remarks were made during an event held at the Council on Foreign Relations’ China Strategy Initiative launch Some publications in China picked up the comments…
Have you ever sat through a board meeting and wondered, “Are we getting anything done here?” Maybe you were leading the meeting and it was falling flat. Or one of the members was going on about something off-topic, and eyes were starting to glaze over. Can we just admit, board meetings are a pain point…
(Photo by Ali Shaker/VOA) Donald Trump will sit for his pre-sentencing meeting with probation today. Virtually, of course, because when his supporters complain that there are two systems of justice in this country, they’re unintentionally correct. I represented cooperating purely white-collar defendants that they would absolutely force to come down to a dingy office for…
Last week, Jeff Rosen, the District Attorney in California’s Santa Clara County, asked the superior court to resentence all of the people from his county who are now on the state’s death row. This request is a genuinely unprecedented and important step in the ongoing fight against capital punishment in the United States. Prosecutors, who…
Six individuals have been recognized in The California State University’s (CSU) first-ever Black Student Success Scholarship Program. Dr. Mildred García“It is my great honor to award the inaugural Black Student Success Scholarship to six extraordinary students who have demonstrated their passion for supporting the Black community in service beyond the classroom,” said Dr. Mildred García,…
28 March 2024 Dickinson Wright PLLC To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Amid the ever-evolving landscape of business and workforce dynamics, the recent buzz around the H-2B visa lottery has sent ripples of anticipation and concern through companies reliant on foreign workers….
UPDATED (May 8, 2024): VICTORY! After FIRE wrote to Sterling about the unconstitutionality of banning “disparaging” comments in town hall meetings, the moderator at the latest Special Town Meeting refrained from banning any language and only requested that comments be on-topic and nonrepetitive. Additionally, Sterling responded to FIRE’s public records request in the negative, indicating that no…