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The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that Ohio's product liability law prohibits counties from bringing public-nuisance claims against national pharmaceutical chains as they did as part of national opioid litigation

Google on Wednesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence designed to tackle more of the work and thinking done by humans as it tries to stay on technology’s cutting edge while also trying to fend off regulatory threats to it internet empire

The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested and charged another former Toronto-Dominion Bank employee with conspiracy to launder money, the latest in a string of charges tied to the lender’s massive compliance failures at its American retail business.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When the PGA Tour announced a stunning alliance with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf that it had spent months battling on and off the course, the plan was for the two sides to have a final agreement by the end of the year. That is, the end of last year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Companies facing charges of harming the environment have found relief in recent Supreme Court rulings which clarified that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) cannot impose penalties on firms based on their total revenue or solely on the recommendations of expert committees.

Delhi High Court on Wednesday posted on January 17, 2025, the enforcement directorate's plea against the bail granted to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the 2021-22 excise policy-linked money laundering case. The ED counsel urged Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri to defer the hearing in the matter on account of the unavailability of additional solicitor general S V Raju. The request was opposed by senior advocate Vikram Chaudhary, representing the AAP leader, citing «pressing urgency» in the matter. Chaudhary said the agency should withdraw its plea and the court should vacate its stay on the operation of the trial court's order granting bail.

Sapna Singh, known for her work in TV shows like Crime Patrol and Mati Ki Banno, staged a protest in Bareilly after her 14-year-old son, Sagar Gangwar, was found dead under suspicious circumstances. On Wednesday, police arrested two of Sagar's friends, identified as Anuj and Sunny, on charges of murder. «The postmortem report could not confirm the exact cause of death, but indications of poisoning or drug overdose have been found. Viscera samples have been preserved for further examination,» Circle Officer (Faridpur) Ashutosh Shivam told PTI. «Anuj and Sunny confessed during questioning that they had consumed drugs and alcohol with Sagar. The overdose caused Sagar to collapse. Panicking, they dragged his body to a field and left him there,» Inspector Sunil Kumar from Bhuta Police Station added.

Adani Group faces nearly $1.7 billion in upcoming debt maturities at three of its businesses -ports, cement, and renewable energy-over the next quarter, investment banking sources aware of the syndicated loan terms and coupon timelines told ET. The biggest of these maturities is a $1.05-billion construction loan taken for Adani Green Energy, which is due March next year. Adani Cement-which houses Ambuja Cements and ACC-also has a $300-million loan due March, while there is a $290-million credit facility for Adani Ports and SEZ due January, according to the sources cited above.

Ruhullah Mehdi, the Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar, on Tuesday said that he is moving an impeachment motion in Parliament for the removal of justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a Judge in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad for his anti-Muslim remarks and supporting a particular ideology and political party. Ruhullah has invoked Article 124(4) of the Constitution for the removal of justice Yadav, seeking signatures of 100 members of the Parliament to move the motion. The Lok Sabha member from National Conference said that more than seven members, including AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, Rajkumar Roat from Rajasthan, Sudama Prasad from Bihar, Mohibbullah and Ziau Rahman from UP, have already signed the motion.

gender-based violence and developing safety protocols for doctors and medical staff at hospitals with the court-appointed national task force. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said the NTF will file its report within 12 weeks from Tuesday for its consideration. The top court constituted the NTF on August 20 to formulate a protocol for ensuring safety and security of medical professionals in the wake of the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. While hearing the suo motu case on Tuesday, the CJI said the case would be next heard in the week commencing March 17, 2025, but suggested the parties could seek an earlier hearing if the rape and murder trial of the case was delayed.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has engaged attorney general R Venkataramani, the country’s highest-ranking law officer, to fight its case against various current and former online sellers of Amazon and Flipkart, including Cloudtail India Pvt Ltd, Appario Retail Pvt Ltd and Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd, two people informed about the development said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In an earlier article in this column, I spoke of a lecture that Justice Easterbrook once delivered on the subject of property in cyberspace. His talk was titled ‘Cyberspace and the Law of the Horse,’ which was his way of highlighting the foolishness of coming up with fresh laws to regulate new technologies when general principles of law already addressed the concerns these new technologies raised.

TikTok on Monday asked a federal appeals court to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform until the Supreme Court reviews the case

An order issued by the counterterrorism division of MHA said: «In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, the central government, in consultation with the chief justice of the High Court of Manipur, hereby, designates the court of district and sessions judge, Imphal East, and the court of district and sessions judge, Imphal West, as NIA special court-I and NIA special court-II, respectively, in Manipur for the trial of the scheduled offences investigated by the National Investigation Agency.» Due to the absence of a designated court, the Supreme Court had recently allowed the NIA request to transfer eight criminal cases from Imphal court to Assam. The court observed, «The prevailing conditions in Manipur are not conducive for ensuring a free and fair trial.»

Sheikh Hasina has promised justice to the victims of excesses committed under the Yunus regime and recalled she stepped down to prevent politics over dead bodies. She virtually delivered the speech at an Awami League meeting, organised in London on Sunday night. Yunus will be brought to justice soon, Hasina said, accusing the chief advisor of the interim government of masterminding the murder of activist Abu Sayed during the agitation against reservation in jobs.

TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance have turned to a veteran US Supreme Court lawyer as they prepare to ask the justices to block a law that could ban the popular short video platform in the United States. Noel Francisco, who served as US solicitor general during Republican President-elect Donald Trump's first administration, will represent TikTok along with his partner Hashim Mooppan at law firm Jones Day, court papers show. As the Justice Department's top Supreme Court advocate from 2017 to 2020, Francisco defended Trump's ban on people from six predominantly Muslim countries entering the United States. He has argued more than 20 cases before the high court.

Cyprus and the U.S. say they’re doubling down on a joint effort to crack down on illicit finance with additional training of Cypriot law enforcement authorities to identify, investigate and prosecute financial crimes

Human Rights Day every year on December 10 to raise awareness of the basic liberties and rights that every person is entitled to. Each individual has human rights that must be respected irrespectiveive of gender, nationality, ethnicity, race or religion. The day gives an opportunity to recognise the work that has been done and what has to be done to protect everyone's rights. It is a reminder for a call to action, imploring governments, institutions and people everywhere to strive for equality, justice and the defence of human dignity.

ICJ) on Thursday, saying they exploited the global carbon budget, failed to honour climate-finance promises and are now demanding that developing countries restrict their resource use. The court is examining what legal obligations countries have to address climate change and the consequences if they fail. India also urged the ICJ to avoid creating new obligations that go beyond the existing climate-change framework. «The court may exercise due caution to avoid devising new or additional obligations beyond what is already agreed under the existing climate-change regime, which take into consideration historic emissions, climate justice and the principal principle of equity and CBDR-RC, as well as the equitable access to the global carbon budget,» the country said.

TikTok’s future in the U.S. appeared uncertain on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge the company brought against a law that requires it to cut ties with its China-based parent company or be banned by mid-January