SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of The Walt Disney Company – DIS

NEW YORK, June 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney” or the “Company”) DIS. Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at [email protected] or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.

The investigation concerns whether Disney and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.

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On September 21, 2021, Disney gave a virtual presentation at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference. During the presentation, Chief Executive Officer Robert Chapek acknowledged that Disney+

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Historic Fredericton justice building to become UNB law school

The justice building on Queen Street in downtown Fredericton is slated to become the new University of New Brunswick faculty of law.

A combined $62 million will be put toward making the project a reality, with $24.9 million from the federal government, $20.7 million from the province and $16.6 million from the University of New Brunswick.

Announcing the project Wednesday, Dominic LeBlanc, the federal minister of intergovernmental affairs, infrastructure and communities, said the money will pay for upgrades to the building’s ventilation and communication systems, accessibility features and lighting.

It will also address flooding, he said. To avoid being closed

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Trudeau Foundation-linked case should be heard in NL: lawyer

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The lawyer representing a woman who alleges she was sexually harassed by a former Northwest Territories premier says her client would likely have to end her lawsuit if a judge determines the trial should be moved to Quebec.

Kathryn Marshall, with the Toronto-based law firm Levitt Sheikh, argued in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court today that the case should be heard in that province, because that is where the alleged misconduct took place.

She says her client, Cherry Smiley, would have to bear the cost and emotional strife of starting over with a search for a

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Google to remove news from search in Canada over new law | Internet News

Google has announced plans to remove Canadian news articles from its search engine and other products in Canada when a law requires major online platforms to pay news publishers take effect in the country.

In a statement on Thursday, Google said Canada’s Bill C-18 – the so-called Online News Act, which was passed last week – “remains unworkable”.

“We have now informed the Government that when the law takes effect, we will unfortunately have to remove links to Canadian news from our Search, News and Discover products in Canada,” the company said.

“We’re disappointed it has come to this. We

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Florida Supreme Court rules against former Democratic state attorney ousted by DeSantis



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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Andrew Warren, a state attorney who was ousted by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, citing an “unreasonable delay” in filing a challenge to the Republican governor’s authority to suspend him.

Warren, a twice-elected Democrat, drew DeSantis’ ire last summer by pledging not to prosecute those who seek or perform abortions or those who provide gender-affirming treatments to transgender people in opposition to state laws backed by DeSantis. The governor then announced he was suspending Warren for “neglect of duty” and “incompetence” as prosecutor for Hillsborough County, home

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Google to block news in Canada over law on paying publishers

OTTAWA, June 29 (Reuters) – Google said on Thursday it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news publishers.

Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google will remove links to Canadian news from search results and other products in Canada when the law takes effect in

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Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law: NPR

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law: NPR

Google announced on Thursday that it will start blocking links to Canadian news articles once a new law in the country forcing tech companies to bargain with news publishers takes effect.

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Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law: NPR

Google announced on Thursday that it will start blocking links to Canadian news articles once a new law in the country forcing tech companies to bargain with news publishers takes effect.

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Googles said on Thursday that it will block all links to Canadian news articles for people using its search

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In major reform, California attorneys must report misconduct by their peers

Attorneys in California will be required to report misconduct by their peers starting Aug. 1, in yet another major reform to emerge from the Tom Girardi scandal.

The state Supreme Court announced the new rule Thursday. It obligates attorneys to notify the State Bar if they have “credible evidence that another lawyer has committed a criminal act or has been engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit” or other wrongdoing that “raises a substantial question as to that lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness , or fitness.”

Those who do not comply face penalties of up to a three-year suspension of their law

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