Montreal caravan of vehicles protests French-language law

Cars cruised through Montreal streets on Saturday denouncing Quebec’s French-language law known as Bill 96.

“We’re doing it because we have to save English Montreal,” said organizer Mario Napolitano. “Bill 96 will destroy the city.”

Napolitano is part of the group Bridging Ethnic Communities, a non-profit organization that “unites Quebecers of all languages, ages, and cultures while opposing discrimination, racism and violation of freedoms imposed by the provincial government through its implementation of unreasonable language laws,” according to its website.

Napolitano said the motorcade would respect traffic laws and that the protests would be peaceful.

Bill 96 is being challenged

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York County’s Republican district attorney jumps into primary race for Pennsylvania attorney general

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dave Sunday, York County’s elected district attorney, said Monday that he will run in next year’s GOP primary for state attorney general, making him the first Republican to get in the race.

Sunday, who has been York’s district attorney since 2018, joins three Democrats who have also announced they will seek the top law enforcement job in the presidential battleground state.

Sunday, 48, began working for the district attorney’s office in 2009. He was chief deputy prosecutor under the former district attorney, overseeing major crimes cases and the felony narcotics unit.

FILE - Former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj.  Gen.  Hugo Carvajal, walks out of prison in Estremera on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain on Sept.  15, 2019. Carvajal, wanted on charges of drug trafficking by the United States, is on his way from Spain to the New York on extradition orders, an official with knowledge of the case and his lawyer said Wednesday July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Venezuela’s former spy chief, retired

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Cancer kills firefighters but coverage varies by province. A new law seeks to change that

Fire knows no borders in Canada — but firefighters’ workplace compensation for some types of cancer does. A new federal law could change that.

How provinces compensate firefighters for workplace-related cancers — the most deadly occupational risk they face — varies widely.

Provincial workplace safety boards link different cancers to firefighting, making it harder for some firefighters to access compensation.

“To have this inequality of coverage for firefighters when they get diagnosed with those illnesses is a real disservice to those who serve the community,” said Neil McMillan, director of science and research at the Occupational Health, Safety and Medicine

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Lawyer’s Insight: Ripple Investors Should Hope SEC Loses Case

It’s no secret that Ripple Labs Inc., the company behind the prominent cryptocurrency XRP, is caught up in two legal maelstroms that could define its future. The first case involves the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which accuses Ripple of an unlawful sale of XRP tokens, perceived as unregistered securities. The second is a class-action lawsuit (originally filed in 2018) by an aggrieved investor, Bradley Sostack, arguing that XRP is a security and should have been registered under relevant laws.

Interestingly, yesterday (6 July 2023), John Deaton, a prominent highly-respected attorney closely monitoring the US SEC’s lawsuit against

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Defending careers – 5 lessons from HCCC v Teo.

On 12 July, the Professional Standards Committee formed under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) issued its decision on allegations of unsatisfactory professional conduct against neurosurgeon Professor Charles Theo.

The hearings, held in February and March 2023, attracted significant public attention. This attention stemmed from Professor Teo’s prominence as a highly skilled neurosurgeon, his reported willingness to perform surgeries involving significant risks based on patient choices, and the controversies surrounding his charges and patient interaction.

Supporters and detractors offered comments to the media, while several individuals were present outside the hearing venue every day. Media reporting varied between

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Federal Court to decide if password-sharing violates copyright law

Blacklock’s Reporter sued Parks Canada for buying a one-person subscription and then sharing a password so multiple government employees could access the site’s news stories

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OTTAWA — A case in the Federal Court of Canada could determine whether the sharing of online passwords violates the Copyright Act and has the potential to put Canadian

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Maine and Iowa Enact Job-Specific Limitations on Noncompetites

The two states recently have enacted restrictions on noncompete agreements being used in certain professions.

In Maine, on June 1, 2023, the Governor signed into law LD 688/HP 457, entitled “An Act to Protect Access to Veterinary Care by Prohibiting Noncompete Agreements.” The act amends Maine Revised Statute title 26, § 599-A, which already prohibits an employer from entering into a noncompete with an employee if the employee is earning wages at or below 400% of the federal poverty level. The new amendment expands the noncompete ban to licensed Maine veterinarians, with a carve out for those with an ownership …

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Idaho murder suspect seeks court stay for grand jury records

Attorneys for Moscow homicide defendant Bryan Kohberger seek to pause his court proceedings while they await delivery of contested records from last month’s grand jury indictment that pushed the closely watched case to a trial scheduled for October.

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Kohberger’s defense team may consider challenging the indictment of their client by the confidential panel, which the prosecution sat exclusively for this case. The defense requested the details of those grand jury hearings, including all transcripts and recordings, presented evidence and the jurors’ names, to decide how to move forward, according to court records.

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Three days after the announcement of

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