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In a blow to LGBTQ rights, the US Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the constitutional right to free speech allows certain businesses to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings, ruling in favor of a web designer who cited her Christian beliefs in challenging a Colorado anti-discrimination law.

The justices in a 6-3 decision authored by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch overturned a lower court’s ruling that had rejected Denver-area business owner Lorie Smith’s bid for an exemption from a Colorado law that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and other factors.

Attorney Ariel Mitchell, who represents the woman alleging that UFC star Conor McGregor sexually assaulted her at an NBA Finals game, says the league offered money to keep her client quiet in the aftermath of the incident, according to a Thursday report from the Daily Mail.

The Daily Mail, citing a source, said the hush money was in the amount of $100,000.

“Some of the security guards who stood by when this happened were not McGregor’s. They were hired by the Heat,” Mitchell said. “They decided to cater to a celebrity instead of protecting a young woman in trouble.”

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When Matthew Yan looks at the stoic and determined expression on his father’s face in the black and white photo affixed to the identification papers he carried for decades, he mostly feels pity.

The photo features Bing Sun Jun in borrowed clothes: a grown man’s suit sagging on his adolescent shoulders, making him look far older than his 13 years.

The boy’s jaw is set and his eyes are focused, as if he’s trying to be the man he’s been dressed up to be.

It’s the face of a person Yan scarcely got to know.

“My heart just

The modern-day workplace is a complex environment, and with it comes an array of psychosocial risks and hazards that can threaten the well-being of employees. The onset of new legislation which we have explored in previous articles has now forced Employers to take active and positive steps towards providing psychological safety in the workplace.

Psychosocial Risks and Hazards

Psychosocial risks and hazards are factors from work that can cause harm to an employee’s psychological well-being in the workplace.

In practical terms, the changes require reasonable steps to be taken to eliminate or minimize psychosocial risks and hazards in the workplace.

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: The Gross Law Firm Notifies Shareholders of Atlas Lithium Corporation of a Class Action Lawsuit and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of August 1, 2023 – (NASDAQ: ATLX)

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NEW YORK, July 6, 2023

NEW YORK, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Atlas Lithium Corporation.

Shareholders who purchased shares of ATLX during the class listed period are encouraged to

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Google announced Wednesday it will remove links to Canadian news sites from its search results and other products for users in Canada, following a similar decision by Facebook’s parent company Meta last week, after the country passed a new law requiring internet companies to pay news publishers for their content.

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In what New York City has billed as the “first-of-its-kind minimum pay rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers,” gig economy delivery workers will be entitled to almost 20 dollars per hour by April of 2025. The pay rate will increase yearly. Effective July 12, 2023, the new Rule will also require enhanced recordkeeping obligations and will provide flexibility for app-based restaurants as to the pay period.

Pay for app-based workers has recently become a popular issue. Former President Obama’s new Netflix documentary series, “Working, What We Do All Day,” profiles an app-based delivery worker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,