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ILPC Annual Conference 2022 – Online Safety in Connected World

ILPC Annual Conference 2022 – Online Safety in Connected World

Dates: November 17, 2022; 9:30 – 17:00 (in-person) and November 18, 2022; 9:00 – 13:00 (on line)

Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR

the Information Law & Policy Centre’s The 7th Annual Conference 2022 will explore the impact of policymaking focused on ensuring ‘online safety’ and the increased use of data-driven systems that are increasingly connecting all aspects of society, particularly the implications of these changes for the rights and responsibilities of individuals and organizations . Panels will address the development and future of these developments for regulation, policymaking, and governance within the UK

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Company Secretary at KPMG, Bengaluru › The Legal Lock

About KPMG

KPMG International Limited is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Advising and assisting clients on incorporation under various forms of entity including mandatory compliance post incorporation, planning and execution of board meetings etc.
  • Responsible for development for the vertical and managing a team of qualified company secretaries for further routine compliance needs of the clients.
  • Team management and building client relationships to provide one stop solution for all their regulatory & compliance needs.
  • Advising the stakeholders and BOD (Board of Directors) on compliance management as and when required;
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Attorney General Merrick Garland announces special counsel to oversee Biden documents probe

Washington — Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed the former US attorney from Maryland as special counsel to oversee the investigation of documents with classified markings found at President Biden’s former office at a Washington think tank and in the garage at his Wilmington, Delaware, home, Garland announced Thursday .

Robert Hur, the former top federal prosecutor in Maryland, will serve as the special counsel overseeing the review of the documents, which date back to Mr. Biden’s time as vice president in the Obama administration. Hur served as US attorney during the Trump administration and was the second special counsel

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Lawyer for Illinois EMTs charged with patient’s murder reacts to ‘very odd criminal case’

The lawyer representing two Illinois paramedics charged with a Black man’s murder for strapping him facedown on a gurney deemed it a “very odd criminal case,” and the leader of the local civil rights chapter made comparisons to the notorious 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis .

The Sangamon County State’s Attorney Office brought first-degree murder charges Tuesday against Peter Cadigan, 50, and Peggy Finley, 40, in connection to the Dec. 18 death of Earl L. Moore Jr.

Moore, a severe alcoholic who had not had a drink in days, reportedly dialed 911 himself for help, but when officers

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Answering the $296 Billion Question: FTC’s Proposed Rulemaking on Worker Non-Competes Likely to be Found Unconstitutional | Seyfarth Shaw

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As our colleagues have previously reported in this blog, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning its unprecedented effort to ban all non-compete clauses with workers and to preempt state law on the issue . The NPRM followed just one day after the FTC announced that it had reached a consent settlement with three companies for alleged unfair trade practices by imposing overly burdensome non-compete agreements.

Not surprisingly, the NPRM has sparked a surge of commentary in the legal and business communities and immediately courted controversy. The sole Republican member of

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UN chief: Rule of law risks becoming `Rule of Lawlessness’

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that the rule of law is at grave risk of becoming “the Rule of Lawlessness.” He pointed to a host of unlawful actions across the globe from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and coups in Africa’s Sahel region to North Korea’s illegal nuclear weapons program and Afghanistan’s unprecedented attacks on women’s and girls’ rights. He also cited the military takeover in Myanmar and the weak rule of law in Haiti. Guterres told the Security Council Thursday that civilians are suffering the effects of conflicts and hunger

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Trump lawyer calls indictment an ‘attack on free speech and political advocacy.’ Follow live updates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Follow along for live updates on the Justice Department’s indictment of former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The charges focus on schemes by Trump and his allies to subvert the transfer of power and keep him in office despite his loss to Joe Biden.

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WHAT TO KNOW

— Trump has now been indicted for the third time. Here’s where all the investigations stand

— Trump also was indicted in June on charges that he illegally hoarded classified documents

— Mar-a-Lago’s property manager is the latest Trump

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McCue (as guardian for Andrew McCue)(AP) v Glasgow City Council (Scotland) [2023] UKSC 1 – UKSC Blog

On appeal from [2020] CSHI 51

This appeal is concerned with the provision of community care services to disabled persons pursuant to the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (the “1968 Act”) and the charges made for such provision.

The appellant is acting as guardian for her son. At the time of the hearing, Mr. McCue was 27 years old. He has Down’s Syndrome and lives with his parents. He is disabled within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act. As a result of his disability, he is provided with community care services by the respondent, Glasgow City Council

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