Tag: legal
Justin Baldoni Drops Taylor Swift Subpoena in Blake Lively Legal War
After Justin Baldoni’s legal team withdrew a subpoena issued to Taylor Swift amid his legal battle with Blake Lively, the Gossip Girl alum’s spokesperson reacted to the update. It turns out Taylor Swift will be excluded from this narrative after all. While Justin Baldoni’s attorneys issued a subpoena to the “Look What You Made Me…
Chris Mason: Why Labour aims to buck 25-year trend of rising legal migration
Immigration into the UK is, arguably, the standout social and demographic change of the 21st Century and also one of the biggest and most transparent political failings, when you compare rhetoric to reality. Whatever your own view about immigration, the trends over the last generation are worth a look. For the last 30 years, the…
IVF Treatment Faces Threats from ‘Fetal Personhood’ Laws That Would Grant Fetuses Legal Rights
The Push to Grant Fetuses and Embryos Legal Rights Is Threatening IVF Treatment In the new book Personhood, historian and law professor Mary Ziegler explores how the push to grant embryos and fetuses full legal rights is reshaping U.S. reproductive health care, research and policy By Lucy Tu edited by Lauren J. Young President Donald…
Trump officials ask supreme court to help strip legal status from Venezuelans
Justice department calls on court to hold judge’s order against ending temporary protected status for 300,000 The Trump administration asked the US supreme court on Thursday to intervene and assist in its attempt to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants in the US, a move that would clear the way…
UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of woman is based on biological sex
It marks the culmination of a long-running legal battle which could have major implications for how sex-based rights apply across Scotland, England and Wales. The court sided with campaign group For Women Scotland, which brought a case against the Scottish government arguing that sex-based protections should only apply to people that are born female. Judge…
Bipartisan senators rebuke White House move to end legal aid for unaccompanied minors
Ximena Bustillo Two senators are mounting a rare bipartisan attack against the Trump administration’s approach to due process for migrants. Sen. Lisa Murkowsi, R-Alaska, joined Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., in a letter criticizing the end of a federal contract that provides legal representation to 26,000 children who are in the U.S. without a parent or…
Venezuelans with legal status are being illegally detained in the US, lawyers say
Temporary protected status lets people stay when it’s not safe for them to go home, but Ice is arresting them anyway Venezuelans with legal permission to live and work in the United States are being unlawfully arrested by federal authorities at their homes, in their cars, at regular immigration check-ins and on the streets, attorneys…
Charity faces legal action after relocated elephants in Malawi allegedly kill 10 people
People living near Kasungu national park say they are living in fear after translocation of 263 elephants by International Fund for Animal Welfare People living on the edge of a protected area in Malawi are taking legal action against an NGO that moved more than 250 elephants into the area, which they say have killed…
Trump revokes legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
Move takes effect on 24 April as president weighs also stripping parole status from some 240,000 Ukrainians in US The new policy affects people who are already in the US and who came under the humanitarian parole program. It follows an earlier Trump administration decision to end what it called the “broad abuse” of the…
Blake Lively Seeks to Protect Texts Amid Justin Baldoni Legal Battle
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynold’s attorney requested an extra layer of protection on sensitive information during a March 6 hearing amid their legal battle with Justin Baldoni. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are requesting to keep some things private. Amid the couple’s sprawling legal battle with It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni, their attorney…
Ryan Reynolds Speaks at Harvard Amid Wife Blake Lively’s Legal Battle
Amid Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s legal battle with Justin Baldoni, the Deadpool star visited Harvard Business School to meet with “megawatt talent.” Ryan Reynolds continues to put out maximum effort amid his and Blake Lively‘s legal battle with Justin Baldoni. In fact, the Deadpool actor teamed up Shark Tank guest star Matt Higgins to…
A Timeline of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s Legal Battle
With It Ends With Us costars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni locked in a legal battle, we broke down what to know about her lawsuit against him and Wayfarer Studios and his against The New York Times. Perhaps ironically, it doesn’t appear as if the legal battle between It Ends With Us costars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will be…
Inside the UK’s first legal drug consumption room
Welcome to the Thistle – the UK’s first and only drug consumption room. After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over drug laws the centre is finally ready to open. On Monday it will welcome its first clients who will come in to inject illegally-bought heroin or cocaine under medical supervision. The Thistle is…
Blake Lively Shares Message on Fires in First Post Amid Legal Battle
Blake Lively broke her social media silence to share resources amid the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. Blake Lively is mourning the devastation. As wildfires rage around the Los Angeles area, destroying countless homes, landmarks and properties, the It Ends With Us star is speaking out on social media—marking her first post since she filed her…
Truss issues legal threat to PM over claim she crashed economy
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has sent a legal “cease and desist” letter to Sir Keir Starmer demanding he stop saying she “crashed the economy”. Her lawyers argue the claim made repeatedly by Sir Keir is “false and defamatory” and harmed her politically in the run-up to losing her South West Norfolk seat in the…
IDF restricts media coverage of soldiers to protect them from risk of legal action
Israeli military’s new rules intended to protect reservists travelling overseas from facing allegations of war crimes The Israeli military has placed new restrictions on media coverage of soldiers on active combat duty because of growing concern about the risk of legal action against reservists travelling abroad over allegations of involvement in war crimes in Gaza.…
Legal aid cuts deny parents their human rights, says ex-supreme court president
Exclusive: David Neuberger believes lack of access to state-funded lawyers for family disputes is ‘wrong in principle’ The former president of the supreme court has said parents are being deprived of their human rights by having to fight for contact with their children without lawyers. David Neuberger said legal aid cuts to family cases were…
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Settle Divorce After 8-Year Legal Battle
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—who had been locked in a legal battle for almost a decade—finally reached a settlement in their divorce journey. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s legal battle has reached a conclusion. Almost a decade after Jolie filed for divorce from the Fight Club star, citing irreconcilable differences, the former couple—who share kids Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18…
Claim of dementia could derail former Abercrombie CEO’s sex trafficking case
Manuela López Restrepo A letter from former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries’ legal team, filed this week, claims that he may not be fit to stand trial in his ongoing sex trafficking case due to an alleged diagnosis of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Jeffries was arrested in October as part of a federal…