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Eighteen Haiti Assassination Suspects Are Transferred to U.S. for Trial

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PORT-AU-PRINCE — Eighteen suspects in the 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were flown from Haiti to the United States on Sunday, moving a major part of the prosecution to federal court in South Florida. U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones described the transfer as a new phase in the effort to establish responsibility for …

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California Bar Exam Vendor Agrees to $1.35 Million Settlement Over Software Failures

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SAN FRANCISCO — The software company involved in California’s troubled February 2025 bar examination agreed to pay $1.35 million to settle a proposed class action brought by test takers, according to papers filed in federal court. About 4,100 examinees would receive full refunds of the $153 laptop fee they paid to take the exam under …

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Tesla Goes to Trial Over California Agency’s Race-Discrimination Claims

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Tesla went to trial Monday in a case brought by California’s civil-rights agency, which accuses the electric-vehicle maker of permitting widespread racial harassment and unequal treatment of Black employees at its Fremont assembly plant. The bench trial before Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon is scheduled to continue through Oct. 30. The judge, …

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Britain Brings Its First Rwanda Genocide-Related Prosecution

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LONDON — British prosecutors charged a 65-year-old Rwandan man on Monday with offenses connected to the 1994 genocide, the first case of its kind brought in the United Kingdom. Vincent Brown, formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, faces one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six counts of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime …

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Australian Court Approves Final Distribution Plan for Immigration Investment Fund

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BRISBANE — The Federal Court of Australia authorized liquidators of Royal National Capital Alliance to distribute the remaining property of an investment trust and to recover specified costs and remuneration from trust assets, bringing a long-running corporate insolvency closer to completion. Royal National acted solely as trustee of the Royal JC Fund, which collected money …

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Spain Sets 12-Month AI Roadmap as Sánchez Rejects Industry Self-Regulation

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MADRID — Spain will pursue a 12-month program for artificial-intelligence development and oversight, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday, arguing that companies controlling the technology cannot be left to regulate themselves. The roadmap combines industrial policy with public safeguards. It includes a proposed AI “gigafactory,” new models developed with the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre for climate, …

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India’s Supreme Court Presses Government Over Company-Law Tribunal Shortages

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NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court raised concern Monday over vacancies and inadequate facilities at the National Company Law Tribunal and its appellate tribunal, saying institutions handling major banking and infrastructure disputes cannot function without basic staff, space and technology. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana was …

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Karnataka High Court Demands Evidence Linking LegalPay to WhatsApp Fraud

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BENGALURU — The Karnataka High Court directed state investigators Monday to place their evidence linking payment platform LegalPay to an alleged cyberfraud that used a fake wedding invitation sent through WhatsApp. LegalPay is seeking to quash three criminal cases registered by Hulimavu police. The company argues that it acted only as an intermediary payment gateway …

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Allahabad High Court Orders Independent Probe of Caste-Bias Claims at Law University

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PRAYAGRAJ — The Allahabad High Court has ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of caste-based harassment and discriminatory grading at Dr. Rajendra Prasad National Law University, directing the investigators to protect students who give evidence. Justice Vinod Diwakar appointed Small Causes Court Judge Archana Singh and Chief Judicial Magistrate Arun Kumar Yadava to examine claims …

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India’s Supreme Court Rejects Review in Companies Act Private-Complaint Case

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NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court on Monday refused to revisit a judgment limiting when special courts may take cognizance of Companies Act fraud offenses on the basis of a private complaint. The bench, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant with Justices K. Vinod Chandran and Joymalya Bagchi, dismissed the central government’s review petition but …

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