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| Judge: Lawyer Not ‘Unjustifiably Abused, Belittled, Humiliated, Threatened, Undermined or Bullied’ | Describing a "regrettable" email exchange between two Melbourne law firm colleagues and friends as "a classic storm in a teacup," an Australian judge has nixed a seven-figure damages claim by a former partner who said she was undermined, humiliated and harassed after she went on maternity leave. Partner Fiona Brown, who previously headed the family law department at Maurice Blackburn Cashman, said she was unable to work after the alleged mistreatment by Lee Formica in 2003. She also contended that then-managing partner Michael Brett-Young.did nothing to stop it, the Age reports. However, County Court Judge John Carmody held in a… |
| Mom Who Sent Adopted Russian Boy Back on One-Way Flight Must Pay $150K Plus Monthly $1K Support | A mother who sent her adopted Russian son back to his home country on a one-way flight in 2010 must pay $150,206 damages for breach of the adoption contract, legal fees and back child support, plus $1,000 per month in child support, beginning June 1, until he turns 18, a Tennessee judge has ruled. Applying a March ruling, Bedford County Circuit Judge Lee Russell imposed these amounts Thursday on Torry Hansen, whose 10-year-old son, Artyom Saveliev, is now living in a group home in Russia, according to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette. The damages were sought in a lawsuit filed by the… |
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| | US House panel votes to cut off aid to countries hosting Sudan president | [JURIST] The US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee [official website] approved legislation [press release] Thursday that would suspend foreign aid to countries that host Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [ICC materials; JURIST news archive] who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] on genocide and war crimes charges. The provision is part of the Fiscal Year 2013 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, which must be voted on by the full House of Representatives and then reconciled with... |
| Brazil freedom of information law takes effect | [JURIST] The Brazilian Access to Information Act took effect Wednesday, increasing government transparency. The law will allow citizens to seek access to information that has previously been shrouded in secrecy despite a constitutional provision [Article 5, XXXIII text] requiring public access to information. Speaking at a ceremony Wednesday to mark the swearing in of a truth commission [JURIST report] that will investigate human rights abuses under the country's military dictatorship, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff [official profile, in Portuguese] said [statement,... |
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