The police commissioner says more human remains need to be investigated after being arrested in the Gilgo Beach serial cold killings case.  Here’s what we know

The police commissioner says more human remains need to be investigated after being arrested in the Gilgo Beach serial cold killings case. Here’s what we know

A law enforcement task force will continue to work full time to gather evidence after a suspect has been charged in some of the Gilgo Beach killings, including further investigation into a string of other human remains found scattered across Long Island more than a decade ago, a top investigator told CNN. “I don’t think any of us know exactly what is going to turn up, but we’re going to continue the investigation,” Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner Anthony Carter told CNN on Sunday. Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested Thursday and charged with the murder of three of the “Gilgo…
Washington legal pot farms get back to work after pesticide concerns halted operations

Washington legal pot farms get back to work after pesticide concerns halted operations

Published Saturday, July 15, 2023 | 9:01 p.m Updated 14 hours, 10 minutes ago SEATTLE (AP) — A big mound of fresh dirt sits at Terry Taylor’s marijuana farm in the high desert of north-central Washington state. Each hole for a new plant gets filled with the clean soil. Large swaths of recently installed landscape fabric cover the ground, and soon the dirt roads on his property will be covered in crushed rock to keep dust contaminated from covering the crops. Taylor’s pot farm is one of several getting back to business after state regulators halted their operations in April,…
How to deal with Self Care v Allergan – IPwars.com

How to deal with Self Care v Allergan – IPwars.com

Jackman J has dismissed The Agency Group’s claims of trade mark infringement and misleading or deceptive conduct / passing off against The North Agency. In doing so, his Honor was directly confronted with the problem arising from the High Court’s reasons in Self Care v Allergan. Some facts The Agency Group is a real estate agency that operates nationwide including, amongst other places, on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. It services the Northern Beaches from offices in Manly and Neutral Bay. In the 12 months or so up to 31 March 2023, between them the two offices sold more than…
Canada’s Quebecor to pull its ads from Facebook, Instagram

Canada’s Quebecor to pull its ads from Facebook, Instagram

July 5 (Reuters) – Telecom and media firm Quebecor (QBRb.TO) said on Wednesday it will pull its ads from Facebook and Instagram, following Meta Platforms’ (META.O) decision to stop access to news on both the social media platforms in Canada over a law requiring payments to local news publishers. The “Online News Act”, or House of Commons bill C-18, introduced in April last year laid out rules to force companies such as Meta and Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content. Google and Meta previously said they would block access to news articles…
McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board – UKSC Blog

McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board – UKSC Blog

In this post, Anna Walsh (Partner) and Nicole Ellerby (Associate) in CMS’ medical malpractice team considered the awaited decision from the Supreme Court in the Scottish case of McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSHI 21. Overview The appeal of the decision in McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSIH 21 was heard by the Supreme Court on 10 May 2023. The issues appealed to the Supreme Court concern the legal test to be applied when determining whether an alternative course of treatment is reasonable in addition to whether the courts erred in their…
Facebook shutters news rather than pay up under new Canadian law

Facebook shutters news rather than pay up under new Canadian law

Meta says it will cease providing news services on Facebook and Instagram before Canada’s new law requiring it to pay news publishers comes into effect. Canada’s Online News Act (Bill C-18) has cleared its final Senate hearing and now needs only royal approval to become law. By the time it does, Meta will have shut down its news services for the country, so there. Meta is effectively saying that it’s their ball and they’re taking it home. But of course it’s not their ball, this is about Facebook and Instagram profiting from news publishers as it pays them nothing, and…
Conor McGregor’s Legal Team Releases Statement Following Release of Video of Him With Rape Accuser |  Conor McGregor |  Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Conor McGregor’s Legal Team Releases Statement Following Release of Video of Him With Rape Accuser | Conor McGregor | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Conor McGregor‘s legal team is speaking out after a video emerged of him with his rape accuser. On Thursday (June 15), the 34-year-old UFC fighter was accused of raping a woman at Game 4 of the NBA Finals earlier this month. A video that seems to show Conor and his accuser walking together into a bathroom was released shortly thereafter. His legal team cited the clip in a new statement that questions the story about the encounter. Read more about Conor McGregor’s accusations and his team’s response to the video… TMZ obtained the video, which appears to call into question…
Zarya of the Dawn – copyright and an AI – IPwars.com

Zarya of the Dawn – copyright and an AI – IPwars.com

Those of you who heard Shira Perlmutter, the US Register of Copyright, on her Australian tour last year will recall the US Copyright Office had withdrawn and was considering the copyright registration for Zarya of the Dawn.[1] On 21 February 2023, the US Copyright Office announced the outcome of that review. While the Copyright Office allowed registration of some aspects, it rejected the claim to copyright in the images created by Midjourney, an AI. Zarya of the Dawn – Cover Page the work(s) Zarya of the Dawn[2] is a comic consisting of images and text depicting Zarya’s adventure to different…