ICJ genocide case: The legal experts Israel is sending to world court

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is sending top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to The Hague this week to counter allegations that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The robust engagement with the International Court of Justice is unusual for Israel, which normally considers the United Nations and international tribunals as unfair and biased. The decision to participate rather than Boycott reflects Israeli concerns that the judges could order Israel to stop its war against Hamas and tarnish its image internationally. “Israel cannot run away from an accusation that is so serious,” said Alon Liel, a…

Young Thug Lawyer Cite Overturned Murder Conviction In RICO Case

Young Thug’s attorney, Brian Steel, has filed another memorandum of law in an attempt to get the YSL RICO case thrown out of court. According to Law & Crime — who accessed the documents before the site-wide Fulton County Court outage — the move comes in the wake of a murder conviction in another Georgia case with ties to Hip Hop. On Tuesday (March 5), Morgan Cardelle Baker’s conviction in a 2019 shooting of a security guard was thrown out after Georgia’s highest court ruled that a music video for “Ghetto Angels” by NoCap in which Baker waved a gun,…

The Court of Appeal allows disbarred Halifax lawyer to proceed with lawsuit

A former Halifax defense lawyer has won his legal challenge against the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday that Lyle Howe could proceed with a lawsuit against the Society. “It’s a major step in the right direction for me,” Howe said in an interview. The barristers’ society disbarred Howe in 2017 after a three-member panel found him guilty of professional misconduct and professional incompetence. The Supreme Court had previously dismissed Howe’s case against the society, but the court of appeal has ruled Howe’s case should be heard. Howe has argued the decision to…