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Black market in stolen card details becoming more user-friendly, leading to 'explosion' in fraud

A Townsville woman's Uber account racks up about $1,500 in fraudulent use across two continents before it is shut down a case that experts warn is indicative of a growing economy in stolen payment details.




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Territory apartment owners demand time limits on building caretaker contracts

Laws that allow developers to appoint their relatives to long-term building caretaker contracts should be changed to better protect unit owners, the Owners Corporation Network says.




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Bobby Allan slaying accused pleads guilty to manslaughter as new details emerge about death

Two men walked into a Canberra McDonald's restaurant and ordered a meal while still covered in the blood of a man they had just attacked, according to court documents.




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Bimberi Youth Justice Centre apologises to Indigenous detainee over alleged human rights breaches

Canberra's youth detention centre issues an apology and an undisclosed financial settlement after an Indigenous teenager filed a lawsuit alleging her human rights had been violated when she was separated from her peers and her belongings for two months.




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Department of Environment deputy secretary says whether climate change is bad is 'a matter of opinion'

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has used a senate estimates haring to grill Joe Evans, deputy secretary of the Department of Environment and Energy, about the effect of climate change.




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Adelaide tops world for methamphetamine or 'ice' use in massive wastewater drug study

South Australia's capital records the highest methamphetamine use of all the cities in the world compared in a paper based on wastewater samples, but a researcher says initiatives to tackle this problem have had an effect.




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Crocodile's metal plate of human origin, orthopaedic surgeon says, after find in stomach of 4.7-metre 'MJ'

An orthopaedic surgeon has identified the plate found in the corpse of 4.7-metre crocodile 'MJ' as a bone plate used to heal fractures in humans.







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Retailers still operating warehouses during Covid-19 can now install fever-detecting CCTV cameras

Retailers still operating online and distributing from warehouses during the coronavirus pandemic can now prevent people who are potentially infected with the virus from entering their premises, with the installation of remote, fever-detecting CCTV equipment.





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Greater Sydney and NSW public transport undergo state's 'largest' timetable overhaul ever

Check your public transport timetable before leaving the house this week in Sydney and NSW as more than 9,000 new weekly train, bus and ferry services launch for the Greater Sydney network.





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Tradie Justin Lampe turns his hand to metal art sculptures

After Justin Lampe's fencing business folded due to drought, he turned his hand to metal art sculptures and looked to his late father for inspiration.




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2009 Deaflympics. IBM supplies on demand sign language interpretation

IBM researchers at IBM made improvements to IBM Easy Web Browsing to try and help people with dyslexia and learning disabilities use the Internet more effectively.




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Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas

(United States Supreme Court) - Struck down a Tennessee requirement that applicants for a license to operate a retail liquor store have resided in the State for the prior two years. Held that the residency requirement violates the Commerce Clause because it blatantly favors the State's residents and has little relationship to public health and safety, and further held that the Twenty-first Amendment does not save the state law. Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the 7-2 Court.




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Betansos v. Barr

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Denied petition for review of Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision to remove Plaintiff from the United States. The appeals court held that Plaintiff's conviction for indecent exposure was a crime involving moral turpitude and held that the BIA decision in Matter of Cortes Medina applied retroactively to Plaintiff making him ineligible for cancellation of removal.




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GitHub - nhsx/COVID-19-app-iOS-BETA: Source code of the Beta of the NHS COVID-19 iOS app

It's here! The source code for the COVID-19 BETA Apps. ✅Android: ✅iOS: ✅Documentation:




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nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA: Source code of the Beta of the NHS COVID-19 Android app




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Oliver v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

(United States Federal Circuit) - Affirmed that vaccinations given to an infant did not cause him to develop a seizure condition. The parents of an infant who developed an illness called Dravet syndrome after being vaccinated sued the Secretary of Health and Human Services for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Agreeing with the findings of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit held in a 2-1 decision that the parents failed to show that the infant's injuries were caused by his vaccinations.




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Clark v. River Metals Recycling, LLC

(United States Seventh Circuit) - Affirmed. The district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants in a workplace injury case where the worker sued the manufacturer of a car crusher and the company it leased it to rather than his employer claiming defective design because his evidence did not comply with Federal Rule of Evidence 702.




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Adam Joseph Resources v. CNA Metals Ltd.

(United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that a Houston law firm should be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit to protect its right to a contingent fee. The firm's client and the opposing party had allegedly conspired to cheat it out of its deserved attorney fee for work on a matter involving a foreign arbitral award. Remanded with directions to permit intervention and consider the law firm's claims on the merits.




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City of Petaluma v. Super. Ct.

(California Court of Appeal) - In a labor and employment action, arising over a former, female firefighter's claims of harassment and discrimination against the City of Petaluma, the trial court's discovery orders are reversed where: 1) outside counsel's pure fact-finding role in the prelitigation investigation constituted legal services in anticipation of litigation and is privileged; and 2) defendant employer did not waive attorney-client privilege by asserting an avoidable consequences defense under the circumstances.



  • Labor & Employment Law
  • Ethics & Professional Responsibility

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Wolf Metals Inc. v. Rand Pacific Sales Inc.

(California Court of Appeal) - In a judgment enforcement action, arising out of a default judgment for plaintiff in a contracts dispute over defendant's failure to pay for sheet metal, the trial court's entry of amended default judgment is reversed in part and affirmed in part where: 1) Donald Koh was improperly added as a judgment debtor on an alter ego theory under Motores de Mexicali v. Superior Court, 51 Cal.2d 172 (1958); but 2) South Gate Steel was properly added as a judgment debtor on a corporate successor theory.




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Lee's Ford Dock, Inc. v. Secretary of the Army

(United States Federal Circuit) - Affirming the grant of summary judgment for the Army and dismissing the private party's claims for contract reformation and breach of contract in the case of a marina on land leased from the Army that was rendered unusable for a period of time while the Army reduced the water level of a lake to repair a dam.




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John Russo Industrial Sheetmetal, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles Department of Airports

(California Court of Appeal) - Upheld an attorney fee award to a government contractor that defeated a municipality's claim brought under the California False Claims Act, even though the contractor did not prevail in the action as a whole.




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Refined Metals Corp. v. NL Industries, Inc.

(United States Seventh Circuit) - Affirmed. A lawsuit relating to who should pay for the cleanup of a contaminated site was dismissed because the limitations period had expired by the time the plaintiff filed suit.




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Retail Digital Network v. Appelsmith

(United States Ninth Circuit) - In an action in which plaintiff challenged, on First Amendment grounds, California Business and Professions Code Section 25503(f)-(h), which forbids manufacturers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages from giving anything of value to retailers for advertising their alcoholic products, the district court's summary judgment to agency-defendant is reversed where plaintiff, a middleman involved in the advertising industry, had standing to challenge section 25503, because the Supreme Court's opinion in Sorrell v. IMS Health, Inc., 131 S. Ct. 2653 (2011), requires heightened judicial scrutiny of content-based restrictions on non-misleading commercial speech regarding lawful products, rather than the intermediate scrutiny previously applied to section 25503 by the Ninth Circuit in Actmedia, Inc. v. Stroh, 830 F.2d 957 (9th Cir.1986).




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Retail Digital Network LLC v. Prieto

(United States Ninth Circuit) - In an action challenging, on First Amendment grounds, California Business and Professions Code section 25503(f)-(h), which prohibits alcohol manufacturers and wholesalers from providing anything of value to retailers in exchange for advertising their alcohol products, the district court's summary judgment in favor of the Acting Director of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is affirmed by an en banc court where: 1) thirty years ago, in Actmedia, Inc. v. Stroh, 830 F.2d 957 (9th Cir. 1986), this Circuit rejected a First Amendment challenge to the same California and Professions Code provision; and 2) the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., 564 U.S. 552 (2011) did not modify the Central Hudson test that been applied in Actmedia.




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Refined Metals Corp. v. NL Industries, Inc.

(United States Seventh Circuit) - Affirmed. A lawsuit relating to who should pay for the cleanup of a contaminated site was dismissed because the limitations period had expired by the time the plaintiff filed suit.




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East Rutherford Metal Band Harvest Falls Debuts New Single And Charity Drive

NJ Rock Band Harvest Falls Debuts Video, Single, Charity Drive For New Song "MOMENT OF CONSEQUENCE"




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Xprnc Media Announces The 'Rise Above - ON TOUR' Marketing Program Empowering Artists To Directly Connect With Fans In-store At Media Retail

The 'Rise Above - ON TOUR' Marketing Program Is An Innovative, Unique And Low Cost Opportunity To Place Your Local Performance In Front Of Committed Music Fans And Store Staff Across All Your Markets




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Simmons v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

(United States Federal Circuit) - Affirming the denial of attorney fees and costs to a man who sued claiming that he developed Guillain-Barre Syndrome as the result of a flu vaccination because the Court of Federal Claims correctly concluded that there was no reasonable basis for the claim.




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Oliver v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

(United States Federal Circuit) - Affirmed that vaccinations given to an infant did not cause him to develop a seizure condition. The parents of an infant who developed an illness called Dravet syndrome after being vaccinated sued the Secretary of Health and Human Services for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Agreeing with the findings of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit held in a 2-1 decision that the parents failed to show that the infant's injuries were caused by his vaccinations.




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Minder inhoud & meer meta-communicatie door het coronavirus. Is dat erg?

Het is de maand van de meta-communicatie. Door het coronavirus vertellen we niet meer wat we doen, maar hoe we dat doen. Hoe moeten we thuiswerken met kinderen? Hoe kunnen we een online teammeeting inplannen? Hoe blijven we effectief in deze tijd? Deze vorm van communicatie heeft een naam: meta-communicatie. Wat is meta-communicatie precies? Wat […]





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Rua Das Pretas Releases Beautiful New Album, Video; MOJO: “This Is A Very Different Beast”

When These Lisbon-based Musicians Perform It’s Not A Show, It’s A Party, And It's Not A Party, It's A Gathering Rua Das Pretas Is A Lisbon-based Gathering Of International Musicians.




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Adam Joseph Resources v. CNA Metals Ltd.

(United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that a Houston law firm should be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit to protect its right to a contingent fee. The firm's client and the opposing party had allegedly conspired to cheat it out of its deserved attorney fee for work on a matter involving a foreign arbitral award. Remanded with directions to permit intervention and consider the law firm's claims on the merits.




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British Metal Legends TANK Release New Video “W.M.L.A”

The Album Features Re-recordings Of 11 Classic TANK Songs Chosen From The First Four Albums And Given A New Lease Of Life With A Much More Up To Date Production And Renewed Energy.




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Rua Das Pretas Releases Beautiful New Album, Video; MOJO: “This Is A Very Different Beast”

When These Lisbon-based Musicians Perform It’s Not A Show, It’s A Party, And It's Not A Party, It's A Gathering Rua Das Pretas Is A Lisbon-based Gathering Of International Musicians.




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Licensing Start-Up Soundfeed Onboards 150 Labels, Moves To Open Beta

Soundfeed, A Music Sourcing Platform That Enables Labels To License Their Repertoire To Labels In Other Territories, Has Launched In Open Beta.




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DDEX Expands Creative Capabilities For Music Metadata With New MEAD Standard

New Standard Supports More Detailed Information On Compositions, Contributors, Artist Nicknames, Historic Chart Positions, Focus Track Data, Journalistic Material, And More




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U.S. shelves detailed guide to reopening country amid coronavirus outbreak

A document created by the nation's top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging outbreak has been shelved by the Trump administration.




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Put on Your Own METALLICA Show During the Pandemic With This Mini-'Master of Puppets' Playset

When it first made its debut fifteen years ago, this adorable Metallica "Master of Puppets" playset (made by Stevenson Entertainment...

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Progressive Metal Prodigies SIFTING Announce New Album The Infinite Loop Out September 27, New Music Video & Single

Album Produced By Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide Silence, Poison The Well), And Mixed By Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, The Contortionist)




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SIFTING Shred Downtown Los Angeles Rooftops With Smoke Grenades And Progressive Metal In New 'Stop Calling Me Liberty' Music Video

New Album The Infinite Loop Out September 27th, Guest Performance By Derek Sherinian (Sons Of Apollo, Dream Theater)




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SIFTING Reveal Emotional Music Video For Metal-ballad 'Enough'

SIFTING Reveal Emotional Music Video For Metal-ballad 'Enough', New Album Out September 27