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West African court to rule on Venezuelan’s extradition to US
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2021/08/06 15:28
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A protracted legal battle over the extradition from Cape Verde to the United States of a businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro comes to a head next week when the West African country’s Constitutional Court is due to rule on the case.
Alex Saab was arrested when his jet made a refueling stop on the small island chain, formerly a Portuguese colony, on a June 2020 flight to Iran.
U.S. officials believe Saab holds numerous secrets about how Maduro, the president’s family and his top aides allegedly siphoned off millions of dollars in government contracts amid widespread hunger in oil-rich Venezuela.
Saab is fighting extradition. His lawyers argue that he has diplomatic immunity because he was acting as a special envoy for Venezuela when he was detained in Cape Verde.
José Pinto Monteiro, Saab’s lead counsel in Cape Verde, said Friday there are two possible outcomes when the Constitutional Court sits on Aug. 13.
Either the judges throw out Saab’s appeal and the extradition goes ahead, or they accept that there are unconstitutional elements in the case and send it back to a lower court to correct them, Pinto Monteiro told a press conference via video link.
Cape Verde’s Supreme Court ruled last March that the extradition could proceed, and the Constitutional Court appeal is Saab’s last hope.
Saab’s international legal team argues that the extradition has a political motive.
Federal prosecutors in Miami indicted Saab in 2019 on money-laundering charges connected to an alleged bribery scheme that pocketed more than $350 million from a low-income housing project for the Venezuelan government that was never built.
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Biden’s new evictions moratorium faces doubts on legality
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2021/08/05 15:28
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President Joe Biden may have averted a flood of evictions and solved a growing political problem when his administration reinstated a temporary ban on evictions because of the COVID-19 crisis. But he left his lawyers with legal arguments that even he acknowledges might not stand up in court.
The new eviction moratorium announced Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could run into opposition at the Supreme Court, where one justice in late June warned the administration not to act further without explicit congressional approval.
Landlords from Alabama whose bid to lift the earlier pause on evictions failed returned to federal court in Washington late Wednesday, asking for an order that would allow evictions to resume.
The administration is counting on differences between the new order, scheduled to last until Oct. 3, and the eviction pause that lapsed over the weekend to bolster its legal case. At the very least, as Biden himself said, the new moratorium will buy some time to protect the estimated 3.6 million Americans who could face eviction from their homes.
Some legal scholars who doubt the new eviction ban will stand up say its legal underpinnings are strikingly similar to the old one.
“Meet the new moratorium, same as the old moratorium!” Ilya Somin, a George Mason University law professor who backed Biden over former President Donald Trump last year, wrote on Reason.com.
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Indiana Criminal Defense Web Design
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2021/08/02 16:42
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We have got to admit, we were totally a sucker for this quote: “The simplest things are often the truest.” Bach. No, not the Bach you’re thinking about.
Not the musical genius, Johann Sebastian Bach. It’s Richard Bach whose quote inspired us. Our webdesign hopefully screams this.
We were going for a minimalist look and wanted the criminal defense law website design to be drafted in a transparent manner. And we think we did it right. By adding highquality pictures to each page of the website, the minimalist tone was simmered down to an enjoyable state for all: minimalists and nonminimalists alike.
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How Much Does It Cost To Design A Lawyer Website?
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2021/07/30 13:59
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The cost for a DIY website may range anywhere from free to under $1,500. Meanwhile, a law firm website design from an agency can range from $5,000 to $25,000, whereas bigger and more complicated law firm websites will cost between $30,000 to over $100,000.
A huge price differential makes DIY website building seem cost-efficient. But you will quickly learn the downside of DIY web development. You must learn basic web design and search engine optimization practices. Effective SEO practices are essential for helping customers to find a website.
As a lawyer, you may end up paying for a website twice because the DIY provider didn’t deliver the result you need.
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San Francisco Copyright Lawyers - Our Firm
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2021/07/26 14:48
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