September 19, 2024
Man threatens Supreme Court Justices.
According to the Justice Department, A 76-year-old man from Alaska has been arrested after threatening to kill six Supreme Court justices and two of their family members, .
It remained unclear whether the man, Panos Anastasiou, came close to carrying out his threats.
Mr. Anastasiou, according to the indictment, sent more than 465 threatening messages from March 10, 2023, to July 16 of this year using the court’s public website. The New York Times
September 18, 2024
Puff Daddy denied bail
Sean “Diddy” Combs is stuck in a notorious New York City jail cell while he awaits trial for sex-trafficking offences.
Combs was once again denied bail, after a Judge of New York’s Southern District agreed with prosecutors that given Combs enormous wealth and influence, his release would risk obstruction and witness tampering.
The denial of the second bail application by Justice Andrew Carter, follows an enhanced bail package by the hip pop empresario to the court.
September 18, 2024
Francis Scott Key Bridge Disaster: owner of container ship sued
The Justice Department on Wednesday sued the owner and operator of the containership that caused the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, claiming inter alia that they ignored safety issues.
Per the department’s claim, it is seeking more than $100 million in damages to recoup the costs incurred by the federal government in responding to the March disaster. Wsj.com
September 18, 2024
The woes of Bolt Ghana
In the Adentan Circuit Court, Justice Noah Adade (the plaintiff) successfully made a case of negligence against Bolt Holdings OU for non-compliance with the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843).
Plaintiff established that his identity was used by his employee, Peter Walker, to register with Bolt Holdings OU as a driver. The plaintiff claims to have discovered this on or about the 1st of August, 2022, when he used the Bolt app to order a ride. Upon arrival, the driver turned out to be his employee, Peter Walker.
Having found that Bolt Holdings OU owed a duty of care to the plaintiff and breached that duty, the court awarded damages against Bold Holdings OU in the amount of ¢1.9 million, along with ¢20,000.00 in costs.
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