Month: September 2017
Los Angeles County Public Health officially declares Hepatitis A outbreak
Hepatitis A claims 16th life in San Diego; other California cities brace for local outbreaks. Source: http://bppro.link/?c=Xps
European Court Affirms Jurisdiction of Ecclesiastical Courts
In Nagy v. Hungary, (ECHR, Sept. 14, 2017), the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, by a vote of 10-7, upheld the exclusive jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts over contractual disputes that are matters of ecclesiastical law. In the case, a pastor in the Reformed Church of...
6th Circuit Rejects Law Prof’s Claim That $666 Raise Was Retaliatory As “Mark of the Beast”
In Lifter v. Cleveland State University, (6th Cir., Sept. 12, 2017), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an Ohio federal district court's dismissal of a lawsuit by two former Cleveland State University Law School professors (husband and wife) who claim that the dean had retaliated...
Santa Fe Diocese Releases List of Priests Found Guilty of Sex Abuse
On Tuesday, the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe released the names of 74 priests, deacons and brothers who have been found guilty of sexually abusing a child, either by the Church (canon law), the State (criminal law), or both. The list also includes those who were laicized after being accused of...
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