An application seeking to have a former director of a property development fund adjudicated bankrupt over a €1.85 million judgment debt might not proceed next month as settlement terms have been shared between the parties, the High Court has heard. Stephane Fund (56) and former Irish rugby international Brendan Mullin were co-directors of Bisvale DAC, […]
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Petition aims to dismiss Atlanta’s bid to use Rico law against ‘Cop City’ activists
Georgia’s deputy attorney general violated the attorney-client privileges of multiple defendants in its case against 61 people accused of organizing a criminal conspiracy in their opposition to the “Cop City” police training center, according to a motion filed this week and the Guardian’s reporting. The motion filed Monday petitions Fulton county superior court to dismiss […]
The petition to oust Wanda Halbert was dismissed. Here’s what could happen next
A Shelby County Circuit Court judge granted Wanda Halbert’s motion to dismiss the ouster petition brought against her Tuesday morning. Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp said the cause for dismissal, which boiled down to who had standing to bring the petition, was the first of its kind in the state of Tennessee. Wamp […]
Shelby County judge dismisses ouster petition against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert
A Shelby County Circuit Court judge has granted Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s motion to dismiss an ouster proceeding filed against her by the State of Tennessee, Jay Price, with the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office, Price confirmed Tuesday. Halbert’s motion to dismiss claimed the case should be dismissed for a lack of standing to […]
Democratic PAC accuses RFK Jr. backers of misleading petition signers
A Democratic super PAC is accusing backers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign of misleading voters in their attempts to get Kennedy on North Carolina’s ballot. In a challenge the group says it has filed with the State Board of Elections, it says people who signed petitions for ballot access were made to believe […]
A clemency petition is his last hope. The Missouri inmate is unhappy with it.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — As Missouri Gov. Mike Parson weighs a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, at least one person is unhappy with the petition: Hosier himself. The 69-year-old is set to be executed Tuesday for the 2009 deaths of a Jefferson City couple, Angela and Rodney Gilpin. Randy Dampf, a Jefferson City […]
Wisconsin Republican leader Robin Vos says recall petition effort against him failed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Friday challenged signatures on petitions filed seeking an election to recall him from office, saying there were not enough valid ones. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has until June 28 to determine whether there are enough valid signatures to trigger a recall election. The panel […]
Troubled real estate company withdraws bankruptcy petition
The company whose controversial contracts caught the eye of the News Center 7 I-Team two years ago has pulled out of the bankruptcy process. In September, News Center 7 reported the troubled real estate company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. >> PREVIOUS COVERAGE: I-TEAM: MV Realty files for bankruptcy amid controversy regarding 40-year listing agreements […]
Wisconsin judge hearing lawsuit challenging union law appears to have signed Walker recall petition
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge overseeing a challenge brought by unions trying to undo Wisconsin’s law that bans nearly all collective bargaining for public workers appears to have signed a 2011 petition to recall then-Gov. Scott Walker from office because of anger over that law. Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost’s name and signature […]
A Long Beach man started a petition to ban Airbnb in his neighborhood — and it worked
First came the all-night parties and music blaring from a neighbor’s house in Long Beach that kept Andy Oliver up at night. Then there were the “smoke outs,” when visitors enjoying refuge from hostile cannabis laws in their home states blazed marijuana throughout the day, sending clouds of hazy smoke into Oliver’s sanctuary, his house […]
ACLU will file lawsuit with election petition changes
May 10—LAKE ANDES — A group of Charles Mix County residents who have lost trust in the election process urged their county commissioners to consider a petition that implements sweeping changes to local election laws. The petition sought to make numerous changes to Charles Mix County’s election process, the most notable included requiring county election […]
Petition in Mamaroneck village opposes Hunter Tier affordable housing proposal
MAMARONECK VILLAGE — A petition that opposes proposed affordable housing redevelopment of a Prospect Avenue municipal parking area has more than 1,650 signatures. The parking area, known as Hunter Tier parking lot and garage, is close to downtown Mamaroneck Avenue’s lineup of restaurants and stores. Village officials last year sought plans to create affordable housing […]