1,300 square metres of luxury with elements dating back 2,000 years The magnificent villa once owned by Carlo Ponti, successful film producer and husband of actress Sophia Loren, is currently for sale in Rome. The villa (http://www.lionard.com/luxurious-estate-on-the-appian-way-in-rome.html) is located in the Appian Way Park, one of the Eternal City’s most beautiful and prestigious areas, it is […]

66 year old Australian national Joseph Sarlak may spend the rest of his life in a Qatari prison after a local partner allegedly embezzled his company’s funds, and Australians are voicing their anger In 2004, Queensland native Joseph Sarlak opened Clearspan Technology in Qatar. According to the investment rules at the time, Sarlak needed to appoint […]

Following the cabinet shuffle in August, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today unveiled a new team of parliamentary secretaries who will assist cabinet members in their ministerial functions. It is with great pleasure that the member for LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, David Lametti, has been reappointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. He […]

Company hires Pierre-Jérôme Bouchard, litigation partner at McCarthy Tétrault, to head new office; Bentham’s expansion is driven by widespread interest in litigation finance and favorable jurisprudence concerning funding Bentham IMF, a world-leading commercial litigation finance company, opened an office in Montreal this week, hiring McCarthy Tétrault litigator, Pierre-Jérôme (PJ) Bouchard, as Investment Manager and Legal […]

Irwin Cotler is the international legal counsel to Raif Badawi and Ensaf Hadar. He is a former minister of justice and attorney-general of Canada. The Saudi kingdom’s response to a Canadian government tweet calling for the release of imprisoned Saudi women’s rights advocate Samar Badawi, and her brother, human-rights blogger Raif Badawi, was as surprising […]

The non-governmental human rights group UN Watch congratulated Michelle Bachelet on her appointment today as UN human rights chief, but joined Amnesty International, UNA-UK and other NGOs in criticizing the lack of transparency of the rushed process. In particular, UN Watch regreted that Bachelet has not yet responded to questions that were raised over her spotty record on supporting human rights […]

Human rights lawyers lodged a legal complaint with the UN today to demand that Cuba release Dr. Eduardo Cardet, a dissident who has been jailed, severely beaten and denied medical treatment since his violent arrest on November 30, 2016. The 23-page legal complaint to the UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, an independent tribunal of five jurists and […]

 The U.S. arm of CGI Group Inc. has been awarded a six-year cybersecurity contract from the U.S. government, worth a total of US$530 million. The contract builds on work that CGI Federal Inc. has already done to enhance the cybersecurity posture of agencies participating in a multi-year program overseen by the U.S. Department of Homeland […]

President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss relations between the two countries. The press conference that followed was striking. Asked to denounce Russian interference in the 2016 election, Trump changed the subject to Hillary Clinton’s emails. Trump refused, despite being asked multiple times, to criticize Putin, blamed the US […]

Eric Schneiderman will collect a gross monthly pension of $5,329, or $63,948 annually, from the state. He received his first payment at the end of June. Former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is set to receive a gross annual pension of $63,948 after filing for retirement last month. Schneiderman filed for retirement June […]