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The article explores issues related to insolvency trial and on strategies that will improve the burdens of recovery. It cites the 2017 case of the Federal Court in Pearce v Gulmohar that offers a comprehensive guide on issues that may arise in recovery proceedings against related entities. Also mentioned are the factual circumstances and complex legal arguments involved in voidable transaction claims and the need for practitioners to focus on the issue of intent.

The article presents the notice of intent published by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar in pursuant to Standing Board Policy 1.60 to consider the following items at its October 16, 2015, Board of Governors meeting in Jacksonville, Florida. The notice is governed by Rule 1-12.1 otherwise known as Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. The amendments to rules must still be formally filed with the Supreme Court of Florida, it notes.

The article focuses on a 1928 Australian court case involving the estate of Mary Scales, who earned her fortune through fortune-telling services. Topics include why fortune-telling was considered illegal under vagrancy laws, criminal intention, and the repeal of vagrancy laws in Australia. Information is provided on the intention to defraud.

The article presents the author's comments on the role of digital evidence in the outcome of civil and criminal trials. He emphasizes the importance of e-mail, text messages, social media postings, and website content in cases involving intent, motive, state of mind, or physical and mental condition. His opinion on state and federal courts' acceptance to the digital evidentiary world in admitting electronic evidence in civil and criminal trials is presented.

The article focuses on the U.S. court case In re Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, which dealt with personal jurisdiction in cases involving financial firms. Topics include claims of association with the terrorist group al Qaeda, the intentional conduct requirement, and the standard needed to prove personal jurisdiction.

The article discusses the lawyer's evidence of her client's intention in estate disputes with reference to several Ontario case law. Court cases discussed include the 1981 judgment in the estate dispute case Aggio v. Rosen, the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in case Hall v. Bennett Estate and the English Court of Appeal's decision in case Leicestershire County Council v. Michael Faraday & Partners Ltd.

The article focuses on U.S. Tax Court judgments on topics including the risk of forfeiture in earnout restriction clauses and the fraudulent intent standard of taxpayers. Information is provided on earnout restrictions in restricted stock agreements, liability for fraud penalties, and fines for inadequate financial recording.

The article presents author's views of human's wrong thoughts and crime, and Thought Crime concept and legal actions for crime to think the wrong thoughts. It discusses criminal laws, punishable thought crimes, and the Act Requirements. It also discusses the impact of a digital world, social media and web searching on thought crime and also argues for web-based communications and use of Internet for appealing to criminals.

As a recent decision by the Swiss Federal Tribunal has shown, written stipulations are not always what they seem [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article looks at the rental industry in Europe as of the first quarter of 2015 according to the survey conducted by the journal "ERA/IRN RentalTracker". Topics discussed include the economic aspects and industry performance in Germany and France, several key indicators measured in the survey including employment intention, time utilisation, and business condition, and the statistics related to the trends of increasing time utilisation.

The article discusses the factors that tax advisers should consider regarding their clients' plan to convert their homes into rental property in the U.S. These factors include the acceptance of such conversion by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the vacation home limitations under the Section 280A of the Internal Revenue Code, and ordinary loss and other deduction claims. Also provided are the five elements that the Tax Court looks at to determine a taxpayer's intent in the conversion.

The article discusses a court case concerning securities fraud claims against a drugmaker. In the court case, Zak v. Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd., the court ruled that the firm acted with wrongful intention in the case. Also mentioned are the implications of the case for the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA).

The article focuses on criminal intent, also known as mens rea, in U.S. justice administration in 2015. Topics include the common law system in the U.S., the difference between negligence and criminal intent, and Ohio's law requiring crimes to meet a threshold of intent. Information is provided on judicial discretion and judicial interpretation of legislation.

The article presents the author's insight on discrimination issues that can sneak up a person. It says that intent is irrelevant under a disparate-impact theory of discrimination and liability is based on the effects or impact of a practice or policy.. It states that disparate impact claims originate in the context of employee-selection criteria, organizational restructuring, and employee testing.

The article discusses the Florida court case Sharkey vs. Florida Elections Commission in which Sharkey appealed an administrative order finding that he had acted recklessly in believing false allegations against his rival in an election for public office and in passing on this information to the public. The case turned on the definition of good faith, how malicious intent can be proven, and Florida legislation on political campaigning.

The article discusses the elements of the tort of false imprisonment. According to the author, the plaintiff in an intentional tort such as false imprisonment needs to establish the action or event, intention, causation and damages. The different forms of confinement are tackled including confinement by physical force and failure to release. The author notes that the tort usually arises in situations where the tortfeasor deprives the plaintiff of the ability to make independent decisions.

The article offers updates on the judgments in Wisconsin tort law court cases as of February 1, 2012. Topics include the mutilation of a corpse, the award of damages due to the infliction of severe emotional distress, and the sexual assault of a minor. Information is provided on grievous crimes of malicious intent.

The article offers tips on establishing estate plan. Topics discussed include the importance of allowing the survivors to understand the intentions and plans for the estate, the significant of having a will to facilitate the distribution of the property, and the need to review insurance policies such as retirement plans, life insurance policies, and payable-on-death accounts.

The article focuses on cross-cultural study published in the journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA" in April 2016, on intent and mitigating circumstances of people when forming moral judgments and show that in non-Western societies, intent matters less when judging wrongdoing.

Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Orange and Los Angeles Counties, California's Notice of Intention to Sell [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Case name: Mitcham v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees, No. 8:13-CV-1645 (M.D. Fla. 12/03/14). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article informs about the ruling of Indiana Supreme Court which allows Indiana school districts to terminate school bus services. Topics include decision of Franklin Township, Indiana, to end bus service due to financial hardships after failure of efforts to charge student fees to fund bus service, views of Ronna Weber, executive director of National School Transportation Association on the same, and notice of intent issued by school districts for the same.

The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court case Elonis v. United States in which the Third Circuit Court of Appeals' indictment of Anthony Douglas Elonis for charges of writing threatening posts on the social media website, Facebook, was overturned due to an inability to prove Elonis' level of intent.

The article discusses the Operative Language of a copyright license and the common errors associated with it. It mentions that as the Operating Language is one of the most important clauses in a license agreement, one should be careful when drafting it in a license agreement. It advises that the parties should review the language in a licensing agreement to clarify that their intent.

The article discusses the legal definition of genocide, and its invocation in the international arena. Topics include the impact of public attitudes towards genocide on attention paid to other crimes against humanity; the origin of the term with the 1948 treaty "UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide"; and the burden of proving genocidal intent.

The article discusses the role of intention in deciding whether an action is a hate crime and mentions topics including differences in U.S. state hate crime laws and traditional crimes versus crimes motivated by hatred for somebody based on characteristics such as race, gender or religion.