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What Happens When a Manufacturing Unit Shifts into a Residential Area? Lahore HC Examines Environmental and Safety Concerns

“Commercial convenience or private economic interest cannot prevail over residents’ rights to health, safety, peaceful enjoyment of their homes and a clean and sustainable environment.”

SECP Report on Membership Records and Shareholding

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How Are Company Membership Records and Shareholding Changes Regulated? Lahore High Court Seeks SECP Report

With several petitions concerning rectification of the Register of Members pending before it, the Lahore High Court has directed Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan to explain how membership records are created, maintained, altered, and rectified under the Companies Act, 2017.

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When Motive Remains Unclear, Can Death Sentence Be Imposed? Pakistan Supreme Court Examines Double Murder Case

The case concerned a daylight incident involving the killing of two family members inside their residence, resulting in a death sentence by the Lahore High Court. The matter reached the Supreme Court of Pakistan on a challenge raising issues of evidence and motive.

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Scanning Thousands of Faces Without Consent Is Lawful If Policy Is Structured and Proportionate: UK High Court Upholds Metropolitan Police Live Facial Recognition Policy

UK High Court observed that the Policy incorporates detailed guidance and a structured three-stage proportionality assessment to ensure that any interference with fundamental rights is properly justified.

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From Fictional Fame to Trade Mark Protection: EU Court Clarifies Reputation and ‘Link’ Analysis in OBELIX Trade Mark Dispute

EU Court emphasized that the mere popularity of a fictional character or a comic series does not establish a trade mark’s reputation. The relevant question is whether the public perceives the mark as an indicator of the commercial origin of goods or services.

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Verify Before You File: UK High Court on AI Hallucinations, Unverified Submissions and Solicitors’ Duty to the Court

The UK High Court observed that while AI can assist, it is an unreliable tool and cannot replace proper research, careful thought, and professional judgment, even for junior lawyers.

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A Small Sydney Designer vs. One of the World’s Biggest Pop Stars: How Katie Taylor Beat Katy Perry in Trade Mark Dispute at Australia High Court

In a 3:2 majority, the High Court of Australia allows the appeal of Sydney fashion designer Katie Taylor, holding that Katy Perry’s pre-2008 reputation as a pop star in Australia did not extend to clothing.

Dubai International Financial Centre Courts

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Explained | DIFC ruling on Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement between parties

An arbitration agreement is in the nature of an exclusive jurisdiction agreement excluding court proceedings except to the extent permissible under the applicable law.

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Valid Consent Under GDPR and PECR Must Be Assessed Objectively: UK Court of Appeal on Cookies and Targeted Direct Marketing

The law treats consent as something shown by a clear outward action, not by what a person is thinking internally. If there is no clear external indication of agreement, consent does not exist, regardless of the person’s actual state of mind, and the law does not allow inquiry into their inner thoughts.

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Excessive Access Requests and Compensation for Non-Material Damage — EU Court of Justice’s Interpretation of GDPR Explained

Merely alleging fear of losing control over personal data is not enough to justify compensation. If a person claims compensation based on fear that their data may be misused in the future, it must be assessed whether that fear is well founded in specific circumstances of the case.

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Why United Kingdom High Court Refused to Reopen Nirav Modi’s Extradition Case — A Clear Legal Explainer

The Court said that the assurances provided by Government of India were detailed and reliable. Since they were given at a diplomatic level, any breach would seriously harm trust between India and the UK, especially in a high-profile case like Nirav Modi’s.

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Lahore High Court grants interim relief in blanket manufacturer’s petition against National Tariff Commission’s confidential tariff report

In the present case, the petitioner discovered that the National Tariff Commission had finalized a tariff rationalisation report but withheld its key recommendations and implications as confidential. It argued treating the most consequential parts of the report was arbitrary, violated transparency, and infringed the constitutional right to access information.

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Massive SCOTUS verdict on ‘Trump Tariffs’: IEEPA does not authorise US President to impose tariffs

After becoming US President for the 2nd time, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs by invoking his authority under International Emergency Economic Powers Act to deal with influx of illegal drugs from Canada, Mexico and large and persistent trade deficits.

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Inside Landmark UK Supreme Court Ruling: Artificial Neural Networks can qualify for Patent Protection

“It is sufficient to show that the subject matter of the claims has technical character and is not to a computer program “as such”. It follows that the UKIPO was wrong to decide, for the reason it did, that the application for a patent should be refused.”

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High Court of Lagos State awards USD 25 Million damages against Meta for privacy breach over False Medical Claim in Facebook Post

The applicant averred that he discovered a video on the Meta Inc. platform falsely portraying that he suffered from prostatitis, a claim he denied, asserting that the publication was false, misleading and an intrusion into his private life.

Copyright Termination restores Worldwide Rights

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US Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit affirms: Termination of copyright assignment restores not just U.S., but worldwide rights

The dispute concerns ownership of the copyright in the song “Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love)”, authored in 1962 by Cyril E. Vetter and Donald Smith in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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2024 Student Protestors Crackdown: Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death

A Bangladesh Tribunal on 17-11-2025, gave death penalty to the ousted PM as well as former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. Sheikh Hasina also got a life sentence under charges for crimes against humanity.

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‘Exceeds equitable authority’; SCOTUS grants partial stay on universal injunctions issued against US govt’s birthright citizenship executive order

Donald Trump, upon becoming the 47th President of the United States of America, passed an Executive Order No. 14160 within “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship”.

Texas age verification law pornography sites

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SCOTUS upholds Texas’ H.B. 1181 law mandating age verification for users visiting pornography websites

In 2023, Texas enacted H. B. 1181, requiring certain commercial websites publishing sexually explicit content that is obscene to minors to verify that visitors are 18 or older.

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SCOTUS permits parents to opt-out their children from school lessons involving LGBTQ+ inclusive themes

The Montgomery County Board of Education introduced a variety of LGBTQ+-inclusive texts into the curriculum which included 5 “LGBTQ+-inclusive” storybooks approved for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, which have story lines focused on sexuality and gender.