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Bail Hearing for Peter Nygard Scheduled for January

TORONTO—A bail hearing for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to take place next month. The Jan. 6 date was set this morning in a brief hearing in a Toronto court. Nygard, who faces sexual assault charges, did not attend. He has denied all allegations. The former head of a multimillion-dollar clothing company was…


CRTC Begins Hearings Into Rogers’ Takeover of Shaw Communications

Hearings are set to begin today at the federal telecoms regulator on Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed $26 billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. The CRTC will hear from Rogers on behalf of Shaw, while respondents including Telus Communications Inc., BCE Inc., and numerous interested parties are scheduled to speak throughout the week of hearings. The…


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Apple Objects to Links to Outside Payments Ahead of Epic Games Hearing

Apple Inc. on Friday outlined its objections to allowing app developers to link to third-party payment options ahead of a hearing next month that could determine whether a set of antitrust court orders is put on pause. After a lengthy trial earlier this year brought by “Fortnite” creator Epic Games, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne…


US Government’s Appeal to Extradite Julian Assange to Be Heard at High Court

The US government’s legal challenge over a judge’s decision not to extradite Julian Assange is to be heard by the High Court. Assange, 50, is wanted in the US on allegations of a conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan…


House Panel to Hold Hearing on FAA Certification Reform Efforts

WASHINGTON—A House committee will hold a hearing on Thursday with the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its efforts to reform airplane certification following two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people. FAA Administrator Steve Dickson will testify at a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing nearly three years after a Lion…


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Chinese Court Rules Against #MeToo Plaintiff

BEIJING—A Beijing court late on Tuesday ruled against the plaintiff in a high-profile Chinese sexual harassment case, saying there was insufficient evidence to support her claims. Zhou Xiaoxuan, 28, in a series of social media posts in 2018 accused television personality Zhu Jun at state broadcaster CCTV of groping and forcibly kissing her in 2014…


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House Republicans Request Hearing With Capitol Police Board for First Time in 76 Years

Three House Republicans are looking to hold a series of hearings concerning the U.S. Capitol Police Board in wake of the lapses which contributed to the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. In an April 29 letter (pdf) to Committee on House Administration Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.)…