JURIST

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday ruled that an artificial intelligence (AI) machine cannot be an inventor under the Patent Act. However, US federal courts have consistently held that inventors must be natural persons.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2021

The Hong Kong High Court on Tuesday convicted Tong Ying-kit under the National Security Law (NSL) for inciting secessionism and terrorism. During the trial, Tong was denied the right to trial by jury, a common law system followed in Hong Kong courts for 176 years.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2021

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court held Thursday that several provisions in the country’s Federal Climate Change Act of 2019 were insufficient and violate freedoms in the Basic Law. The court described the idea of climate change having severe impacts that affect virtually all aspects of human life.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

France’s Highest Administrative Court (Council of States) on Wednesday gave its ruling on the national policy concerning data retention creating conflict between French and EU laws. The French government resisted inculcating the regulatory changes purported by the CJEU into the data retention laws of France.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Tuesday ruled 7-4 in favor of a California law banning high-capacity gun magazines. The plaintiffs in the case argued that the law violates the Second Amendment, the Takings Clause, and the Due Process Clause. The case, Duncan v.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a 2019 Florida law that prevents felons from voting until they pay their legal financial obligations of fines, fees, and restitution. The court held that the voting requirement did not unconstitutionally discriminate against low-income women of color.

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld Ohio’s HB 214 law that prohibits doctors from performing an abortion with the knowledge that a women’s reason for terminating the pregnancy is a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis. The circuit split has increased the possibility of a Supreme Court review.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2021

The Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales on Friday permitted an Iranian-American businessman to sue Dechert LLP for hacking into his email account and leaking his personal information on BitTorrent sites. million in compensation to the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority ( RAKIA) by the trial court in May 2020.

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JURIST

JULY 13, 2021

The European Court of Human rights has found that Denmark violated its international human rights obligations when it imposed a law that lengthened the amount of time a newly-arrived refugee must wait until they can apply for family reunification.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The Court of Justice of the European Union clarified Thursday that the protected designation of origin (PDO) “champagne” and similar designations are protected “vis-à-vis prohibited conduct in respect of both products and services.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that Kentucky’s Billboard Act is unconstitutional. Lion’s Den instead sued the state in federal district court, claiming the Billboard Act violated the First Amendment. If yes, strict scrutiny applies.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The European Commission voted Friday to refer Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union, alleging that Hungary failed to comply with a 2020 Court of Justice judgment ordering reform of Hungary’s exclusionary asylum laws.

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JURIST

JULY 12, 2021

Human rights activist and lawyer Semyon Simonov was convicted under Russia’s foreign agents law in a controversial criminal trial on Sunday. Given this status, Russian law required the SHRC to register as a foreign agent. ” Similarly, the country’s foreign agents law itself has faced calls for repeal.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The court cited Memorial International’s systematic violations of the law on “foreign agents” as the reason for liquidation. The controversial “foreign agent” law was first introduced in Russia in 2012, but has since been modified. The law has previously been used by the Russian state to pressure NGOs to disband.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that Missouri is not barred from enforcing a state law that criminalizes misleading advertisements of vegan food products as containing meat. ” The plaintiffs failed to show irreparable harm.

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JURIST

APRIL 2, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Facebook’s notification pop-up messages did not violate the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The court unanimously upheld a narrow definition of an automated dialer, stating that Facebook’s software fell short of the definition.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday has temporarily reinstated Texas’ six-week abortion ban after a lower court had blocked the law just two days earlier. The controversial law was blocked by Judge Robert Pitman on Wednesday after a complaint was filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The Vermont Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new state law prohibiting high-capacity magazines, affirming the validity of the state’s first major gun-control law. The law also sets limits for magazine sizes at 15 rounds for handguns and 10 rounds for long guns. The trial court denied his motion.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

“If Changing Judges Changes Law, Is the Supreme Court a Court of Law?” ” Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled Tuesday that Hungary violated EU law by criminalizing organizational support for asylum seekers. The law was dubbed “Stop Soros,” referencing Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor George Soros.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2021

The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously struck down a state law provision Friday that allowed police to draw blood from unconscious drivers and test it for alcohol content without a warrant. An individual who is unconscious or otherwise unable to withdraw consent was presumed not to have withdrawn consent under the law.

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2021

A court in Crimea sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness to 6.5 years in a penal colony Monday for violation of Russian law on membership in an extremist organization. The law in question is Article 282.2 His is the third Jehovah’s Witness case to be prosecuted in Crimea under Russian law since Crimea was annexed in 2014.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded Thursday that Kentucky may enforce price gouging laws against sellers on Amazon, overturning a district court preliminary injunction. Price gouging is the practice of unfairly and dramatically increasing the price of a commodity during spikes in demand.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Thursday that plaintiffs cannot recover punitive damages from the state when a law enforcement officer uses excessive force. The ITCA is Iowa’s controlling law for tort claims against the state and state employees acting within the scope of their employment.

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JURIST

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Madras high court issued an order Tuesday directing the central government to consider enacting separate legislation providing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a statutory status. In 2013, the Supreme Court questioned CBI’s investigative credibility, stating that the agency is “a caged parrot speaking in its master’s voice.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found Thursday that Hungary’s criminalization of activities aimed at helping migrants who did not fulfil its national criteria for the grant of asylum violated EU law.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2021

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassaid to consider a California agricultural union organizing law. ” Under California law, agricultural businesses must allow labor organizations onto their property up to three times a day over a 30-day period, up to 120 days per year.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Judges Moot Court Competition at Harvard Law”: Emmy M. Harvard Law School has posted on YouTube a video of the event titled “ Ames Moot Court Competition 2021.” “U.S. Cho of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

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JURIST

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled unanimously Saturday that a temporary injunction blocking new laws limiting Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s emergency powers was improper, and it remanded the case with instructions to dissolve the injunction. The court found that a temporary injunction was not warranted under the circumstances.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

“Appeals court upholds Texas law to ban abortion procedure”: Kevin McGill of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies was upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.”

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MARCH 27, 2021

“Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum: Reform of the Supreme Court?” ” Harvard Law School has posted this video on YouTube. Rachel Reed of Harvard Law Today reports that “ Is the Supreme Court broken?

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

“Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily blocks 3 anti-abortion laws”: Carmen Forman of The Oklahoman has this report. And in today’s edition of The Tulsa World, Barbara Hoberock has a front page article headlined “ Oklahoma Supreme Court puts three abortion laws on hold.”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , a case involving a Mississippi law banning all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The law has only a few exceptions, like when the mother’s life is endangered. Dobbs then appealed the case to the Supreme Court. .

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on a New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside the home, marking the first time the nation’s highest court has considered a major Second Amendment decision in more than a decade, reports the New York Times. Concealed carry holster. photo by 22860 via Flickr.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2021

Share As the justices ended their business for the 2020-21 term and began their summer recess on Friday, the court announced the names of the law clerks slated to work for each justice next term. The post Court releases names of law clerks for 2021-22 term appeared first on SCOTUSblog. Christina Gay. Maxwell Gottschall.

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JUNE 9, 2021

“Federal appeals court blocks sweeping Missouri abortion law”: Jim Salter of The Associated Press has this report.

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