Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Gustavo Cerqueira and Hugues Fulchiron have recently edited a new volume (in French) on the appliation of foreign law in the draft code of French private international law (Le droit étranger dans le projet de code de droit international privé – Connaissance et applicationdroit).

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2022

The Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) Wednesday published a draft of amendments to the Administrative Regulations on the Management of Mobile Internet Application Information Services issued in 2016. The draft contains 27 articles and places emphasis on data security, user privacy, and national security.

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2023

China’s Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate and Ministry of Public Security released a draft proposal to curb cyber abuse for public consultation on Friday. million pieces of Internet violence-related information had been intercepted and deleted by various websites since November 2022.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2024

The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan passed a bill modeled after Russia’s “foreign agents” law on Thursday, increasing the government’s oversight of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The draft law has been strongly criticized by human rights activists, foreign governments and NGOs around the world.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Lawyers and legal professionals using the AI-powered document drafting tool Clearbrief to create a legal brief or document will now be able to seamlessly view any case law they cite thanks to a partnership with the legal research and intelligence company Fastcase , the companies announced today. million seed round. .

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Belgium document automation company ClauseBase has launched a major expansion of its product to add new capabilities for clause extraction, AI-powered document review, and automated proofreading, all with the goal of providing an all-in-one platform, within Microsoft Word, for contract drafting, reviewing and negotiating.

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JURIST

APRIL 29, 2024

Freedom of Russia is a legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, formed in March 2022 from former members of the Russian Armed Forces and other Russians—and some Belarusians—who defected to Ukraine to protect it from Russian invasion during the Russian-Ukrainian war. ” The draft law proposes to regulate Telegram within Ukraine.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 12, 2023

As part of the UNIDROIT Project on Digital Assets and Private Law , UNIDROIT has launched a Public Consultation to solicit comments and feedback on a set of Draft Principles and Commentary which have been prepared by its Working Group over the course of 7 sessions between 2020-2022.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Russian law enforcement detained at least two dozen people Saturday at a protest in Moscow, as wives and relatives of Russian service members fighting in Ukraine advocated for their return. Wives and relatives of the reservists mobilised in 2022 have been campaigning for them to be discharged and replaced with contract soldiers.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 27, 2023

Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. In December 2022, Chinese lawmakers published a draft law on foreign state immunity , an English translation of which is now available. These provisions generally follow the U.N. Convention.

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JURIST

MAY 14, 2024

The UK High Court ruled that provisions of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Police Act 2022) are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday and that use of the powers was “capable of significant intrusion on the lives” of Gypsies and travellers.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 31, 2023

Share Justice Clarence Thomas took three trips in 2022 hosted in part or in full by Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow, according to a financial disclosure form made public on Thursday morning. But in the wake of the March 2023 guidance, Thomas reported four trips in 2022. The first trip, in Feb.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Hong Kong government announced Wednesday that it concluded the four-week public consultation period for a new local security law under Article 23 of the Basic Law , which is Hong Kong’s mini-constitution. The post Hong Kong government concludes public consultation for local security law appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

While Fico acknowledged the European Commission’s comments, he said that they would not affect his proposed criminal law reforms which he claims are protecting human rights. The European Parliament subsequently adopted a resolution in January expressing concerns about the effect such reforms will have on the rule of law in Slovakia.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

She is a Ukrainian law student at the Riga Graduate School of Law in Riga, Latvia. On Tuesday, September 5, the situation in Latvia regarding the new Latvian Immigration Law took a significant turn. These amendments have been drafted, and the committee within the Saeima [Latvian legislature] is expediting their submission.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a first-of-its-kind bill into law on Monday which eliminates book bans, requiring public libraries in the state to ensure they offer a diverse range of materials. ” The post Illinois governor signs law prohibiting book bans in public libraries appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Thailand’s progressive opposition party, the Move Forward Party submitted on Thursday a draft bill to Parliament. The draft bill presented to Parliament aims to extend amnesty coverage to all political demonstrations held since 2006, encompassing a period marked by intermittent turbulence.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 12, 2023

Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. Russia joined the restrictive immunity camp in 2016 when its law on the jurisdictional immunity of foreign states went into effect. If adopted, this law would move China to into the restrictive immunity camp as well.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2024

The draft law was registered in December 2023 and has been adopted by lawmakers with some amendments. Three-fifths of both houses of parliament, totaling 512 votes, were needed for the law to be adopted. The law passed with a vote of 780-72. ” Women’s rights groups have lauded the move.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday signed into law the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022, thereby amending the Computer Misuse Act, of 2011. The Act of Parliament, passed on September 8, 2022, has been criticized for targeting critical voices online.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

With the release of the draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, India is set to overhaul its telecommunication regulatory framework.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A 25-person legal technology company in California is fighting back against one of the world’s largest law firms in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. Patent and Trademark Office, claims that Bill Synthesis was actually invented by Agnello. Series of Meetings.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2023

Ukraine’s State Border Service Friday reported 12,000 men have tried to illegally leave the country with 15 casualties following the imposition of martial law and general mobilization orders in response to the Russian invasion. 950 people have been charged with falsification of documents, evasion of the draft and illegal transportation.

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JURIST

JULY 25, 2023

Human Rights Watch (HRW), along with 13 other human rights organizations such as Access Now and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), called on the Jordanian government on Monday to withdraw a proposed cybercrime law currently under discussion in Parliament. Article 24 increases online censorship and hinders free expression.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 12, 2022

The Organization of American States (OAS) has issued a call for applications for the XLVII Course on International Law, which will take place from 1 to 12 August 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – in Spanish and English (no interpretation services will be offered). Eastern Standard Time).

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

As discussed in the draft guidance, before registration, a facility must have a facility registration number which will be the facility establishment identifier (FEI). The draft guidance describes the mandatory elements that must be included in the registration and listing. Comments on the draft guidance may be submitted until Sept.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The FCC has released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), available here , proposing to update the FCC’s rules for full power TV and Class A TV stations. The FCC still has the option of petitioning by October 11, 2022 the Supreme Court to review the D.C. For more details about this case, see our Broadcast Law Blog here.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The second most popular post was a test of the BriefCatch legal editing software using the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. First, I list the 20 most popular posts of 2022, listing only posts first published during 2022. Top 20 LawSites Posts of 2022 (Posts First Published in 2022).

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Mondaq

JANUARY 19, 2022

The Turkish Data Protection Authority ("DPA") has published Draft Guidelines on Cookies ("the Draft Guidelines") on January 11, 2022, providing explanations on cookies and practical advices.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2023

Ever since the withdrawal of previous draft laws on domestic violence three years ago, the inadequacies in the remedial measures in this area are being attempted to be corrected by two new draft laws that offer greater protections to women. However, there is no mention of domestic violence as a standalone offense.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 1, 2022

On 1-2 September 2022, the HCCH Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean organised a judicial training on the 1980 Child Abduction Convention and 1996 Child Protection Convention in Barbados, attended by judges and senior practitioners in the field of child abduction from Barbados, the Bahamas, Belize and Trinidad and Tobago.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2022

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) Friday announced draft provisions and regulations for content providers who alter facial and voice data, the country’s latest effort to combat deepfakes , or videos and other visual technologies that have been altered in order to disseminate false accusations and spread misinformation.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law posted its Summer/Fall 2022 Semi-Annual Report, which includes a su mmary of the Center’s key activities between June and December 2022. Amy Turner has taken on a leading role in advising local governments on the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Webb, and Michael B.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

On December 30, 2022, the Chinese legislator, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, published a draft of the Civil Procedure Law Amendment for public consultation. The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology organized a panel discussion on the draft.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The justices on Monday will consider the constitutionality of controversial laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies like Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) control content posted on their sites. Although the two states’ laws are not identical, there are themes that are common to both.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Circuit’s July 2022 ruling in National Association of Broadcasters v. FCC , which rejected the requirement that broadcast licensees independently check two federal databases to verify whether an airtime lessee is a “foreign governmental entity” (see our Broadcast Law Blog article on the Court’s decision here ). GHz band (“12.7

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

24, 2022) the Court considered the permissible extent of attorney participation in the preparation of an expert report. Rather, Munchkin says TOMY’s counsel drafted the opinion and Darley signed it. In Munchkin, Inc. Tomy International, Inc., 1-18-cv-06337 (NDIL May.

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