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Illinois Cases To Watch In 2024

Law 360

One of the biggest players in Illinois politics faces a criminal racketeering trial, a host of lawsuits filed under a decades-old genetic information privacy law will advance and the state's high court is expected to further weigh in on insurance coverage for litigation under the state's biometric privacy statute in some of the Illinois cases to watch (..)

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Proposed Changes to Patent Law’s Proper Venue Statute: Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2024

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch Law school civil procedure courses spend very little time on proper venue because, in most cases venue is proper so long as the district court has personal jurisdiction over the defendant. This portion of the bill is entitled the “ Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2024 or VENUE Act.”

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Libya files intervention in South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel

JURIST

Libya emphasized the Genocide Convention’s significance, noting the ICJ has recognized the prohibition of genocide as a jus cogens norm in international law. On April 5, 2024, Colombia, a party to the Genocide Convention since 1959, filed a declaration of intervention, likewise invoking Article 63 of the ICJ Statute.

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SCOTUS to Consider Obstruction Statute at Issue in Jan. 6 Prosecutions

Constitutional Law Reporter

Circuit Court of Appeals’ interpretation of a federal statute prohibiting obstruction of congressional inquiries and investigations. The law has been used in the prosecutions of numerous defendants charged in connection with the Jan. Oral arguments have not yet been scheduled but are likely to take place in the spring of 2024.

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Myanmar dispatch: military junta’s activation of new conscription law spreads fear among draft-age young women

JURIST

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The 10th of February 2024 was a particularly dark day for the citizens of Myanmar.

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US Supreme Court refuses to reinstate a Florida law targeting drag shows

JURIST

The US Supreme Court, in a split decision, issued a brief statement on Thursday refusing to reinstate a Florida law that targets drag shows. A lower court order previously prohibited the law from coming into effect. ” Anyone found to be in violation fo the law would be charged with a misdemeanor.

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Legal malpractice dismissal based on statute of limitations affirmed.

Day on Torts

Kennedy Law Firm, PLLC , No. 9, 2024), plaintiff filed a complaint against the law firm and lawyers that had previously represented him in a divorce and order of protection proceeding. In Houbbadi v. M2022-01166-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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