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Calling New Patent Law Professors

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We’re not hiring in IP this year, but are looking to hire several candidates folks — primarily focusing on the areas of Criminal Law/Procedure; Evidence; Constitutional Law courses (including First Amendment); Contracts; Dispute Resolution; and Veterans benefits (clinic).

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Capital defendant whose lawyer conceded guilt despite his objection seeks relief from Supreme Court

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Second, Tyler argues that even if McCoy announced a new rule, Teague allows for the retroactive effect of substantive rules of constitutional law that prohibit certain criminal laws or punishments (as opposed to procedural rules, which are not retroactive). Instead, Tyler seeks to bring his claim under Griffith v.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

The site was sued by Sarah Jones, an ex-Bengals cheerleader and a former high school teacher in northern Kentucky, who was libeled on the site by commentators. District Judge William Bertelsman that the site is liable of defamatory statements by third parties and cannot claim immunity under the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. §

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Kentucky Moves To Criminalize Taunting Police Officers

JonathanTurley

Associate Chief Justice Charles Johnson, in the majority opinion, wrote that when “individuals exercise their constitutional rights to criticize how the police are handling a situation, they cannot be concerned about risking a criminal conviction for obstruction.”. In Kentucky, the sponsor, Republican state Sen.

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Raskin: Trump’s Decision Not To Testify May Be Cited As Evidence Of His Guilt

JonathanTurley

Kentucky , the Supreme Court held that “the privilege to remain silent is of a very different order of importance.from the ‘mere etiquette of trials and …the formalities and minutiae of procedure.'” ” The Court rejected such references or reliance by prosecutors as unconstitutional. Later in Carter v.

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