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JULY 18, 2023

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the former State Councillor deposed and detained by the Myanmar military in February 2021, has been charged in 19 cases since 30 December 2022, and all of these cases have been decided by the courts. The courts have ordered her imprisonment for a maximum term of 33 years in connection with these 19 cases.

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MAY 26, 2024

“Coinbase’s Supreme Court Loss Is Its Own Fault; The cryptocurrency platform’s lawyers made a mistake — or perhaps executives failed to heed their counsel”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

“Meet the lawyers arguing Trump’s Supreme Court Colorado ballot case”: Ann E. ” The post “Meet the lawyers arguing Trump’s Supreme Court Colorado ballot case” appeared first on How Appealing. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

India’s Supreme Court Collegium Wednesday reconsidered the proposal to appoint openly gay lawyer Saurabh Kirpal as a Delhi High Court judge, and observed that every individual is “entitled to maintain their own dignity and individuality based on sexual orientation.” First, Kirpal’s partner is a Swiss National.

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Above The Law

MARCH 29, 2024

Lawyers who want a court to better consider their arguments do have a few options. The post Good Lawyering Is Less Effective In Busy Courts appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring added on Thursday three lawyers representing jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny to its list of “terrorists and extremists.” Navalny attempted to appeal the charges in September, but the Moscow City Court rejected his appeal.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Three lawyers representing Russian dissident and critic Alexei Navalny were detained Friday following raids of their residences. Following searches of their homes and subsequent arrests, the men were brought to Basmanny Court in Moscow. All three later appeared in court.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

“Texas Abortion Ban Lawyer to Argue Trump Ballot High Court Case; Texas lawyer to argue for Trump; Three attorneys to argue during special sitting”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

The Indian Supreme Court (SC) reduced Friday a sentence in a criminal contempt of court case by the Delhi High Court (DHC) against a lawyer, Virendra Singh, over his remarks against the judges of the DHC. The lawyer was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison and a fine of 2,000 rupees.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2024

Seven human rights lawyers filed a motion Friday in the Berlin Administrative Court to halt Germany’s arms exports to Israel. In the motion, the lawyers claim that the German government has committed the crime of aiding and abetting in the genocide of the Palestinian people living in Gaza by continuing to supply Israel with arms.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

“How lawyers in the Trump ballot case are training for the Supreme Court arguments”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis. The post “How lawyers in the Trump ballot case are training for the Supreme Court arguments” appeared first on How Appealing.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

“Green nominates judge, private lawyer to Hawaii Supreme Court”: Dan Nakaso of The Honolulu Star-Advertiser has this report. The post “Green nominates judge, private lawyer to Hawaii Supreme Court” appeared first on How Appealing. Green Announces Nominees for Two Judicial Vacancies.”

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2024

Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer for Donald Trump and erstwhile Mayor of New York, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an Arizona election interference case regarding a false slate of electors submitted in the 2020 Presidential election. Giuliani chose to appear in court without counsel, claiming that he could “handle the arraignment himself.”

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JANUARY 29, 2024

“Trump’s Lawyers Made Some Very Odd Strategic Choices in the Supreme Court Ballot Case”: Law professor Richard L. The post “Trump’s Lawyers Made Some Very Odd Strategic Choices in the Supreme Court Ballot Case” appeared first on How Appealing.

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MAY 23, 2023

A Hong Kong court has dismissed an attempt by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to overturn a decision barring his British lawyer from representing him in an upcoming trial under the national security law. In Hong Kong, the use of foreign lawyers has long been permitted.

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APRIL 25, 2024

“King Donald’s Day at the Supreme Court: A political hit job? Trump’s lawyer tests the boundaries of a truly imperial Presidency.” The post “King Donald’s Day at the Supreme Court: A political hit job? Trump’s lawyer tests the boundaries of a truly imperial Presidency.” A military coup?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The post Georgia Prosecutors Ask Court To Probe Trumpland Lawyers’ Many, Many Conflicts appeared first on Above the Law. You get a conflict! And you get a conflict!

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2023

A UK Association of Prison Lawyers (APL) survey published Monday reveals that prison lawyers are at risk of quitting if legal fees are not raised. The report asserts that prison law legal aid work is ‘no longer sustainable’ due to the ‘exhausting and poorly paid work’ undertaken by lawyers.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Lawyer Theerayut Suwankesorn filed a petition with Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) Friday against multiple members of parliament (MPs) of the progressive Move Forward Party ( MFP ) as reported by the Thai state news agency, National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT).

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MAY 3, 2023

“US appeals court halts midnight filings over lawyers’ objections”: Andrew Goudsward of Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Tuesday adopted a proposal that would require most legal briefs and other court documents to be submitted by 5 p.m.

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JURIST

MARCH 3, 2022

France’s Court of Cassation Wednesday upheld a bar association’s ban on barristers wearing religious symbols alongside robes in courtrooms. Sarah Asmeta, a trainee lawyer, appealed against this notification on grounds that it was contrary to constitutional rights and freedoms, specifically in the workplace.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Louisiana State Bar violated lawyers’ free speech rights, appeals court rules”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report. Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Louisiana Lawyer’s Rights Violated by Wellness, LGBTQ+ Posts.” Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

“Arizona’s Supreme Court is considering abortion law. Lawyers arguing the case are all men.” Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that “ Arizona Supreme Court to decide which Arizona abortion law stands.” The post “Arizona’s Supreme Court is considering abortion law.

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APRIL 23, 2024

The post Watergate Lawyer Shares Worries Over Trump’s Presidential Immunity Claims At The Supreme Court appeared first on Above the Law. I would hope that this is a one-off in our nation’s history,' he said.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday became the first US appeals court to propose a new rule requiring lawyers to certify that they either did not use generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs, like Chat GPT, to draft filings or that humans reviewed AI-generated material.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Updated: A federal appeals court saw a need for a civility lesson when it granted a new trial to a civil-fraud plaintiff because of a “barrage of personal attacks” made by opposing lawyers in a closing argument.

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MAY 7, 2024

“US Supreme Court Argument Order Gives Unlucky Lawyers Less Time; More questions asked by justices in first case of the day; Short break between cases would help, advocate says”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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MAY 6, 2024

Prosecutors are planning to retry a former Atlanta lawyer after his murder conviction was overturned Tuesday by the Georgia Supreme Court. Bryan Keith Schmitt was…

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Hong Kong lawyer Jimmy Siu on Friday filed a writ to Hong Kong’s High Court in a petition for the court to order the arrest of five US lawmakers that introduced the Hong Kong Sanctions Act , according to Hong Kong Free Press on Monday.

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JUNE 14, 2023

“Senate confirms ACLU lawyer to NY federal court after GOP backlash”: Andrew Goudsward of Reuters has this report. ” Al Weaver of The Hill reports that “ Senate confirms Dale Ho to Southern District New York court seat.” District Court for the Southern District of New York by a vote of 50-to-49.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In what it appears would be a first for a federal circuit court, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering adoption of a rule change that would require lawyers and unrepresented litigants to provide a certification regarding their use of artificial intelligence in preparing court filings.

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JURIST

JANUARY 30, 2024

A defense lawyer for former US President Donald Trump filed a letter in US District Court on Monday that argued a judge in a recent defamation lawsuit should have recused himself from the case. Roberta Kaplan responded with her own letter filed with the court. The post Trump lawyer alleges conflict of interest in E.

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MARCH 27, 2023

“Supreme Court won’t review contempt conviction of anti-Chevron environmental lawyer”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report. The post “Supreme Court won’t review contempt conviction of anti-Chevron environmental lawyer” appeared first on How Appealing.

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MARCH 19, 2024

“Labor lawyer becomes first openly gay judge to join 4th Circuit”: Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has this report. ” Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “ Nicole Berner, Longtime Union Lawyer, Confirmed As Federal Judge; Berner, who will serve on the U.S. .”

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

“When Supreme Court Pros Came Calling, Client Stuck With Local Lawyer; ‘I think there’s something romantic about the idea that a small-town lawyer could argue their way all the way up to the Supreme Court,’ James Freed said of his attorney, Victoria Ferres”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“Supreme Court Bar’s Breakout Lawyer This Term Started Out in Journalism; Easha Anand, now co-director of Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, is scheduled to argue three cases this term”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Monday that the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) violated the US Constitution’s First Amendment when it tweeted several posts that were not “germane” to the legal profession. Smith noted that the First Amendment protects the individual right of free association.

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