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OCTOBER 23, 2021

A staff report from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found Thursday that many internet service providers (ISPs) are collecting and sharing large amounts of data from their customers without offering them meaningful choices regarding the use of such data. The information report stems from a series of orders issued by the US FTC in 2019 under Section 6(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act and covers data collection practices of six major ISPs, including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile,

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

“The Texas abortion law is a disturbing echo of ancient Rome; By deputizing anyone with the power to sue, the law sows the same seeds of civic division that brought about the fall of the Republic”: Jessica Blum-Sorensen has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

A joint statement from the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria, and Spain was released Thursday announcing that there would be a repeal of their ‘Digital Services Taxes’ (DSTs). This follows an agreement with the five countries and the Department of the Treasury in conjunction with the OECD in relation to section 301 tariffs relating to digital service tax.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

“Supreme Court will rule Oct. 29 on jokes by Quebec comedian Mike Ward; Ward is appealing a Quebec Human Rights Tribunal decision that determined his act included discriminatory comments against singer Jérémy Gabriel”: The Montreal Gazette has this report.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The Hong Kong Legislative Council has voted to pass the Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill in an effort to curb the country’s medical workforce shortage. The bill passed with 39 ayes and one no, and the scheme aims to start by the third quarter of 2022. The bill is an amendment to Hong Kong’s Medical Registration Ordinance. It allows overseas-trained doctors to apply for a special registration to get a local medical practice in Hong Kong.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday a new nationwide initiative to combat the practice of redlining. Redlining is a type of lending discrimination in which banks refuse to lend money to people seeking home loans because of their race or national origin. Redlining as a practice first came to prominence during the New Deal era in programs designed to increase the availability of homeownership to Americans, but that deliberately excluded minority neighborhoods.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

“The Firearms Policy Coalition Targets Texas S.B. 8; The gun rights group has filed a brief supporting the petition for certiorari in one of the cases challenging the controversial Texas abortion law”: Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” You can access the amicus brief, written by Erik S. Jaffe , at this link.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The UK’s Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) announced in a statement Friday that five police offices will face misconduct proceedings following investigations into social media messaging. The investigations come in response to the Sarah Everand case. Everand was raped and murdered by a former police officer, Wayne Couzens, who received life imprisonment this month.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

“To Get Ahead at Work, Lawyers Find It Helps to Actually Be at Work; The generational divide on returning to the office is not neatly drawn; For some young professionals, even in a pandemic, showing up is more than half the battle”: Noam Scheiber of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The Madras High Court ordered Friday the Tamil Nadu government to develop an exigency plan to guarantee that the midday meal scheme at schools is not suspended in the case of future emergencies, such as the Covid-19 outbreak. The direction came in a writ petition underlining the need to begin door-to-door delivery of cooked nutritious meals for school-going children due to the shutdown of schools forced by Covid-19.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

“The future of vaccine mandates will likely come down to Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett; Thus far, the justices have not given much comfort to anti-vaxxers; That could change soon”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

A North Carolina bankruptcy judge declined to block talc suits against Johnson & Johnson on Friday, saying that he would consider extending the Chapter 11 stay of litigation to the healthcare giant at a hearing set for early November.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

“Anti-abortion activists’ Supreme Court dreams are coming true”: Sam Baker of Axios has this report.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his personal observations and perspective on an extended power interruption in Kabul due to an apparent attack on a key electricity station. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding our correspondent’s name and institutional affiliation.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

Elderly people and people living with disability are the two key demographics most at risk of contracting COVID-19.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his personal observations and perspective on a new Afghan resistance movement that has been launched to counter the Taliban. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding our correspondent’s name and institutional affiliation.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Matthew Rosen: Fintel Announces Issuance of Second U.S. Patent, Strengthening the Company’s Intellectual Property Position in USA PATRIOT Act Section 314(b) Information Sharing Technologies (Source: Business Wire). Bruce Crumley: Apple Files Patent Request for Drone (Networking) Tech (Source: Drone DJ). Sisi Jiang: Sony Patent Lets Viewers Vote And Pay To Boot Players From Games (Kotaku).

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

The government's Ransomware Action Plan outlines a range of proposals intended to combat the threat of ransomware.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

Engagement in the Gulf of Tonkin. We recently discussed the controversy following the letter of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) asking the Justice Department to investigate parents causing disruptions or making threats at school board meetings. The letter included a reference to using the Patriot Act against possible domestic terrorism.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

The NSW Government proposes to implement a new program, which would give some drug offenders a second chance.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

The fatal shooting at Bonanza Creek Ranch already has the makings of a blockbuster tort action. Within 24 hours of actor Eric Baldwin fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding the director, witnesses have raised serious questions of negligent and unsafe practice on the site for the low-budget film, “Rust.” The question is not whether but when the first torts lawsuit will be filed.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The African Digital Rights Network (ADRN) think-tank released a study Thursday on privacy protections in six African countries. They found that governments in Africa are abusing new technology and surveillance laws to violate citizens’ privacy rights. The report is the first comparative analysis of African legal frameworks on surveillance covering Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Sudan.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

“Pa. Bar Association condemns TV ad by GOP candidate for state Supreme Court; The Pennsylvania Supreme Court race between Republican Kevin Brobson and Democrat Maria McLaughlin has taken a negative turn in the late stages of the campaign”: Andrew Seidman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The Supreme Court again refused Friday to block enforcement of a Texas law that effectively bans all abortions after six weeks but agreed to fast-track oral arguments in two cases about the law. The two cases are Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States v. Texas. The former case was brought by a coalition of Texas abortion providers challenging the private-enforcement mechanism of Texas’ S.B. 8 , the law that would ban abortions after six weeks, a time when many women do not

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JURIST

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed an amended lawsuit Friday seeking a temporary restraining order and nationwide preliminary injunction to block the Biden administration from implementing the new COVID-19 vaccine requirements. . Brnovich filed the original lawsuit against the Biden administration in September. The original complaint claimed there was a difference in the treatment of U.S. citizens and individuals who were caught crossing the border illegally who are not required to r

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