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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The Court of Justice of the European Union clarified Thursday that the protected designation of origin (PDO) “champagne” and similar designations are protected “vis-à-vis prohibited conduct in respect of both products and services.” The Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC), an organisation that protects the interests of champagne producers, brought an action in Spanish courts against tapas bars in Spain for using the the sign “CHAMPANILLO” to d

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“Justice Breyer opposes politics surrounding Supreme Court, supports one possible reform; Breyer, 83, plans to retire from the court, but he has not said when that will happen”: Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report. Fox News has posted on YouTube the video of Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s interview on today’s episode of “Fox News Sunday” titled “ Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on calls for his retirement.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbot, Thursday signed into law a bil l prohibiting social media platforms from censoring users’ digital expression based on viewpoints or geographic location. The law comes two months after a Florida federal judge in July blocked similar legislation by Governor Ron DeSantis. Section 143A.002 of the new law prohibits social media platforms from censoring a user, their expression or their ability to receive the expression of another person based on the viewpoint

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“As Abortion Rights Expand, the U.S. Joins a Handful of Telling Exceptions; Recent shifts on access to abortion suggest democracy and women’s rights go hand in hand — and that the inverse might be true as well”: Max Fisher had this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

A federal judge on Friday ordered a permanent injunction against Apple’s app store requiring them to cease their policy of charging 30% commission on in-app payments. Epic Games challenged this practice, claiming that it constituted a monopoly over its own system of distributing apps and its own system of collecting payments. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the Northern District Court of California found that while Apple’s conduct did not violate traditional anti-trust laws, its poli

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will review the conduct of the Columbus, Ohio police department in response to a series of fatal police shootings of Black people, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther announced Thursday. The DOJ Office of Community Orientated Policing Services (COPS) will conduct the review. The Office’s acting director, Robert E. Chapman, stated that the DOJ will work with the Columbus Police Department “to provide technical assistance in a variety of areas…[including] policy rev

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“The Texas Abortion Law Is Unconventional Because It Had to Be; After Roe v. Wade , many people think abortion is off limits to democracy; It isn’t”: Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Dist. 1) will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC opened the window for Fiscal Year 2021 regulatory fees which must be paid no later than 11:59 pm, Eastern Daylight Time on September 24, 2021 – a 25% penalty will be attached to late payments ( Public Notice ).

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“9/11 Made the Media Whitewash What Really Happened in Bush v. Gore “: Jonathan Chait has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“Please Stay Chatty, Justice Thomas; As the Supreme Court quits virtual arguments, we hope he speaks up”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Janhavi Mohite: Stealth BioTherapeutics Strengthens IP Portfolio with Issuance of U.S. Patents Covering Elamipretide for Barth Syndrome (Source: Yahoo Finance). Jonathan M Block: Arbutus rises 15% on Apparent Patent Fight Win with Moderna (Source: Seeking Alpha). Samantha Handler: Patent Office ‘in Neutral’ as It Awaits Biden’s Pick to Lead It (Source: Bloomberg Law).

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s headstone revealed ahead of one-year anniversary of death”: Jackie Salo of The New York Post has this report.

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OilandGasLawyer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Two recent articles caught my eye: “ The world’s biggest plant to capture CO2 from the air just opened in Iceland ,” from the Washington Post. “ Utilities eye mini nuclear reactors as climate concerns grow ,” from the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading ?.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“Repugnant Precedents and the Court of History”: Law professor Daniel B. Rice has posted this article at SSRN.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

By Serra J. Schlanger — Earlier this year, North Dakota enacted a prescription drug price transparency reporting law, HB 1032 , that became effective on August 1, 2021. (See our summary here.) This new law requires prescription drug manufacturers to report the current wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) information for drugs sold in or into the state on a quarterly basis.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

This chapter critically examines the value of and the business of music around the world with particular attention on Nigeria.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“The federal suit against Texas’s abortion law may fail. It’s still worthwhile. The Biden administration is showing it will act to protect abortion rights.” Law professors Mary Ziegler and Rachel Rebouché have this essay online at The Washington Post.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The employees may have committed fraud, but their conduct may not constitute a material breach of the corporate policy.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a law student in Kabul offers his latest observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and institutional affiliation. The text has been only lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

This Act provides options to recover outstanding money for those who undertake work under a construction contract.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

“Trump’s Judges Are Playing A Huge Role In Upholding Anti-Abortion Laws Across The Country; Judges nominated by Donald Trump have staked out strong anti-abortion stances in their short time on the bench”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held in Aleem v E-Act Academy that it is not a reasonable adjustment to protect pay permanently when disability means that a teacher can no longer teach.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

As we discussed yesterday , there are different views of what occurred on 9/11 that are expressed (appropriately) on our campuses. Indeed, while some have criticized the holding of critical forums on the anniversary, it is precisely the type of diversity of viewpoints that sustains higher education. However, a student senator at Washington University in St.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held in Amdocs Systems Group Ltd v Langton that an employer was liable to pay the level of income protection payments set out in an offer letter and.

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