JURIST
JUNE 6, 2021
The European Commission, in cooperation with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, opened a formal antitrust investigation Friday into whether Facebook has breached EU competition law. According to Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, who is responsible for EU competition policy, over seven million firms use Facebook for advertisements.
EvidenceProf Blog
JUNE 6, 2021
Similar to its federal counterpart, West Virginia Rule of Evidence 804(b)(6) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement offered against a party that wrongfully caused — or acquiesced in wrongfully causing — the declarant's unavailability as.
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JURIST
JUNE 6, 2021
A US federal judge on Friday overturned California’s 32-year-old ban on assault weapons, describing the ban as a “30-year-old failed experiment” and prompting a sharp retort from the state’s governor and attorney general. Judge Roger Benitez of the US District Court for the Southern District of California concluded that the ban on assault weapons infringed on the Second Amendment rights of California citizens.
LawSites
JUNE 6, 2021
Palo Alto, Calif., based Intapp , a major provider of cloud-based business applications for larger law firms and financial services firms, filed papers Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. For the legal technology industry, where IPOs have been few and far between, the news is significant.
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JURIST
JUNE 6, 2021
Nigeria indefinitely suspended social network service Twitter on Friday, following Twitter’s removal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s post for violating rules of service. The ban was announced in a series of posts by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information and Culture for “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.”.
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JURIST
JUNE 6, 2021
United Nations human rights experts called on Canadian authorities and the Catholic church on Friday to investigate the mass grave of over 200 children Indigenous children. Earlier this week, Marta Hurtado, spokesperson of the UN Human Rights Office, called the discovery of the mass grave in British Columbia “shocking” and one which “re-opens painful wounds” in an emailed statement to JURIST.
HowAppealing
JUNE 6, 2021
“Judicial Notice (06.05.21): ‘A Convoluted, Incoherent, Jumbled Mess’; A colorful Ninth Circuit opinion, a bipartisan ‘dream team’ for a billion-dollar battle, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
JURIST
JUNE 6, 2021
The G7 countries announced Saturday an agreement establishing a 15 percent global tax rate on large multinational corporations. Finance ministers from the US, UK, Canada, France, Japan, Germany, and Italy met in London to discuss the question of global taxation, which has been in discussion for almost ten years. As part of this deal, the US agreed to limit its taxation of corporate activities abroad.
HowAppealing
JUNE 6, 2021
“The Black Hero Behind One of the Greatest Supreme Court Justices; Before John Marshall Harlan became the sole judicial defender of Black rights of his time, he had a close association with a powerful Black leader who grew up enslaved in his home; Together, they showed how respect could transcend barriers and point a path to freedom”: Peter S.
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Corporate Governance
JUNE 6, 2021
Impinj 2021 annual meeting is June 10, 9 AM Pacific Time. To attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting visit here. You will need the 16-digit control number provided on your proxy card or voting instruction form. I recommend voting in advance. Enhance long-term value so that Impinj lives up to its full […]. The post Impinj 2021 Vote Proxy Access appeared first on Corporate Governance.
HowAppealing
JUNE 6, 2021
“High court asked to review men-only draft registration law”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.
LegalReader
JUNE 6, 2021
Gabriel Taye was eight years old when his mother found him hanging, dead in his bedroom. In their lawsuit, Taye's family claimed that Cincinnati Schools covered up the extent of bullying at Carson Elementary.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 6, 2021
Share We will be live blogging on Monday, June 7, as the court releases orders from the June 3 conference and one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about orders and opinion announcements. ? ?. The post Announcement of orders and opinions for Monday, June 7 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
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LegalReader
JUNE 6, 2021
In his lawsuit, Falwell says that the university he used to direct is suing him with the sole intent of ruining his reputation.
LLRX
JUNE 6, 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.
LegalReader
JUNE 6, 2021
Park Hill Residents tried to prevent a homeless camp from setting up shop at a local church, but the court recently dismissed their suit.
FDA Law Blog
JUNE 6, 2021
The RAPS Wisconsin Chapter is hosting a webcast on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, discussing device requirements for drug-led combination products. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.’s Adrienne Lenz will be the speaker. This webcast will cover U.S. FDA requirements applicable to sponsors of drug-led drug/device combination products, including device requirements for the quality management system and good manufacturing practices (GMPs), device content to include in a new drug application (NDA), regi
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LegalReader
JUNE 6, 2021
About 117 workers say they are afraid they could lose their jobs if they stand up to the hospital's vaccine mandate.
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 6, 2021
The University of Szeged Faculty of Law and the ELKH Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies are organizing an international online conference: “ Cross-Border Litigation in Central-Europe: EU Private International Law before National Courts”. The conference will present the main results of the EU-funded CEPIL research project (“ Cross-Border Litigation in Central-Europe: EU Private International Law before National Courts”, 800789 — CEPIL — JUST-AG-2017/JUST-JCOO-AG-2017 ).
Law 360
JUNE 6, 2021
When confronted with a notoriously broad and somewhat out-of-date statute like the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, it is important for the judiciary to continue to protect defendants from prosecutors' tortured or extreme readings of these criminal laws — and that's what the U.S. Supreme Court did this month in Van Buren v. U.S., say Harry Sandick and Jacob Chefitz at Patterson Belknap.
LegalReader
JUNE 6, 2021
The NRA said it will move its resources toward another lawsuit filed in a New York state court.
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FDA Law Blog
JUNE 6, 2021
Every year, the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) publishes a compendium of the Top Food and Drug Cases from the previous year, as well as Cases to Watch, in conjunction with its popular Annual Conference. This year was no different. Recently, FDLI published on its website its Top Food and Drug Cases 2020 , and Cases to Watch 2021. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. attorneys Sara Koblitz and Anne Walsh contributed to this year’s installment.
iHire
JUNE 6, 2021
Create a more ergonomic and stress-free home office with these tips.
The Fashion Law
JUNE 6, 2021
A California federal judge granted North Face and its owner VF Corp’s April 26 motion to dismiss the trademark infringement lawsuit that Leonard McGurr – aka Futura – filed against them early this year, alleging that North Face “inexplicably began using a copy of” his famous “atom” design as the logo for a new line of apparel and fabric technology in 2019 “without [his] consent.
Patently O
JUNE 6, 2021
Recent Headlines in the IP World: Alex Baldwin: USITC Investigates Apple Watch Over Patent Claims (Source: WIPR). David Dayen: Chris Coons Working to Install Business-Friendly Candidate for Key Patent Position (Source: The American Prospect). Bhaswati Guha Majumder: Chinese Military Scientist Filed Patent For A Vaccine Soon After China Revealed Covid-19 Details in 2020 (Source: Yahoo News).
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