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APRIL 17, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2024

The members of Nizkiz have faced opposition from Belarusian authorities since 2020, when protests erupted in Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko secured his sixth term in office. Authorities under Lukashenko used violence against protestors in response and arrested thousands of individuals for their actions.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

“In New Term, Supreme Court Set to Tackle Case on School Board Members’ Social Media Use; These are the cases educators will want to watch during the court’s new term”: Mark Walsh of Education Week has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The terms of the visa are broken far more easily than most normal visas. The terms include jail sentences for anyone found to be in violation of those terms. The new legislation implements strict requirements that set out how the released migrants are to be monitored by Australian officials.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act Gambit; In a second term, he could use the law’s overbroad language to curtail liberties”: Columnist William A. The post “Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act Gambit; In a second term, he could use the law’s overbroad language to curtail liberties” appeared first on How Appealing.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Court will decide whether the term “use” applies to locomotives that are stationary or to locomotives that are briefly stationary under the Locomotive Inspection Act. The post US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in employment cases appeared first on JURIST - News. In LeDure v.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

Iran executed Tuesday Mohammad Ghobadlou, a protester with a long-term psychosocial disability, for the alleged murder of a police officer during the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests. The post Iran executes Mahsa Amini protestor with a long-term disability appeared first on JURIST - News.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Well, now – at least in terms of video marketing: you sort of can. AI video generators can capture your ‘avatar’ (your image, and speech patterns), and use it to generate videos that you don’t actually have to record. How many times have you said to yourself, in seeking more time: ‘I wish I could clone myself ’.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Can we end the confusion with the use of the legal assistant vs. paralegal job title? The Definition of a Paralegal Back when NALA was the National Association of Legal Assistants, the ABA’s definition of a paralegal and their commentary was that the terms legal assistant and paralegal were used interchangeably. Probably not.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2024

Also Thursday, the Parliament also adopted its yearly fundamental rights report which points out Hungary’s use of spyware like Pegasus and oppression of the LBTQI+ community. The Parliament’s resolution comes as an outcry against the European Commission’s decision to lift €10.2 billion of frozen EU budget to Hungary.

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MARCH 9, 2023

Zuva , the company that spun off from Kira Systems after Kira was acquired by Litera in 2021, is offering a completely free version of its AI-powered contract review technology, which can be used by anyone just by uploading contracts to Zuva’s website. This is free.” You can access the tool directly from the Zuva home page.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Speaking in Philadelphia, Shapiro shared that his view of the use of the death penalty has changed over the years, specifically after speaking with families who lost loved ones in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that killed 11 people. Shapiro’s announcement comes only a month into his first term as governor.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2021

This comes following an array of judgements contemplating whether the term protected persons under the Act on Criminal Responsibility for Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes covers dead persons. The post Sweden top court deems posing with dead bodies a war crime appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2021

German regulators in Hamburg announced on Tuesday that they are seeking an order preventing Facebook from enforcing its new terms of service. This change would expand the use of customers’ data to marketing and direct advertising. That order was challenged by Facebook, but upheld in trial and appellate court.

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Law 360

APRIL 25, 2024

Beyond getting experience thinking on my feet and tackling stressful situations, the skills I've gained from horseback riding have considerable overlap with the skills used to practice law, particularly in terms of team building, continuing education, and making an effort to reset and recharge, says Kerry Irwin at Moore & Van Allen.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2023

A court in El Salvador sentenced former Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes, to a term of six years in prison Wednesday on charges of tax evasion. Funes is also alleged to have involvement with criminal syndicates within El Salvador, leading to his indictment and subsequent conviction with a prison term of 14 years.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 4, 2023

He emphasized the importance of punishing those who commit “heinous” crimes, and stated that his government “will legislate for sexual and sadistic murders to carry a full life term with no prospect of release.” ” These newest reforms build on previous plans announced by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in August.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that Uber Technologies, Inc. Uber argued that even though the plaintiffs never accepted Uber’s Terms of Use, they were still bound by the arbitration clause in that agreement. Uber) cannot force plaintiffs to arbitrate their disability discrimination claims.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The US Supreme Court kicked off its Fall 2023 term Monday by hearing oral arguments in a statutory interpretation case examining federal sentencing laws. Conversely, the United States contends that “and” is used to join (a), (b), and (c) by distributing the phrase “does not have.” 3553(f)(1). .”

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 7, 2024

The problem with that approach is that, in the modern world, ‘high touch’ is often equated with other, less palatable terms: like ‘annoying’ or ‘ obnoxious’. Exasperating.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2024

The justices did not add any new cases to their docket for the 2024-25 term. The court currently has only two cases slated for argument in the upcoming term – less than half of what they had granted at this time last year for the 2023-24 term. The court’s denial of review in Mckesson v. In 2019, the U.S.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

” This follows a Norweigan lawsuit from September, which found that Meta had used user data such as location and browser history for behavioral advertising. .” ” This follows a Norweigan lawsuit from September, which found that Meta had used user data such as location and browser history for behavioral advertising.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The conditions in terms of respect for human rights are disastrous. The conditions in terms of respect for human rights are disastrous. Only a few internal sites can be used without a filter breaker. The government uses children from poor and marginalized families as forces of repression by paying them money and supplies.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2024

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said on Sunday in an interview with the Russian state-owned RIA news agency that the Russian courts have issued long-term prison sentences for more than 200 members of Ukrainian armed groups for alleged crimes. Russian authorities have denied these allegations.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Proponents of fracking cited the additional energy resources as a short-term price fix for consumers. They also emphasized long-term energy independence, particularly reduced reliance on Russia. ” Since the ban, technology used to predict well site tremors has not significantly improved.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 17, 2024

Share The court expects to issue one or more opinions this morning in argued cases from the current term. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Wednesday rejected a challenge to a Michigan law restricting term limits in the legislature. Michigan voters added term limits for state legislators and state executives to their state constitution in 1992. On Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit rejected the challenge.

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JURIST

APRIL 13, 2023

Amnesty International reported Wednesday that the most widely circulated newspaper in Bangladesh, Prothom Alo , has been declared an “enemy” by the Bangladeshi government, a move that Amnesty termed an attack on press freedom. No one informed us of anything.” Shams was later granted bail.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In its filings, Meta claims that since 2019 the bad actors used free services of the cloud company Ngrok, Inc. In its filings, Meta claims that since 2019 the bad actors used free services of the cloud company Ngrok, Inc. This damaged the company’s brand and reputation as well as harmed its users.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

All four suffered long-term injuries, two of which required surgery. Following the raid, the family filed a suit in federal court alleging that the police violated their Fourth Amendment right to protection from unreasonable search and seizure, specifically with the police use of unnecessary force.

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Law 360

MARCH 20, 2024

Following the Federal Trade Commission's recent guidance about the use of customer data to train artificial intelligence models, companies should carefully think through their terms of service and privacy policies and be cautious when changing them to permit new uses of previously collected data, says James Gatto at Sheppard Mullin.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2023

Freed , the court will consider whether a public official’s social media activity constitutes state action if the public official only used the social media for the purpose of their office or position. The first of the two cases, Lindke arises out of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The second case, O’Connor-Ratcliff v.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2023

The new rule defines a noncompete clause as “a contractual term between an employer and a worker that prevents the worker from seeking or accepting employment with a person, or operating a business, after the conclusion of the worker’s employment with the employer.”.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The court previously allowed the drug to remain on the market while the cases wound their way through the appellate process in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The groups contend that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) disregarded safety risks in approving mifepristone and amending its restrictions. .”

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2024

The US Supreme Court has lifted a stay that prohibited the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries, allowing the law to go into effect. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later blocked that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The lawsuit also alleged that Meta went out of its way to hide studies and reports on the long and short-term consequences of extended social media usage on young users. The rule also places a total ban on games for children under 13 for which a child would have to share personal information to play or to gain a prize or incentive.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2023

The UN’s use of technology within the United Nations Support Mission in Libya to monitor citizens’ responses to policies sped up advances in the nation’s 2022 Global Peace Index. The use of AI to construct fully autonomous weaponry also poses a threat to peacekeeping efforts thus far.

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