JURIST

MAY 12, 2024

The Philippines on Saturday deployed ships to a disputed area in the South China Sea, where it accused the People’s Republic of China (PRC) of building an “artificial island” amid the two Asian countries’s ongoing conflict over the territory, the office of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in a statement. “The Philippine Coast Guard (PGC) has deployed its BRP Teresa Magbanua to monitor the supposed illegal activities of China, creating an ‘artificial island’ on Escoda S

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Above The Law

MAY 13, 2024

From compensation disparities to limited access to leadership roles, the use of such terminology not only diminishes the contributions of these professionals but also perpetuates a culture of inequality within the legal ecosystem. The post Beyond Nonlawyer: Rethinking Legal Terminology And Workplace Equity appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2024

A class action complaint filed this week accuses New York prison officials of holding disabled inmates in solitary confinement in violation of state law. Solitary confinement has been a core feature of the US penal system since the 18 th century — dating back to the earliest state prisons, where the inmates seen as most depraved were isolated to prevent the spread of their moral influence.

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Above The Law

MAY 10, 2024

Leonard Leo got a protester arrested. The protester secured the last laugh. The post Man Arrested For Protesting Outside Federalist Society Chief’s House Earns $62.5K Settlement From The Cops appeared first on Above the Law.

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MAY 9, 2024

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Law 360

MAY 13, 2024

A former BP PLC senior manager has admitted engaging in insider trading over the British oil and gas company's planned $1.3 billion acquisition of TravelCenters of America Inc., according to court records entered Friday.

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JURIST

MAY 7, 2024

UN independent human rights experts warned Monday that violations of women and girls’ rights in Haiti are “continuing with impunity.” They said in a statement that increasing levels of violence, along with corruption and poor governance, are undermining the rule of law in Haiti, resulting in a weakening of the justice system. According to the experts women and girls disproportionately suffer from the crisis in the country, with pre-existing inequalities and gender-based discrim

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MAY 10, 2024

A Missed Opportunity or the First of Many Decisions to Come? The recent rulings on climate change by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) are—as others have pointed out in this blog symposium —both “historic and unprecedented” for various reasons, not least regarding the question of reparation for climate change-related harm. While redress is a pivotal question to think through in relation to climate change, it has, somewhat surprisingly, received less attention from scholars and has no

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Attorney at Work

MAY 9, 2024

With the shift toward remote collaboration, we're witnessing a significant shift from the traditional “pen-holder" approach to document management to a more dynamic and collaborative method of co-authoring legal documents. The post The Future of Collaboration: Embracing the Digital Shift in Co-Authoring Legal Documents appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Law 360

MAY 13, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court should reverse the Hawaii Supreme Court's October decision in Honolulu v. Sunoco that Hawaii could apply state law to emissions generated outside the state, because it would lead to a barrage of cases seeking to resolve a worldwide problem according to 50 different variations of state law, says Andrew Ketterer at Ketterer & Ketterer.

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Above The Law

MAY 13, 2024

The Contract Network CEO and co-founder Jim Wagner dives deep into GAI's effects, on the latest UpLevel View podcast. The post How Generative AI Is Transforming Contract Negotiations appeared first on Above the Law.

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MAY 9, 2024

Much has been said already about the decision in KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland granted on Apr 9, 2024 by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court). The Court’s decision was groundbreaking in that it established an obligation to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a human rights duty, required countries to establish a carbon budget, and arguably established a new right under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (see here , here , and here ).

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 13, 2024

Share Over a written dissent by two justices, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a death penalty case asking them to weigh in on when jury selection begins and the defendant has a right to be present. The order in Sandoval v. Texas came as part of a list of orders from the justices’ private conference last week. The justices did not add any new cases to their docket for the 2024-25 term.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 9, 2024

With the publication of the Elgar Companion to UNIDROIT , edited by Ben Köhler, Rishi Gulati, and Thomas John, the trilogy of books on the three key international institutions mandated to work on private international law and uniform private law is now complete. The volumes on the HCCH and UNCITRAL have been published in 2020 and 2023 respectively. The editors have kindly shared the following description with us: The comprehensive Companion provides a unique overview of UNIDROIT, the primary ind

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JURIST

MAY 11, 2024

Argentina’s main labor unions held a 24-hour general strike of bus, train, subway, and airplane services on Thursday to express their discontent with President Javier Milei’s austerity policies. The strike led to the shutdown of transportation services and the emptying of streets as millions of workers joined the stoppage. The call for the strike was made by the General Confederation of Labor, the Argentine Workers’ Central Union (CTA), and the Autonomous CTA.

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Above The Law

MAY 10, 2024

'Louis Vuitton asserted that only it could use the letters “L” and “V” in its branding.' The post Louis Vuitton’s Opposition To Trademark For Gardening Tools Fails Spectacularly appeared first on Above the Law.

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MAY 8, 2024

Gray Robinson | The effects of stress can be reversed by focusing on some simple countermeasures throughout the day. The post How to Reverse the Effects of Stress appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Law 360

MAY 10, 2024

Catch up on this week's key real estate developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including reflections from co-lead plaintiffs counsel in the Norfolk Southern derailment case, Q1 results from the big four brokers, and a synopsis of billions in new grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 11, 2024

The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn is an international research university with a wide education and research profile. With a 200-year history, approximately 33,000 students, more than 6,000 staff, and an excellent reputation at home and abroad, the University of Bonn is one of the most important universities in Germany and is recognized as a university of excellence.

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JURIST

MAY 11, 2024

Tunisia’s Assembly of Representatives of the People submitted a proposal to the General Legislation Commission on Thursday to amend Law 68-7, 1968 , relating to foreigners’ status. The proposal was motivated by the unprecedented number of undocumented migrants entering Tunisia, protection of national security and combating human trafficking.

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Above The Law

MAY 10, 2024

Optimized Legal Audio is an artificial intelligence engine in its infancy that tries to hear what judges say, read the language they use, and through this to infer their relative preference for one attorney’s argument over another’s. The post Generating Predictions For <em>Grants Pass v. Johnson</em> Using Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 13, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Louisiana urges Supreme Court to quickly resolve congressional map fight in emergency request (John Fritze, CNN) Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin (David G.

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Law 360

MAY 10, 2024

Help for lawyers in dealing with legal data challenges has come, thanks to corporate and law firm leaders who founded a new industry framework called Legal Data Intelligence. And at least one U.S. senator is questioning Amazon and Walmart's use of new tech to create "dynamic pricing" that may harm consumers.

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LLRX

MAY 11, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, 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 online security, often without our situational awareness.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2024

The US Supreme Court decided Thursday that police officers may continue to seize cars that defendants allegedly use to commit a crime, without an immediate hearing. States often allow that kind of seizure—known as civil forfeiture—when officers believe that the car is connected to a crime in which the owner is not involved. Justice Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, noted that the constitutional right to due process depends on the circumstances.

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