JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Norway-based Telenor Group , an international telecommunications company with extensive operations in much of Europe and Asia, sharply criticized a cyber security bill proposed by the leaders of Myanmar’s February 1 military coup in a statement issued Monday. The bill, which is expected to be formally promulgated this week, has been decried by many rights groups and international observers for rolling back online privacy and severely restricting Myanmar’s citizens’ access to th

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Lawyers are great at bragging on themselves via their websites. And, a significant number of attorneys supplement that with ‘superlatives’. You know, those lawyer a wards, like ‘Super Lawyers’ , that you can apply for and/or purchase. Those specific awards, and the general superlatives of your own resume , go a long way to convince leads to become your clients -- but, those don’t get you the whole way the re.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Homeless advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Friday, challenging a rule that “target[s] the manner in which homeless persons use the subway system.” New York advocacy organizations Urban Justice Center (Safety Net Project) and Picture the Homeless seek to block a rule that bans the use of large wheeled carts on trains and prohibits people from staying in the subway station for over an hour.

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

I have posted the draft of my new article, "The Constitutional Right to an Implicit Bias Jury Instruction," on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court has gone to great lengths to prevent jurors from holding defendants’ silence against.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Canada launched an initiative Monday to stop countries from arbitrarily detaining foreign nationals for diplomatic gain. This initiative was endorsed by 58 countries and the EU. Arbitrary arrests and detentions violate international human rights law, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights, Alena Douhan, on Friday urged the US, the EU and other states to lift unilateral sanctions imposed against Venezuela, claiming that they have only “exacerbated pre-existing calamities.” Douhan, who had been traveling around Venezuela for two weeks talking to “the widest range of people to listen to their experience and insights,” said in her preliminary report that sanctions have crippled Venezuel

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

“Supreme Court begins hearing comedian Mike Ward’s case; Lawyer Julius Grey says comments about a Quebec vedette’s disability were justified, and warns of ‘chill effect’ on freedom of expression”: Paul Cherry of The Montreal Gazette has this report. Lina Dib of The Canadian Press reports that “ Comedian Mike Ward’s case before Supreme Court tests limits of artistic freedom.” And CBC News reports that “ Freedom of expression pitted again

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

International Criminal Court (ICC) members voted Friday to elect British human rights lawyer and Queen’s Counsel Karim Khan as the court’s next prosecutor, taking over from Fatou Bensouda. The vote, which took place during the second resumed nineteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties, saw Khan win support from 72 nations, surpassing the 62 votes needed to secure a majority.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

“This Black History Month, remember not just the giants of our courts but also our courts’ history; The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has had only two Black judges in its 40-year history; That needs to change”: Kevin Golembiewski has this essay online at The Tampa Bay Times.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Hundreds of women’s rights activists and their supporters protested in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Friday to call for an end to violence and discrimination against women and the scrapping of a proposed law that would restrict foreign travel for many women. The point of contention is a proposed law that would require women under 40 years of age to get permission from their family and local government to travel to the Middle East or Africa.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

“How a joke ended up before Canada’s top court”: Jessica Murphy of BBC News has this report. Luca Caruso-Moro of CTV News reports that “ Quebec comedian Mike Ward heads to the Supreme Court after making singer with disability butt of joke.” The Canadian Press (via The Montreal Gazette) has a report headlined “ Mike Ward vs.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – An interview recorded Monday with one of our Myanmar law student correspondents (“Gen Z”), discussing the current situation in Myanmar, the military coup, the protests, internet blackouts, and her hopes for a return to democracy. The interviewer is JURIST staff editor Khushali Mahajan, a law student at Rajiv Gandhi National U. of Law in India.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

“Supreme Court’s ruling on indoor worship may signal shift in church-state boundaries”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday upheld the conviction of Sasa ?ur?i?, a former Bosnian Serb Army solider who served in the Dragan Nikolic Interventions Unit, for the rape of a woman in 1992 during the Bosnian War. The judgment in Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina v Sasa ?ur?i? was released by the Panel of the Appellate Division of the Court. ?

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Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Apple 2021 annual meeting is February 23, 9AM Pacific Time. To attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting visit virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AAPL2021 and enter the 16-digit control number. Of course, I recommend voting in advance. To enhance long-term value. Vote AGAINST Gore, Levinson, Sugar, the Auditor, and Pay. Vote FOR Proxy Access Amendment and Improve Executive […].

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report Monday denouncing attacks on Afghan journalists, human rights activists and media workers. In September, peace negotiations began between Afghan officials and the Taliban to end the ongoing war in Afghanistan. In November, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called for a ceasefire in Afghanistan and for changes to improve conditions and rebuild the country.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak's bill would let tech companies create and run local governments. We've seen this show before, though, and we know how it ends.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The 23rd High Criminal Court of Istanbul on Monday sentenced four former employees of the pro-Kurdish daily newspaper Özgür Gündem , shut down by a Turkish court order in 2016, to imprisonment on terrorism charges. Eren Keskin, a Turkish lawyer prominent in human rights spheres, received a six-year sentence for “membership of an armed terrorist organization.” Özgür Gündem’s former publisher, Kemal Sanc?

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. This initiative launched in 2015 with a list of innovators and leaders in legal technology and with this year’s additions, that list now includes 132 talented and influential women leaders. Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Our law student correspondents in Myanmar continue to send reports of the latest developments on the ground, along with their perspectives and analysis of the legal issues presented by the February 1 military coup. These are excerpts from the first extensive report to JURIST received late last night after the Myanmar military’s internet blackout was lifted Monday morning Myanmar time: Internet is back at 9 am.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Dwight Yoakam claims that Warner Music has denied him the right to reclaim the copyrights to some of his best-known recordings and has sued them over it. Yoakam is seeking a jury trial and a declaration of the termination of his copyrights and unspecified damages for copyright infringement. “Yoakam’s suit hinges on Section 203 of the […].

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Thousands of citizens took to the streets in Myanmar again Monday to protest the military coup that deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, physically confronting military vehicles sent into several cities yesterday in advance of an 8-hour internet blackout and defying newly-stiffened penal laws threatening dissidents with imprisonment.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

by Dennis crouch. Sandoz Inc. v. Immunex Corp. & Amgen (Supreme Court 2021). This new petition asks the Supreme Court to chime-in on the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double-patenting. The basic rule is that it is improper for a patent owner to extend the term of a first patent by simply obtaining a second patent that is an obvious extension.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – One of JURIST’s law student correspondents in Myanmar writes Monday: There will be an internet cut off from 1 am to 9 am. The internet is very slow too. I wonder if there’s anything we can do about it. It’s worrisome to find out everything only in the morning. With the help of the darkness, what are they [the military ] planning?

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The Process Street

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

You are an HR leader at an executive search firm and you have landed a big client, who has agreed to kick-off a retained search with your company. What’s your next move? Who am I to know anything about executive retained search? Well, I am an ex-associate from one of the top executive recruiting firms in the industry. In an article from the Economist about corporate headhunters, it was said that: “ Nobody has ever studied to become a headhunter but the profession is becoming more diverse.

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