JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

Police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Saturday arrested 31 people who are believed to be members of Patriot Front , a white Nationalist militia group. These individuals were charged with conspiracy to riot because of their alleged plan to stage a riot near a Saturday LGBTQ pride event in Coeur d’Alene. Idaho law enforcement agencies held a press conference Saturday where Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris, Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White, and State of Idaho Police Captain John

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JUNE 12, 2022

“ShutDownDC group plans ‘blockade’ at Supreme Court with ‘jail support’ on hand; ShutDownDC is planning to ‘blockade’ streets around the Supreme Court in light of a potential decision overturning Roe v. Wade”: Adam Sabes of Fox News has this report. Alexandra Hutzler of ABC News reports that “ Nation’s capital ups police presence ahead of protests, Supreme Court rulings; The high court is expected to release one or more decisions Monday

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

A US federal judge Friday ordered the state of Louisiana to pay a USD 3.8 million settlement for legal fees to the Center for Reproductive Rights and law firms who challenged the state’s abortion restrictions on doctors in June Medical Services LLC et al v. Courtney Phillips. In June Medical Services , the plaintiffs challenged seven Louisiana abortion restrictions that were passed in 2016.

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JUNE 12, 2022

“Poland Shows the Risks for Women When Abortion Is Banned; Poland’s abortion ban has had many unintended consequences; One is that doctors are sometimes afraid to remove fetuses or administer cancer treatment to save women’s lives”: Katrin Bennhold and Monika Pronczuk of The New York Times have this report.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

Agricultural organizations Friday filed a brief asking the US Supreme Court to strike down California’s Proposition 12 , which bans in-state sales of whole pork meat from pigs born to mothers who were kept in confined housing. Proposition 12’s confined pig housing standard is a pig “that was housed with 24 square feet of space and in conditions that allow the sow to turn around without touching her enclosure.” The groups argued that the law violates the US Constitution&#

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

A US federal judge Friday temporarily restrained Texas from investigating doctors or parents over gender-affirming care for minors. The order includes families who are a part of LGBTQ+ organization PFLAG. Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, released an opinion which prompted the investigation in February. The opinion states that under Texas law any gender-affirming care provided to a minor is “child abuse.” .

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2022

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 this week announced that in-person meetings at its new headquarters building will now be allowed – though only when scheduled in advance and subject to COVID protocols. ( Public Notice of Reopening and Public Notice on COVID Protocols ).

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

A US federal judge Friday found that a Florida state court violated Courthouse News Services’ First Amendment right to “timely access court documents.”. Courthouse News Services alleged that most civil complaints are unavailable to the public the day they are filed in Broward County Circuit Court. The news service argued that these delays in accessing court documents “seriously hamper Plaintiff’s ability to report on lawsuits in Broward County,” invoking the First Amendment right to

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JUNE 12, 2022

The Pantagraph of Bloomington Illinois remembers that it’s been 75 years since California Supreme Court Justice Douglas Edmonds spoke to the graduates of Illinois Wesleyan University. Justice Edmonds, who served on the court for 19 years beginning in 1936, told the class of 1947 that “[n]o one is truly educated who has not learned how to work with others.” In his speech, titled “The Obligation of Education in One World,” Edmonds also noted the lack of full participa

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

A settlement of USD 118 million was reached Friday in a gender discrimination class action against Google. The class includes some 15,500 female employees who claim that they were undercompensated and denied advancement on the basis of gender. The case, Ellis v. Google LLC , was initiated in 2017 and accounts for Google’s conduct since September 14, 2013 across 236 “covered positions,” or job titles.

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Mondaq

JUNE 12, 2022

In recent years, the tax law has focused on real estate as a complex asset to own, but even more complicated to sell.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2022

By Jeffrey K. Shapiro & Anne K. Walsh — Legal doctrines can be like parrots. Sometimes it is hard to know if they are dead or just resting. Under the False Claims Act (FCA), if a company’s fraudulent conduct induces a governmental entity to enter into a contract with the company, then any claims for payments under that contract are false. This fraudulent inducement theory is well?

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 12, 2022

The Organization of American States (OAS) has issued a call for applications for the XLVII Course on International Law, which will take place from 1 to 12 August 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – in Spanish and English (no interpretation services will be offered). As indicated in the convocation: “For over forty years, the Course on International Law has offered attorneys and internationalists from around the Americas the opportunity to promote ana

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Mondaq

JUNE 12, 2022

The Nigeria Copyright Commission, located in Abuja, destroyed pirated works in a public display in the state of Akwa Ibom, assisted by the State Waste Management Board.

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JUNE 12, 2022

EU Cross-Border Succession Law , edited by Stefania Bariatti, Ilaria Viarengo and Francesca C. Villata, was just released. Providing a comprehensive and dedicated analysis of the EU law on cross-border successions and benefitting from the insight of internationally renowned scholars, this volume is a welcome addition to the already thriving ‘Elgar European Law and Practice series’.

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Mondaq

JUNE 12, 2022

The much-awaited update on the Gibraltar gambling legislation, further delayed by Brexit and the pandemic, has recently been published by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar ("HMGOG").

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2022

In January, I wrote a column criticizing the legal position of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in favor of Whole Food workers seeking to wear Black Lives Matter (BLM) symbols or clothing at work. Now a judge has rejected a similar claim brought by employees at Home Depot despite a decision in their favor earlier by the NLRB General Counsel.

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Mondaq

JUNE 12, 2022

The introduction of the Uniform Civil Code ("UCC") has been a perennially contentious issue in the sphere of Indian policy-making. Recently, the debate around the implementation of the UCC.

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JUNE 12, 2022

“How the Supreme Court’s major climate case could change the course of Biden’s presidency; On its face, the lawsuit is about an environmental regulation; But the decision could have sweeping implications for the power of federal agencies”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report. And Alex Guillén and Sarah Owermohle of Politico have an article headlined “ How SCOTUS’ upcoming climate ruling could defang Washington; A legal fight over the EPA’s power to

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Mondaq

JUNE 12, 2022

New biometric processes have been introduced by UK Visa and Immigration ("UKVI") for immigration applications, in alignment with the recently published biometric reuse policy.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the DC Bar Friday announced ethics charges against former US President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani has already been temporarily suspended from the DC Bar and permanently suspended from the New York Bar. . The charges stem from Giuliani’s repeated claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent, specifically focusing on his lawsuit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

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Mondaq

JUNE 12, 2022

Par une décision du 2 février 2022, la Cour de cassation est venue rappeler l'obligation pour le créancier de mettre en demeure son débiteur de s'exécuter de manière préalable à l'application de la clause pénale.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

A US federal judge Friday granted a request to dismiss a policy by President Joe Biden’s administration that narrows the detaining and deportation of immigrants. In a memo released in September last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called for a refocusing. DHS said that it would “prioritize for apprehension and removal noncitizens who are a threat to our national security, public safety, and border security.” US District Court for the Southern District of Texas

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Mondaq

JUNE 12, 2022

On 12 May 2022, the Constitutional Court heard argument on whether it should confirm the 2021 Gauteng High Court ruling (in the matter of Blind SA v. Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2022

Below is my column in USA Today on the alleged attempted murder of Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home outside of Washington, D.C. Less than 24 hours later, protesters were back in front of the Kavanaugh home as well as the home of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. In addition, pro-choice activists posted the location of the school of the Barrett children.

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