SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Share In Re Grand Jury asks how courts should assess attorney-client privilege when a client seeks partly legal and partly nonlegal advice from a lawyer and the two parts cannot be disentangled. Monday’s oral argument exposed weaknesses and strengths in each side’s position. Daniel Levin, representing a law firm whose identity has been kept confidential in public court documents, initially proposed that the Supreme Court do away with the “primary purpose” test, which asks if legal advice was the

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ugandan Constitutional Court Tuesday declared a section of the Computer Misuse Act , No. 2 of 2011 void with enforcement banned. Section 25 of the act prohibited any person from “willfully and repeatedly [using] electronic communication to disturb or attempt to disturb the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any person with no purpose of legitimate communication.” The petitioners claimed section 25 was overly vague and limited free speech.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 10, 2023

“Lindsey Graham’s Wild-Card Judge History Is Likely to Return”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report. The post “Lindsey Graham’s Wild-Card Judge History Is Likely to Return” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

James Joseph is a UK staff correspondent for JURIST. At the end of January a new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) will hold a public launch to address ongoing atrocities being committed against the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan. The APPG chaired by the Member of Parliament for Peterborough, Paul Bristow and co-chaired by Lord Alton of Liverpool was constituted in November 2022 in an effort “recognising the persecution and other atrocities committed against Hazaras” Its launc

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JANUARY 10, 2023

“Reaping the Whirlwind of Originalism”: Jacob Neu has this post at the “Ius & Iustitium” blog. The post “Reaping the Whirlwind of Originalism” appeared first on How Appealing.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Phoenix Police Department in Arizona is calling for public input into planned revisions to its Use of Force policy, one of a number of such revisions taking place at departments around the country. The public comment period will open next week on Tuesday, and close Tuesday, January 31. A draft of proposed changes has been shared by the department here.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Canadian government announced Tuesday that it had placed sanctions on four Sri Lankan officials, including former Presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa, in response to the Sri Lankan government’s crackdown on human rights during the Sri Lankan civil war between 1983 and 2009. The sanctions impose restrictions under Section 2 of the Special Economic Measures Act , which would freeze a sanctioned individual’s assets and stop them from entering Canada under the Immigra

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 10, 2023

“Law firm Weil Gotshal takes second swing at Major League Baseball’s antitrust shield”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report on a brief for appellants filed yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The post “Law firm Weil Gotshal takes second swing at Major League Baseball’s antitrust shield” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday vacated the judgment in the case of Areli Escobar. Escobar is currently incarcerated on death row for the stabbing murder of Bianca Maldonado Hernandez during the course of committing or attempting to commit aggravated sexual assault. Escobar and Hernandez were unknown to each other and there were no eyewitnesses to the murder.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

“The Law That Made Social Media Possible Faces a Supreme Court Showdown; Rulings in separate cases could remove liability shields and subject Facebook, Twitter and other companies to stringent regulation of political speech”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. The post “The Law That Made Social Media Possible Faces a Supreme Court Showdown; Rulings in separate cases could remove liability shields and subject Facebook, Twitter and other companies to stringent regulati

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday denied to stay the execution to Robert Fratta in the case of Fratta v. Lumpkin. Fratta applied for two stays, which the court denied. Fratta is set to be executed in Texas on Tuesday. Fratta’s execution will be Texas’s first execution in 2023. The Supreme Court Order List 2023 also listed Fratta’s certiorari to the court as denied.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 10, 2023

“DoNotPay Offers Lawyers $1 Million to Let Its AI Argue Before the Supreme Court in Their Place; The robot lawyer is powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3 API, the force behind the viral ChatGPT chatbot”: Jody Serrano has this post at Gizmodo. The post “DoNotPay Offers Lawyers $1 Million to Let Its AI Argue Before the Supreme Court in Their Place; The robot lawyer is powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3 API, the force behind the viral ChatGPT chatbot” appeared first on How Appealing

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Secretary General Jan Egeland Sunday warned of the “devastating consequences” of Afghanistan’s continued ban on women non-governmental organization (NGO) workers. The ban stems from a December 25, 2022 Minister of Economy (MoE) directive. Following a meeting with Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Khalil Rahman Haqqani, Egeland said the continued ban could lead to famine and deprive people of basic living necessities.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

“Supreme Court gavels in 2023 with major decisions ahead; The justices will deliver rulings on race, immigration, and LGBTQ rights”: Devin Dwyer of ABC News has this report. The post “Supreme Court gavels in 2023 with major decisions ahead; The justices will deliver rulings on race, immigration, and LGBTQ rights” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk Tuesday asserted that the Iranian government is seeking to effectively punish anti-regime protestors through criminal proceedings and the imposition of the death penalty. In a statement, he said that the Iranian government’s actions amount to “state-sanctioned killing” intended to “ strike fear into the population so as to stamp out dissent, in violation of international human rights law.” .

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 10, 2023

“Bump stock ruling highlights appellate dispute: Can agencies decide what is a crime?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post. The post “Bump stock ruling highlights appellate dispute: Can agencies decide what is a crime?” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday introduced a bill in the Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, to withdraw from the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. Russia ratified the convention on January 27, 1999. The convention aims to coordinate criminalization of a large number of corrupt practices and is implemented by Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) members, which is a Council of Europe anti-corruption body.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 10, 2023

Firm statement offers vague, confusing take on the allegations. The post After Text Calling Maternity Leave ‘Sitting On Your Ass,’ Law Firm Looks To Sit On Its Ass In Response appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amnesty International Monday condemned the death sentences of 54 individuals linked by Algerian prosecutors to the lynching of activist Djamel Ben Ismail amid wildfires in the Kabylie region in August 2021. Amnesty alleged that numerous fair trial violations occurred during the mass proceedings in November 2022. Amnesty International also raised alarm about claims of torture and prosecutions of individuals due to their political affiliations.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

By Riëtte van Laack & Ricardo Carvajal — On Dec. 20, 2022, FTC announced the publication of its Health Products Compliance Guidance (“new Guidance”). FTC staff prepared the new Guidance to update and replace Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry , issued in 1998 (“1998 Guidance”). The new Guidance provides the first update in 25 years on FTC’s thinking regarding substantiation and disclosures for health-related claims.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The UK Government Tuesday revealed a new anti-strike bill to ensure public services maintain “basic function” during industrial actions. The government said the legislation will ensure that “transport services keep running during strike action.” The Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, introduced by Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan, will set out the legal framework to allow the government to impose minimum service levels across the entire transport sec

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 10, 2023

Law firms, lawyers and other professionals can learn from past economic downturns. There are many useful and inspirational lessons to learn about how law firms and other organizations have successfully weathered prior economic storms, then survived and thrived. As the writer and philosopher George Santayana said in 1905, “Those who cannot remember the past are […].

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The European Union , France , Germany and the UK Monday independently summoned Iran’s envoys to their respective countries over Tehran’s severe crackdowns on and executions of anti-government protesters. The EU reiterated to Iran ambassador Hossein Dehghani its “ strong appalment” over the January 7 executions of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Supreme Court has denied two applications by Robert Fratta to issue a stay preventing his execution, Jaime E. Galvan and Michelle Homer report for KHOU 11. Robert, a Missouri City ex-cop, was convicted of paying a teenager $1,000 to kill his wife Farah Fratta in 1994. Prosecutors said he was motivated by insurance policy money, a messy divorce and a bitter custody battle.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

At least 17 people were killed Monday during anti-government protests in Peru, according to the Peruvian Ombudsman’s Office. The protests began in early December 2022 following the removal and arrest of former president Pedro Castillo, who is currently serving 18 months of pre-trial detention on rebellion charges after he attempted to dissolve Congress illegally.

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