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APRIL 15, 2023
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday stated that Indonesian authorities should not pursue criminal defamation charges against Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti, who are significant human rights defenders in Jakarta. The charges were brought against them based on a 2021 police report filed by Luhur Binsar Pandjaitan, a minister in the president’s cabinet.
LLRX
APRIL 15, 2023
Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, 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
APRIL 15, 2023
The US and UK governments last week unveiled a batch of sanctions against individuals and entities who have allegedly enabled Russian oligarchs on the UK’s designated sanctions list to access their external assets. This latest set of sanctions looks to target methods that were being used to circumvent previous sanctions. The UK government alleges that oligarchs were using “financial fixers” and family members as proxies to help skirt sanctions related to Russia’s invas
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APRIL 15, 2023
By Chris Holman UCB, Inc. v. Actavis Lab’ys UT, Inc. , 2023 WL 2904757, — 4th — (Fed. Cir. Apr. 12, 2023) Rotigotine is a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease. People with Parkinson’s disease experience significant gastrointestinal dysfunction, such as difficulty swallowing, which can frustrate the oral administration of drugs. However, the complications associated with oral treatment can be avoided by means of a transdermal patch that delivers the drug through the patient’s skin.
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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.
JURIST
APRIL 15, 2023
A group of NGOs including Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International Friday released a joint statement criticizing the Iraqi government’s decision to require applicants for reparations under the Yazidi Survivors Law to file a criminal complaint. The law was passed in March 2021 to provide reparations and welfare support to female survivors of ISIS captivity and conflict-related sexual violence.
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JURIST
APRIL 15, 2023
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres Friday called for increased digital accountability to combat hate speech on the internet. Guterres made a statement in remembrance of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. He noted that there are currently few or no controls in place to stop the spread of hateful and violent messages online.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 15, 2023
Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Conversion therapy, the practice of seeking to change a gay or transgender person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling, is outlawed or heavily restricted in roughly half of the country.
JURIST
APRIL 15, 2023
The Montana House of Representatives Friday passed a bill that would ban the use of social media app TikTok within the state in a 54-43 vote. The bill will now be submitted to Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, who must sign the bill for it to become law. The move comes amid increasing scrutiny of the app’s use of user information. The bill claims that the Chinese government “exercises control and oversight” over the Chinese corporation that owns TikTok, ByteDance.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 15, 2023
Last year, we discussed the declaration of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that censorship was needed to combat what he called the “infodemic.” It was a jarring position given the censorship of experts and scientists who have now been vindicated in raising questions over mask protection to natural immunities to school closings to the origins of Covid 19.
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Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.
JURIST
APRIL 15, 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday enacted the controversial pension reform bill that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64. The Constitutional Council of France Friday validated most of President Macron’s proposals. The council did not accept every proposal in the bill because some were not in line with the French Constitution but agreed to raise the retirement age and alter some pension regimes.
JURIST
APRIL 15, 2023
Alexander Csergo, a Sydney man, Friday was arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for alleged foreign interference under a Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce Investigation, established in collaboration with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and introduced under the National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill.
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