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MARCH 21, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit on Friday brought by Oregon ranchers which would have prevented the Klamath Tribes from exercising their water rights when they interfere with Oregon ranchers’ irrigation. The district court originally dismissed the ranchers’ lawsuit for lack of standing under Article III of the US Constitution and ruled that the Klamath Tribes’ water rights, pursuant to a treaty made in 1864, s

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MARCH 21, 2021

Does a prosecutor commit misconduct by repeatedly referring to a defendant as "a hornet's nest?" That was the question addressed by the Court of Appeals of Washington in its recent opinion in Matter of Richmond, 2021 WL 1032855 (Wash.App. 2021).

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – As the Myanmar military junta attempts to tighten its grip on power, the Myanmar economy is slowing down with anti-coup strikes, supply chain interruptions, and power outages. One of our Myanmar law student correspondents reflects on what’s been happening. We’re almost run out of “Cash” so we’re back to “barter trade” In Burmese, we call this campaign “???????????

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HowAppealing

MARCH 21, 2021

“Arkansas governor says he signed near-total abortion ban so Supreme Court can decide if it’s a ‘direct challenge’ to Roe”: Devan Cole of CNN has this report.

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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.

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2021

Turkey withdrew from the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, popularly known as the Istanbul Convention , by a presidential decree announced in the official gazette early Saturday. The Istanbul Convention seeks to “protect women against all forms of violence, and prevent, prosecute and eliminate violence against women and domestic violence.” It is the first legally binding instrument in Europe to combat violence ag

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LegalReader

MARCH 21, 2021

A student attending Wartburg College filed a class-action lawsuit over the cost of tuition after “losing on-campus educational time and in-person resources amid the COVID-19 pandemic.” The student, Sydney Warner, filed the suit in Bremer County District Court over allegations that the “value of the remote learning provided by the college was less than the.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 21, 2021

“A lawsuit aims to stop private firms from claiming copyrights on California laws”: Business columnist Michael Hiltzik has this essay in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

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MARCH 21, 2021

The pending Supreme Court case of Warsaw v. Sasso offers an interesting question about whether there is actually some middle ground of patent-related cases subject to dual Federal and State jurisdiction. . by Dennis Crouch. There are two different statutes regarding Federal Court exclusive jurisdiction over patent cases. One giving US district courts exclusive original jurisdiction over US patent cases and the second giving the Federal Circuit exclusive appellate jurisdiction over appeals in pa

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MARCH 21, 2021

“Clash Between Union Campaigns and Private Property at Supreme Court; A California regulation lets labor organizers enter private property to meet with farmworkers; In a case the court will hear Monday, challengers say that amounts to a government taking of property”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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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.

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LLRX

MARCH 21, 2021

Privacy and security 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 security, often without our situational awareness.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 21, 2021

“Port Corruption Regulator Looks to U.S. Supreme Court for Survival; New Jersey wants to pull out of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; The agency is asking the high court to stop it”: Paul Berger and Jennifer Smith of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

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LLRX

MARCH 21, 2021

Privacy and security 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 security, often without our situational awareness.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 21, 2021

“Judicial Notice: March 20, 2021; Notable legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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LegalReader

MARCH 21, 2021

Attorney Kevin Stocker is suing the city of Buffalo over a program that will lower the speed limit for school zones to 15 mph.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 21, 2021

by Apostolos Anthimos. By virtue of Law Nr. 3858/2010, Greece has adapted its legislation to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency. The appearance of the law in practice is scarce; so is the case with respect to legal scholarship. A recent judgment by the Chamber of the Piraeus 1 st Instance court [date of publication: 15/12/2020] demonstrates the pitfalls in the field of recognition.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2021

While it has received little coverage in the mainstream media, the conservative group Project Veritas won a major victory against the New York Times this week in a defamation case with potentially wide reach. In a 16-page decision , New York Supreme Court Justice Charles Wood ruled against the newspaper’s motion to dismiss and found that Project Veritas had shown sufficient evidence that the New York Times might have been motivated by “actual malice” and acted with “reck

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2021

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Thursday that it will streamline the process of determining eligibility for student loan forgiveness for borrowers with claims that their institutions engaged in misconduct. The Department expects to receive $1 billion in loan cancelation requests to help approximately 72,000 students. Forgiveness under the borrower defense to repayment provision is intended to provide relief to individuals who believe they were misled by an educational institution a

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2021

We previously discussed the controversial position of Alison Collins, Vice President of the San Francisco school board, in her campaign against meritocracy and effort to shut down the gifted programs at Lowell High School. The Asian community was particularly opposed to Collins’ efforts since Asian students composed 29 percent of the students but 51 percent of the Lowell student body.

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