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UN report reveals increased human trafficking due to COVID-19

JURIST

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime released a report Thursday revealing the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on victims of human trafficking. As per the report, the pandemic has made it difficult to trace traffickers and has also enabled traffickers to find victims due to the increase in the use of online platforms. The report further stated: Women and girls have been recruited, often locally or online, for sexual exploitation, especially in private apartments.

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Colorado Court of Appeals Finds Fifth Amendment Guarantees the Contemporaneous Advice of Counsel on a Question-by-Question Basis

EvidenceProf Blog

The Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination provides that No person.shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. So, does the Fifth Amendment also guarantee a testifying witness the contemporaneous advice of counsel — on a.

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Sudan militia leader committed to trial after ICC confirms charges

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The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision on Friday, unanimously confirming all charges against Sudanese militia leader, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman. Consequently, Abd-Al-Rahman, who is also known as Ali Kushayb, was committed to trial before a trial chamber. Abd-Al-Rahman is considered a top commander of the Janjaweed militia and one of the most senior leaders in the tribal hierarchy in the Wadi Salih locality.

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

Patently O

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Irina Pestrikova: ENDRA Life Sciences Strengthens TAEUS(R) System Intellectual Property Protection with the Issuance of Three U.S. Patents (Source: Yahoo Finance). Jesse Snyder: ‘It’s Embarrassing’: China’s Tightening Grip on the Intellectual Property Landscape in Canada (Source: The National Post).

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

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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US restricts trade access to 14 Chinese entities for actions in Xinjiang

JURIST

The US Department of Commerce announced Friday that it had added 34 entities to its Entity List over concerns regarding global human rights. Of those 34 firms, 14 were specifically designated as being involved in potential human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Unlike the Department of Treasury’s Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list , addition to the Department of Commerce’s Entity List does not constitute a full sanction and prohibition on doing business with US persons.

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India Supreme Court: Facebook must appear before panel probing Delhi riots

JURIST

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday rejected Facebook’s plea to quash the summons issued by the Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony for inquiry related to the Delhi riots in February 2020. The Committee on Peace and Harmony was created in March 2020 to consider the factors and situations which have the potential to disturb communal harmony in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 11, 2021

LLRX

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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States sue Google for monopolizing app store market

JURIST

Attorneys general for 36 US states and DC filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Google, alleging that Google violated antitrust laws. The lawsuit claims that Google has used monopolizing techniques to dominate one of the two major app markets with their Google Play Store, making it difficult for customers to use any other app platform. Techniques in concern include paying Android device manufacturers to not create independent app stores, imposing restrictions on customers that make the Google Play S

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Husky Energy Refinery Explosion Ends with $1.05M Settlement

LegalReader

A lawsuit settlement was recently agreed to over the 2018 Husky Energy refinery explosion.

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Contract Lifecycle Management: A Business Enabler Exploring On-Ground Challenges

CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.

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Australia court rules environment minister has duty of care for carbon dioxide emissions

JURIST

The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that the environment minister has a duty of care to persons under the age of 18 when it comes to decisions about projects that will release greenhouse gases (GHG). The case was brought by eight schoolchildren and a nun who sought to stop the expansion of a coal mine in New South Wales. The state government had already approved the mine, but environment minister Sussan Ley had not yet made a decision on the project.

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DEA To Mobile Narcotic Treatment Programs: “Hit the Road, Jack, But You Better Come Back”

FDA Law Blog

By Larry K. Houck — The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) recently issued its final rule authorizing the use of mobile narcotic treatment programs (“MNTPs”) to allow registered Narcotic Treatment Programs (“NTPs”) employing mobile units to dispense medication for maintenance or detoxification treatment remotely. Registration Requirements for Narcotic Treatment Programs with Mobile Components , 86 Fed.

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Second Issue of 2021’s Revue Critique de Droit International Privé

Conflict of Laws

The last issue of the Revue Critique de Droit International Privé has been released. It contains eight articles and several case notes. The editorial (authored by Horatia Muir Watt, Dominique Bureau and Sabine Corneloup) and five of the articles deal with the reserved share (réserve héréditaire) in international successions. These five articles are authored by: Paul Lagarde (« Une ultime (?

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UN investigator: Israeli settlements in West Bank, East Jerusalem amount to war crime

JURIST

A UN human rights investigator announced Friday that Israeli settlements in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem meet the definition of a war crime. Special rapporteur Michael Lynk addressed a meeting of the Human Rights Council, in which he gave a report about whether the settlements violated the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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California Civil Discovery Act Undergoes Significant Overhaul

Short article looking at the new CCP 2016.

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‘Giustizia consensuale’: A New Law Journal on Consensual Justice in Its Many Nuances and Forms

Conflict of Laws

In recent years, the debate surrounding consensual justice and party autonomy has received increasing attention in the national and international arenas and has raised a broad array of questions. In the pressing need to observe this phenomenon from different perspectives lies the rationale behind a newly founded biannual journal, Giustizia consensuale.

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Congo lawmakers introduce bill to restrict presidential candidate eligibility requirements

JURIST

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) law makers introduced a bill Thursday which seeks to limit the eligibility requirement for presidential candidates. Noel Tshiani, an ally to president Felix Tshisekedi, is the major proponent of the bill, which aims to highly restrict the thresholds for the presidential candidature. Key among the restrictions is the limitation that a presidential candidate must be a citizen whose parents are both Congolese citizens.

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Utah Woman Charged with Hate Crime for Stomping on “Back The Blue” Sign

JonathanTurley

There is a troubling case in Panguitch, Utah where a woman has reportedly been charged with a hate crim e for allegedly “stomping on a ‘Back the Blue’ sign” at a gas station. There is a national movement to add attacks on police as a category of hate crime in various states. This case is an example of the serious free speech concerns raised by such prosecutions.